HEX Color #DB24C5 (Mediumorchid)

About #DB24C5

The precise color #DB24C5 is an excellent choice for modern design projects. Its closest recognized web color is Mediumorchid. Its digital footprint relies on 219 parts red, 36 parts green, and 197 parts blue light.

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 84% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 307.2° hue, 71.8% saturation, and 50.0% lightness.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. Mathematical luminance calculations suggest that #000000 text provides the most optimal reading experience. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#DB24C5

RGB219, 36, 197

HSL307.2°, 71.8%, 50.0%

CMYK0%, 84%, 10%, 14%

HSV307.2°, 83.6%, 85.9%

LAB52.2, 80.3, -41.3

XYZ39.9, 20.4, 54.6

Decimal14361797

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#DB24C5 #24DB39

Analogous

#9524DB #DB2469

Triadic

#C5DB24 #24C4DB

Tetradic

#DB9524 #24DB39 #2469DB

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#DB24C5

#DF3CCB

#E354D1

#E76DD8

#EB85DE

#EF9DE5

#F3B6EB

#F7CEF2

#FBE6F8

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#DB24C5

#C220AF

#AA1C99

#921883

#79146D

#611057

#490C41

#30082B

#180415

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

4.14:1

Text on #FFFFFF

AA Large

5.07:1

Text on #000000

AA

3.96:1

Text on #F8FAFC

AA Large

4.31:1

Text on #0F172A

AA Large

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #DB24C5; }

.text-color { color: #DB24C5; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #DB24C5; }

Similar Colors

Mediumorchid

#BA55D3