#DF288E

sRGB: 223 / 40 / 142

Thunderous oceans reshape eternity
Withered branches echo between distant mountains
Golden visions transcend the limits of dreams

#DF288E belongs to the rose family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 223 red, 40 green and 142 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 326.6° lands in the rose region. Its 74.1% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 51.6% 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 (4.83:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 223, 40, 142
HSL: 326.56°, 74.09%, 51.57%
HSV / HSB: 326.56°, 82.06%, 87.45%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 82.06%, 36.32%, 12.55%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 36.071, 19.161, 27.391
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 50.875, 73.749, -10.943
WCAG relative luminance: 0.19159
24-bit decimal: 14624910

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 #DF288E 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: 4.83:1

Normal text: AA
Large text: AAA

White text: 4.35:1

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

#28DF79 sits half a turn (180°) from #DF288E 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.

#DF288E #28DF79

Analogous

#D428DF and #DF2833 sit 30° to either side of #DF288E. 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.

#D428DF #DF288E #DF2833

Triadic

#DF288E, #8EDF28 and #288EDF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#DF288E #8EDF28 #288EDF

Split complementary

Start at #DF288E and look across the wheel. #32DF28 and #28DFD5 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#DF288E #32DF28 #28DFD5

Square

Starting with #DF288E, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #DFD528, #28DF79, then #2832DF. Across the square, #DF288E pairs with #28DF79, and #DFD528 with #2832DF.

#DF288E #DFD528 #28DF79 #2832DF

Tetradic

#DF288E and #28DF79 are opposites, as are #DF7928 and #288EDF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#DF288E #DF7928 #28DF79 #288EDF

Tints

Mixing #DF288E with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E553A5, keeps 80% of the original. By #F9D4E8, the mixture is 80% white.

#DF288E #E553A5 #EC7EBB #F2A9D2 #F9D4E8 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #DF288E with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B22072, keeps 80% of the original. By #2D081C, the mixture is 80% black.

#DF288E #B22072 #861855 #591039 #2D081C #000000

Tones

Mixing #DF288E with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CC3A8B, keeps 80% of the original. By #936E83, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#DF288E #CC3A8B #B94B88 #A65D86 #936E83 #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

#DF288E

RGB

rgb(223 40 142)

HSL

hsl(326.557 74.089% 51.569%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #DF288E;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#DF288E uses 223 red, 40 green and 142 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 87.5%

Green 15.7%

Blue 55.7%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #DF288E is 0.0% cyan, 82.1% magenta, 36.3% yellow and 12.5% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 82.1%

Yellow 36.3%

Black 12.5%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #DD2288. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #D28 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #DF288E when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CC3399, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #DD2288 Nearest web-safe: #CC3399

Gradient to complement

#DF288E #C1478B #A26587 #848484 #65A280 #47C17D #28DF79

Color vision previews

Compare how #DF288E 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.

#506490

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.

#83858A

Tritanopia

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

#F10659

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.

#985A8E

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.

#A5708B

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#DF2F7F

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#797979

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.

#B55C84

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 0.73791 G 0.02122 B 0.27050

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 0.80402 G 0.23482 B 0.54727

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.61067 G 0.04501 B 0.26044

CIE xyY

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

x 0.437 y 0.232 Y 19.161

CMY

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

C % 12.549 M % 84.314 Y % 44.314

Binary RGB

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

11011111 00101000 10001110