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Recognised as Colour

#DC96CB

  • #DC96CB
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#DC96CB is a magenta with RGB values 220, 150, 203 and HSL 315°, 50%, 73%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#DC96CB#DC96CB
HEX#DC96CB
RGBrgb(220, 150, 203)
RGB (0–1)0.8627, 0.5882, 0.7961
RGB percentages86.3%, 58.8%, 79.6%
HSLhsl(314.6, 50%, 72.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(314.6, 31.8%, 86.3%)
CMYK0%, 31.8%, 7.7%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,456,523
CSS custom property--colour: #DC96CB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4134WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness179.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.27:1
Contrast with white2.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9
Inverted#236934

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#97A6CDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#A8B0C9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.2 from the original
Tritanopia#E398A9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.27:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 6.4Pale violetred · ΔE 22.6Thistle · ΔE 24.4Light pink · ΔE 24.9Pink · ΔE 26Orchid · ΔE 28.5
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 6.43, clearly different but related
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#96DCA7
Analogous#CA96DC, #DC96A8
Triadic#CBDC96, #96CBDC
Split complementary#A8DC96, #96DCCA
Tetradic#DCCA96, #96DCA7, #96A8DC

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F6E3F1
Lighter +10%#E9BCDE
Darker −10%#CF70B8
Darker −20%#C34AA5
Darker −30%#A33688
Darker −40%#7D2968
More saturated +25%#EE85D4
Less saturated −25%#CBA8C2

Channel breakdown

R220
G150
B203
Red220 (86.3%)
Green150 (58.8%)
Blue203 (79.6%)
Hue314.57°
Saturation (HSL)50%
Lightness72.55%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DC · G 96 · B CB

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