#DA41CD

sRGB: 218 / 65 / 205

Thunderous oceans flourish beyond boundaries
Sleeping valleys disappear beneath stillness
Boundless spirits shatter the chains of fate

#DA41CD belongs to the magenta family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 218 red, 65 green and 205 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 305.1° lands in the magenta region. Its 67.4% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 55.5% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (5.62:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 218, 65, 205
HSL: 305.10°, 67.40%, 55.49%
HSV / HSB: 305.10°, 70.18%, 85.49%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 70.18%, 5.96%, 14.51%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 41.821, 23.096, 60.015
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 55.171, 73.527, -41.262
WCAG relative luminance: 0.23094
24-bit decimal: 14303693

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 #DA41CD 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: 5.62:1

Normal text: AA
Large text: AAA

White text: 3.74:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: AA

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

#41DA4E sits half a turn (180°) from #DA41CD 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.

#DA41CD #41DA4E

Analogous

#9B41DA and #DA4180 sit 30° to either side of #DA41CD. 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.

#9B41DA #DA41CD #DA4180

Triadic

#DA41CD, #CDDA41 and #41CDDA are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#DA41CD #CDDA41 #41CDDA

Split complementary

Start at #DA41CD and look across the wheel. #80DA41 and #41DA9B sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#DA41CD #80DA41 #41DA9B

Square

Starting with #DA41CD, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #DA9B41, #41DA4E, then #4180DA. Across the square, #DA41CD pairs with #41DA4E, and #DA9B41 with #4180DA.

#DA41CD #DA9B41 #41DA4E #4180DA

Tetradic

#DA41CD and #41DA4E are opposites, as are #DA4E41 and #41CDDA. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#DA41CD #DA4E41 #41DA4E #41CDDA

Tints

Mixing #DA41CD with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E167D7, keeps 80% of the original. By #F8D9F5, the mixture is 80% white.

#DA41CD #E167D7 #E98DE1 #F0B3EB #F8D9F5 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #DA41CD with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #AE34A4, keeps 80% of the original. By #2C0D29, the mixture is 80% black.

#DA41CD #AE34A4 #83277B #571A52 #2C0D29 #000000

Tones

Mixing #DA41CD with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #C84EBE, keeps 80% of the original. By #92738F, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#DA41CD #C84EBE #B65AAE #A4679F #92738F #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

#DA41CD

RGB

rgb(218 65 205)

HSL

hsl(305.098 67.401% 55.490%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #DA41CD;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#DA41CD uses 218 red, 65 green and 205 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 85.5%

Green 25.5%

Blue 80.4%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #DA41CD is 0.0% cyan, 70.2% magenta, 6.0% yellow and 14.5% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 70.2%

Yellow 6.0%

Black 14.5%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #DD44CC. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #D4C in CSS. For a modern design, keep #DA41CD when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CC33CC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #DD44CC Nearest web-safe: #CC33CC

Gradient to complement

#DA41CD #C15BB8 #A774A3 #8E8E8E #74A778 #5BC163 #41DA4E

Color vision previews

Compare how #DA41CD 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.

#3676D1

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.

#718CC9

Tritanopia

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

#E35283

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.

#8F6BCE

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.

#9A79CB

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#D84EB7

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#848484

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.

#B669AE

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 0.05286 B 0.61050

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 0.78940 G 0.30229 B 0.78073

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.58601 G 0.07438 B 0.57167

CIE xyY

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

x 0.335 y 0.185 Y 23.096

CMY

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

C % 14.510 M % 74.510 Y % 19.608

Binary RGB

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

11011010 01000001 11001101