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#DB7889

#db7889 ≈ Pale Violet Red

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#db7889 is a color from the red family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 85.88% red, 47.06% green and 53.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 45.21% magenta, 37.44% yellow and 14.12% black. Its hue angle is 349.7°, with 57.89% saturation and 66.47% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with energy, passion and urgency. Designers typically use it for food and restaurant brands, sales and promotions and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.06:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pale Violet Red (#db7093), ΔE 4.95.

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Relative luminance0.303

Complementary

  1. #db7889
  2. #78dbca

Split complementary

  1. #db7889
  2. #78db99
  3. #78badb

Analogous

  1. #db78ba
  2. #db7889
  3. #db9978

Triadic

  1. #db7889
  2. #89db78
  3. #7889db

Tetradic

  1. #db7889
  2. #dbca78
  3. #78dbca
  4. #7889db

Square

  1. #db7889
  2. #badb78
  3. #78dbca
  4. #9978db

Monochromatic

  1. #93273a
  2. #cb3c54
  3. #db7889
  4. #ebb4be
  5. #fbeff1

Shades

#db7889 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #db7889
  2. #c56c7b
  3. #af606e
  4. #995460
  5. #834852
  6. #6e3c45
  7. #583037
  8. #422429
  9. #2c181b
  10. #160c0e
  11. #000000

Tints

#db7889 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #db7889
  2. #df8695
  3. #e293a1
  4. #e6a1ac
  5. #e9aeb8
  6. #edbcc4
  7. #f1c9d0
  8. #f4d7dc
  9. #f8e4e7
  10. #fbf2f3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#db7889 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #db7889
  2. #d27988
  3. #c97a87
  4. #c07a86
  5. #b77b85
  6. #ae7c85
  7. #a47d84
  8. #9b7e83
  9. #927e82
  10. #897f81
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.97:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.06:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #969696 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b68b91 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8a8a89 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a39d87 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #eb6e7e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b08389 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bc9088 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e57283 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-db7889 {
  color: #db7889;
}
Background
.bg-db7889 {
  background-color: #db7889;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-db7889 {
  border: 2px solid #db7889;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #db7889;
  --color-primary-rgb: 219 120 137;
  --color-primary-hsl: 350 58% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-db7889 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #db7889, #db9978);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-db7889 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(219 120 137 / 0.35);
}

#db7093 Pale Violet Red ΔE 4.95 #cc8899 Puce ΔE 6.01 #de5d83 Blush ΔE 6.60 #c08081 Old Rose ΔE 7.02 #f08080 Light Coral ΔE 7.32 #b76e79 Rose Gold ΔE 7.60 #b57281 Turkish Rose ΔE 7.80 #248776 Inverted #969696 Grayscale 

Pale Violet Red
#db7889  rgb(219, 120, 137)  hsl(350, 58%, 66%)  Pale Violet Red
#78dbca  rgb(120, 219, 202)  hsl(170, 58%, 66%)  Turquoise
#89db78  rgb(137, 219, 120)  hsl(110, 58%, 66%)  Pastel Green
#7889db  rgb(120, 137, 219)  hsl(230, 58%, 66%)  Glaucous