#DB96DA

sRGB: 219 / 150 / 218

Thunderous oceans rise against oblivion
Shimmering rivers blossom beneath falling stars
Fierce revelations illuminate hidden worlds

#DB96DA belongs to the magenta family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 219 red, 150 green and 218 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 300.9° lands in the magenta region. Its 48.9% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 72.4% 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 (9.39:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 219, 150, 218
HSL: 300.87°, 48.94%, 72.35%
HSV / HSB: 300.87°, 31.51%, 85.88%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 31.51%, 0.46%, 14.12%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 52.772, 41.936, 71.647
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 70.827, 36.702, -24.244
WCAG relative luminance: 0.41935
24-bit decimal: 14391002

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 #DB96DA 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: 9.39:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 2.24:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

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

#96DB97 sits half a turn (180°) from #DB96DA 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.

#DB96DA #96DB97

Analogous

#B996DB and #DB96B8 sit 30° to either side of #DB96DA. 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.

#B996DB #DB96DA #DB96B8

Triadic

#DB96DA, #DADB96 and #96DADB are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#DB96DA #DADB96 #96DADB

Split complementary

Start at #DB96DA and look across the wheel. #B8DB96 and #96DBB9 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#DB96DA #B8DB96 #96DBB9

Square

Starting with #DB96DA, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #DBB996, #96DB97, then #96B8DB. Across the square, #DB96DA pairs with #96DB97, and #DBB996 with #96B8DB.

#DB96DA #DBB996 #96DB97 #96B8DB

Tetradic

#DB96DA and #96DB97 are opposites, as are #DB9796 and #96DADB. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#DB96DA #DB9796 #96DB97 #96DADB

Tints

Mixing #DB96DA with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E2ABE1, keeps 80% of the original. By #F8EAF8, the mixture is 80% white.

#DB96DA #E2ABE1 #E9C0E9 #F1D5F0 #F8EAF8 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #DB96DA with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #AF78AE, keeps 80% of the original. By #2C1E2C, the mixture is 80% black.

#DB96DA #AF78AE #835A83 #583C57 #2C1E2C #000000

Tones

Mixing #DB96DA with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #C992C8, keeps 80% of the original. By #928492, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#DB96DA #C992C8 #B78DB6 #A489A4 #928492 #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

#DB96DA

RGB

rgb(219 150 218)

HSL

hsl(300.870 48.936% 72.353%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #DB96DA;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#DB96DA uses 219 red, 150 green and 218 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 85.9%

Green 58.8%

Blue 85.5%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #DB96DA is 0.0% cyan, 31.5% magenta, 0.5% yellow and 14.1% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 31.5%

Yellow 0.5%

Black 14.1%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #DD99DD. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #D9D in CSS. For a modern design, keep #DB96DA when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CC99CC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #DD99DD Nearest web-safe: #CC99CC

Gradient to complement

#DB96DA #D0A2CF #C4ADC4 #B9B9B9 #ADC4AD #A2D0A2 #96DB97

Color vision previews

Compare how #DB96DA 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.

#91A8DD

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.

#A2B0D8

Tritanopia

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

#DF9CAF

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.

#B0A3DB

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.

#B5A8D8

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#DA9ACC

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#ADADAD

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.

#C6A2C5

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 0.70838 G 0.30499 B 0.70110

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 0.81913 G 0.59985 B 0.83927

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.63676 G 0.31838 B 0.67255

CIE xyY

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

x 0.317 y 0.252 Y 41.936

CMY

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

C % 14.118 M % 41.176 Y % 14.510

Binary RGB

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

11011011 10010110 11011010