#DA00A5

sRGB: 218 / 0 / 165

#DA00A5 belongs to the magenta family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 218 red, 0 green and 165 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 314.6° lands in the magenta region. Its 100.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 42.7% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, white has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (4.64:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 218, 0, 165
HSL: 314.59°, 100.00%, 42.75%
HSV / HSB: 314.59°, 100.00%, 85.49%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 100.00%, 24.31%, 14.51%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 35.704, 17.624, 37.120
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 49.037, 80.436, -27.573
WCAG relative luminance: 0.17622
24-bit decimal: 14287013

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #DA00A5 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 4.52:1

Normal text: AA
Large text: AAA

White text: 4.64:1

Normal text: AA
Large text: AAA

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#00DA35 sits half a turn (180°) from #DA00A5 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#DA00A5 #00DA35

Analogous

#A200DA and #DA0038 sit 30° to either side of #DA00A5. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#A200DA #DA00A5 #DA0038

Triadic

#DA00A5, #A5DA00 and #00A5DA are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#DA00A5 #A5DA00 #00A5DA

Split complementary

Start at #DA00A5 and look across the wheel. #38DA00 and #00DAA2 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#DA00A5 #38DA00 #00DAA2

Square

Starting with #DA00A5, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #DAA200, #00DA35, then #0038DA. Across the square, #DA00A5 pairs with #00DA35, and #DAA200 with #0038DA.

#DA00A5 #DAA200 #00DA35 #0038DA

Tetradic

#DA00A5 and #00DA35 are opposites, as are #DA3500 and #00A5DA. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#DA00A5 #DA3500 #00DA35 #00A5DA

Tints

Mixing #DA00A5 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E133B7, keeps 80% of the original. By #F8CCED, the mixture is 80% white.

#DA00A5 #E133B7 #E966C9 #F099DB #F8CCED #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #DA00A5 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #AE0084, keeps 80% of the original. By #2C0021, the mixture is 80% black.

#DA00A5 #AE0084 #830063 #570042 #2C0021 #000000

Tones

Mixing #DA00A5 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #C81A9E, keeps 80% of the original. By #926687, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#DA00A5 #C81A9E #B63396 #A44D8F #926687 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#DA00A5

RGB

rgb(218 0 165)

HSL

hsl(314.587 100.000% 42.745%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #DA00A5;
  color: #FFFFFF;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#DA00A5 uses 218 red, 0 green and 165 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 85.5%

Green 0.0%

Blue 64.7%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #DA00A5 is 0.0% cyan, 100.0% magenta, 24.3% yellow and 14.5% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 100.0%

Yellow 24.3%

Black 14.5%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #DD00AA. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #D0A in CSS. For a modern design, keep #DA00A5 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CC0099, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #DD00AA Nearest web-safe: #CC0099

Gradient to complement

#DA00A5 #B62492 #914980 #6D6D6D #49915A #24B648 #00DA35

Color vision previews

Compare how #DA00A5 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#3060A8

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#7380A1

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#E90260

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#8E54A6

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#9A69A2

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#D91F91

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#747474

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#B1548F

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.70110 G 0.00000 B 0.37626

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.78374 G 0.16518 B 0.62990

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.57663 G 0.02327 B 0.35457

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.395 y 0.195 Y 17.624

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 14.510 M % 100.000 Y % 35.294

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

11011010 00000000 10100101