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Pale violet red

#DB7093

Pale violet red is the hex color #DB7093, with RGB values 219, 112, 147. It is a CSS color keyword, so browsers render it from the name alone, and its value is fixed by the CSS Color Module.

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#DB7093rgb(219, 112, 147) · hsl(340, 60%, 65%)

Pale violet red color codes

Every value for #DB7093, ready to paste. Click any code to copy it.

Channel values for #DB7093 in each number base
ChannelDecimalShareHexOctalBinary
Red21985.88%DB33311011011
Green11243.92%7016001110000
Blue14757.65%9322310010011

The nearest web-safe color is #CC6699, from the 216-color palette browsers agreed on before displays could be trusted with more.

About pale violet red

A CSS keyword with a name that describes three colors and commits to none of them. In practice it is a dusty mid pink.

Shades, tints and tones

Every step is generated from #DB7093. Click a swatch to copy its hex.

Shades of pale violet red

A shade is the base color with black mixed in. Shades read as deeper and more dramatic, and they are what you reach for when a color needs to recede or carry weight.

Tints of pale violet red

A tint is the base color with white mixed in. Tints turn pastel as they lighten, which makes them useful for backgrounds and for anything that has to sit behind text.

Tones of pale violet red

A tone is the base color with grey mixed in. Tones lose the shout without losing the hue, and they are usually what separates a considered palette from a loud one.

The pale violet red scale

The same color as the 50 to 950 ladder every CSS framework uses, with #DB7093 at 500. Click a step to copy its hex, or take the whole scale as variables for a design system.

Color schemes built on pale violet red

Harmonies are positions on the color wheel rather than matters of taste, which is why they keep working across very different designs.

Complementary

Two colors from opposite sides of the wheel. They make each other look more vivid, which is why the pairing is used for anything that needs to stand out.

Analogous

Three neighbours on the wheel. Nothing competes, so the result reads calm and settled, closer to how colour behaves in nature.

Split complementary

The base plus the two colors either side of its complement. It keeps most of the contrast while being much easier to balance.

Triadic

Three colors spaced evenly around the wheel. Strong and lively, and usually best with one dominant color and two accents.

Tetradic

Two complementary pairs, forming a rectangle on the wheel. The richest scheme available, and the hardest to keep from shouting.

Monochromatic

One hue at different lightness levels. Effortlessly cohesive, and the safest way to build a palette around a brand color.

Colors close to #DB7093

Near neighbours, for when this color is almost right. Each one shifts hue, saturation or lightness by a small step.

Pale violet red color palettes

Five-color palettes built around #DB7093, each following a different scheme. Click any swatch to copy it, or open the generator to build your own.

Analogous

Complementary

Triadic

Monochromatic

Open the palette generator to lock the colors you like and regenerate the rest.

Contrast and readability

Whether pale violet red works as text, and what to put on top of it when it is the background. Ratios follow WCAG 2.1, where 4.5 is the bar for body text and 3 for large text.

Pale violet red text on white background

3.11:1 · Large text only

Large text at 24 pixels

Body text at 16 pixels. A flat field of color removes every variable, which is what makes it useful for judging a display.

  • Body AA
  • Body AAA
  • Large AA
  • Large AAA

Pale violet red text on black background

6.75:1 · Good

Large text at 24 pixels

Body text at 16 pixels. A flat field of color removes every variable, which is what makes it useful for judging a display.

  • Body AA
  • Body AAA
  • Large AA
  • Large AAA

Used the other way round, #DB7093 as a background takes #000000 text. That is the higher-contrast of the two, and it is what the tool picks automatically for any chrome sitting on your color.

Pale violet red reads better on a black background of the two. Contrast is a property of the pair, not of one color, so a color that fails here can still be perfectly usable against a different partner.

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The pink family

Pale violet red sits in the pink family. Every named pink in the library, with pale violet red first.

SwatchNameHexRGBHSL
Pale violet red is a CSS keyword is the color on this page#DB7093219, 112, 147340, 60%, 65%
Pink is a CSS keyword#FFC0CB255, 192, 203350, 100%, 88%
Magenta is a CSS keyword#FF00FF255, 0, 255300, 100%, 50%
Hot pink is a CSS keyword#FF69B4255, 105, 180330, 100%, 71%
Rose#FF007F255, 0, 127330, 100%, 50%
Dusty rose#D8A7B1216, 167, 177348, 39%, 75%
Baby pink#F4C2C2244, 194, 1940, 69%, 86%