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#DB00CE — Vivid Pink

#DB00CE is a pink color we call Vivid Pink, closest to the named color Fuchsia (#FF00FF). It belongs to the pink family.

#DB00CE is a warm-leaning pink color associated with playfulness, romance and softness. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #00DB0F; it also sits naturally between #7C00DB and #DB005F. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#DB00CE · RGB 219, 0, 206

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Color values

HEX#DB00CE
RGB219, 0, 206
HSL304°, 100%, 43%
HSV304°, 100%, 86%
CMYK0%, 100%, 6%, 14%
XYZ40.35, 19.52, 60.03
Yxy19.52, 0.3366, 0.1628
CIE-Lab51.29, 85.77, -47.99
Hunter Lab44.18, 89.50, -54.05

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 86% · Green 0% · Blue 81%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 100% · Yellow 6% · Key 14%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #DB00CE on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #DB00CE on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #DB00CE

.text { color: #DB00CE; }
.background { background-color: #DB00CE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DB00CE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(219, 0, 206); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(304, 100%, 43%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DB00CE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(219, 0, 206, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DB00CE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(219, 0, 206, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#DB00CE">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#DB00CE">Div content here</div>

Shades of #DB00CE

#C700BA#B300A7#9E0094#8A0081#7A0072#66005F#52004C#3D0039#290026#140013

Tints of #DB00CE

#F500E4#FF14EF#FF2EF1#FF47F3#FF66F5#FF80F7#FF99F8#FFB3FA#FFD1FC#FFEBFE

Tones of #DB00CE

#CC0FBF#BC20B1#AC2FA4#9D3F97#8D4E89#7D5E7B

Color harmonies

Complementary — #00DB0F:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text4.28:1 AA large only
Against black text4.90:1 AA

Best text color on #DB00CE: #000000.

How #DB00CE looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #7C7A9CDeuteranopia · #899990Tritanopia · #D0756C

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Tailwind fuchsia 600 · #C026D3Tailwind fuchsia 500 · #D946EFMaterial Purple 500 · #9C27B0

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #DB00CE rather than the exact color:

Dusty Bloom
#431997 · #4D0968 · #E311CF · #E41A83
Velvet Ruby Harbor
#1667AF · #1610CB · #8C12E1 · #DE12BF
Dreamy Ruby Drift
#E21ACB · #AC2246 · #DB6421 · #D0CD2D
Palette Fff78f
#FFF78F · #22B9CA · #0C99C1 · #F30CD4
Crimson Dusk
#C917C9 · #EA42D9 · #1AE019 · #C8F5CA
Palette 2e0249
#2E0249 · #570A57 · #A91079 · #F806CC

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#E311CF#DE12BF#E21ACB#F30CD4#C917C9#F806CC#DC20CE#DC21D0#CA1DC6#D01AE2#E71DDD#DA17B2

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DB00CD  ·  #DB00CF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DB00CE?

#DB00CE is Vivid Pink, a pink color (RGB 219, 0, 206). Its closest standard named color is Fuchsia.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DB00CE?

#DB00CE is RGB 219, 0, 206 — HSL 304°, 100%, 43% — CMYK 0%, 100%, 6%, 14%.

What colors go with #DB00CE?

Its complement is #00DB0F; analogous partners are #7C00DB and #DB005F. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DB00CE for text?

Black text on #DB00CE has a contrast ratio of 4.90:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 4.28:1.