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Recognised as Colour

#DE258D

  • #DE258D
  • Magenta
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium violet red

#DE258D is a magenta with RGB values 222, 37, 141 and HSL 326°, 74%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium violet red.

Colour values

#DE258D#DE258D
HEX#DE258D
RGBrgb(222, 37, 141)
RGB (0–1)0.8706, 0.1451, 0.5529
RGB percentages87.1%, 14.5%, 55.3%
HSLhsl(326.3, 73.7%, 50.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(326.3, 83.3%, 87.1%)
CMYK0%, 83.3%, 36.5%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,558,605
CSS custom property--colour: #DE258D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18776WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness133.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.76:1
Contrast with white4.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.76:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#545454
Inverted#21DA72

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4E638Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 71.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#828489no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 74.4 from the original
Tritanopia#F00058no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.42:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium violet red · ΔE 7.7Deep pink · ΔE 13Hot pink · ΔE 18Pale violetred · ΔE 32.4Orchid · ΔE 32.4Dark magenta · ΔE 34.9
Nearest named CSS colourMedium violet red (#C71585)ΔE 7.66, clearly different but related
Hue familymagenta
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#25DE76
Analogous#D225DE, #DE2531
Triadic#8DDE25, #258DDE
Split complementary#31DE25, #25DED2
Tetradic#DED325, #25DE76, #2531DE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F9D6EA
Lighter +30%#F2AAD2
Lighter +20%#EB7EBB
Lighter +10%#E551A4
Darker −10%#B51B72
Darker −20%#881556
Darker −30%#5C0E3A
Darker −40%#30071E
More saturated +25%#FD0691
Less saturated −25%#BF4489

Channel breakdown

R222
G37
B141
Red222 (87.1%)
Green37 (14.5%)
Blue141 (55.3%)
Hue326.27°
Saturation (HSL)73.71%
Lightness50.78%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR DE · G 25 · B 8D

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