Recognised as Colour

#DE23BB

#DE23BB
Magenta
Dark
Nearest: Medium violet red

#DE23BB is a magenta with RGB values 222, 35, 187 and HSL 311°, 74%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium violet red.

Colour values

#DE23BB#DE23BB

HEX#DE23BB

RGBrgb(222, 35, 187)

RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.1373, 0.7333

RGB percentages87.1%, 13.7%, 73.3%

HSLhsl(311.2, 73.9%, 50.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(311.2, 84.2%, 87.1%)

CMYK0%, 84.2%, 15.8%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer14,558,139

CSS custom property--colour: #DE23BB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2032WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness139.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.06:1

Contrast with white4.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black5.06:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#565656

Inverted#21DC44

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#2E6BBFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 71.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#7286B7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 75.1 from the original

Tritanopia#EB3271no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.15:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text5.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium violet red · ΔE 23.4 Medium orchid · ΔE 23.9 Dark magenta · ΔE 26.3 Orchid · ΔE 26.7 Violet · ΔE 29.3 Dark orchid · ΔE 29.9

Nearest named CSS colourMedium violet red (#C71585)ΔE 23.37, a distinctly different colour

Hue familymagenta

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#23DE46

Analogous#A423DE, #DE235D

Triadic#BBDE23, #23BBDE

Split complementary#5DDE23, #23DEA4

Tetradic#DEA423, #23DE46, #235DDE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#F9D4F2

Lighter +30%#F2A8E4

Lighter +20%#EB7CD6

Lighter +10%#E54FC9

Darker −10%#B31B97

Darker −20%#871471

Darker −30%#5A0E4C

Darker −40%#2E0727

More saturated +25%#FE03CF

Less saturated −25%#BE43A7

Channel breakdown

R222

G35

B187

Red222 (87.1%)

Green35 (13.7%)

Blue187 (73.3%)

Hue311.23°

Saturation (HSL)73.91%

Lightness50.39%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR DE · G 23 · B BB

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