CSS named color
Pale Violet Red #DB7093
The CSS keyword palevioletred is #DB7093. It is a light soft pink in the pink family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.678, chroma 0.138 and hue 0.7°.
- Relative luminance
- 0.2875
- OKLCH L · C · h
- 0.678 · 0.138 · 0.7
- Best text
- Black 6.75:1
- Hue family
- Pink
#DB7093 color codes
- HEX
#DB7093- RGB
rgb(219, 112, 147)- HSL
hsl(340, 60%, 65%)- OKLCH
oklch(0.678 0.138 0.7)- OKLab
oklab(0.678 0.138 0.002)- CIELAB (D65)
L* 60.57, a* 45.52, b* 0.40- XYZ (D65)
X 40.28, Y 28.76, Z 31.03- CMYK (naive)
cmyk(0%, 49%, 33%, 14%)
CIELAB and XYZ use the D65 white point; CSS lab() uses D50, so paste the OKLCH or HEX value into stylesheets. CMYK here is a plain formula with no press profile.
Legibility
Contrast: is #DB7093 accessible?
Black text on it reaches 6.75:1, passing AA. White text manages only 3.11:1, enough for large text only.
WCAG 2 gives the same ratio whichever color is the text; APCA does not, so its Lc changes sign and size with polarity.
Open the Contrast System-
Black text on it
6.75:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +46
-
White text on it
3.11:1
- AA fails
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −63
-
As text on black
6.75:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −44
-
As text on white
3.11:1
- AA fails
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +57
Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1
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For text on white
#BB5377 4.54:1
Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.68 to 0.58 reaches 4.54:1 on white, keeping the hue.
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For text on black
#DB7093 6.75:1
It already reaches 6.75:1 on black, so no change is needed.
Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.
Studio
Adjust #DB7093 live
Move lightness, chroma and hue in OKLCH, or drag on the map. The map is every lightness and chroma at the current hue: sRGB inside the solid area, Display P3 out to the dashed line.
Scale
Shades and tints of #DB7093
Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #DB7093 sits at step 400.
Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.
Gamut
How vivid #DB7093 can get
At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.230; #DB7093 uses 60% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.295 there: 28% more.
- sRGB
- Display P3
- Rec. 2020
- Dominant wavelength
- OKLCH chroma
- 0.138
- sRGB edge
- 0.230
- Display P3 edge
- 0.295
- Rec. 2020 edge
- 0.363
- Dominant wavelength
- Complementary 497 nm
- Excitation purity
- 32%
- Chromaticity
- x 0.4025, y 0.2874
- This color#DB7093
- Most vivid in sRGB#FF4290
- Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.678 0.295 0.7)
On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.
.accent {
color: #db7093;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
.accent { color: color(display-p3 1 0.1316 0.5517); }
}Mixing
Mixing #DB7093
Each row is the same mix worked out in a different space, with the halfway color at its end. sRGB, which older CSS gradients use, can sag gray or dark in the middle; OKLab keeps the lightness steps even; OKLCH holds chroma and hue as it goes.
White #FFFFFF
- sRGB50%#EDB8C9
- OKLab50%#F1B8C8
- OKLCH50%#F1B8C8
Black #000000
- sRGB50%#6E384A
- OKLab50%#542736
- OKLCH50%#542736
Its complement #00B09B
- sRGB50%#6E9097
- OKLab50%#9C9697
- OKLCH50%#B6931E
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #db7093, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #db7093 50%, white);In use
#DB7093 in an interface
A button, a link, a heading, a focused field, an icon and a chart line in this color, on a light page and a dark one. Each check is a WCAG 2 contrast minimum: 1.4.3 for text, 1.4.11 for the rest.
Light page
- Button labelText, 4.5:16.75:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:13.11:1 Fails
- Large headingLarge text, 3:13.11:1 Passes
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:13.11:1 Passes
For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #BB5377 4.54:1
Dark page
- Button labelText, 4.5:16.75:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:16.02:1 Passes
- Large headingLarge text, 3:16.02:1 Passes
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:16.02:1 Passes
Color vision
How #DB7093 looks with color blindness
Deuteranopia changes it most, ΔE2000 28.6; tritanopia changes it least, 6.9.
Simulated with Machado et al. (2009) at full severity, in linear light.
Simulate a whole page What each type sees-
Protanopia
No working red (long-wavelength) cones
#818694 ΔE2000 25.8
Distinct
Reads as grayish blue
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Deuteranopia
No working green (medium-wavelength) cones
#9C9A91 ΔE2000 28.6
Distinct
Reads as gray
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Tritanopia
No working blue (short-wavelength) cones
#EA687D ΔE2000 6.9
Noticeable
Reads as light soft pink
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Achromatopsia
No cone color vision; lightness only
#929292 ΔE2000 24.6
Distinct
Reads as gray
Pairing check
Checked against its complement, #00B09B. Their lightness contrast is only 1.13:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.
| Vision | The pair | ΔE2000 | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Normal vision | #DB7093 · #00B09B | 62.8 | Stays distinct |
| Protanopia | #818694 · #A8A59A | 16.5 | Stays distinct |
| Deuteranopia | #9C9A91 · #95979D | 8.1 | Harder to tell apart |
| Tritanopia | #EA687D · #00B3AA | 61.3 | Stays distinct |
| Achromatopsia | #929292 · #9C9C9C | 3.2 | Easily confused |
Harmony
Color harmonies for #DB7093
Its complement is #00B09B, a light soft cyan, on the cool side of the wheel.
Hue rotations in OKLCH, mapped into sRGB by trimming chroma so hue and lightness stay put.
Open the Harmony Studio- Base#DB7093
- Complement#00B09B
Complementary
Open in Harmony Studio- −30°#C776BF
- Base#DB7093
- +30°#E07462
Analogous
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#DB7093
- +120°#8CA434
- +240°#33A1E4
Triadic
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#DB7093
- +150°#4DAF6A
- +210°#00AAC0
Split-complementary
Open in Harmony StudioCode
Design tokens
Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.
:root {
--color-palevioletred: #db7093;
}// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
theme: {
extend: {
colors: {
palevioletred: '#db7093',
},
},
},
};/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";
@theme {
--color-palevioletred: oklch(0.678 0.138 0.7);
}{
"color": {
"palevioletred": {
"$type": "color",
"$value": {
"colorSpace": "srgb",
"components": [0.8588, 0.4392, 0.5765],
"hex": "#db7093"
},
"$description": "CSS named color palevioletred"
}
}
}import SwiftUI
enum Palette {
static let palevioletred = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.859, green: 0.439, blue: 0.576, opacity: 1)
}import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color
object Palette {
val Palevioletred = Color(0xFFDB7093)
}Matches
The nearest match in each system
The closest CSS name, Tailwind shade, RAL Classic paint and Crayola crayon by ΔE2000; under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side. RAL and Crayola values approximate physical colors.
Tools
Open #DB7093 in the tools
Each opens over this page. More colors live in the Color Library, and every color page is listed on the hub.
- Color InspectorEvery format, its names, contrast and color vision in one panel.
- Contrast SystemBlack and white text on this color, with fixes in both directions.
- Harmony StudioPalettes built from this color, walked to a contrast target if you ask.
- Color Space ConverterThe same color in 34 notations, with its gamut headroom.
- Color Name FinderThe nearest of 1,055 color names by ΔE2000.