Pale Violet Red #DB7093

Pale Violet Red color (#DB7093)

Pale Violet Red is one of the 148 CSS named colors. Use the keyword palevioletred anywhere CSS accepts a color, or its hex code #DB7093, which is rgb(219, 112, 147) in RGB.

It is a medium, vivid warm color with a hue angle of 340° on the HSL color wheel and a perceived lightness of 68% in OKLCH. On a pale violet red background, black text gives the higher contrast at 6.75:1, which passes WCAG AA for normal text.

Pale Violet Red color codes

CSS name palevioletred
HEX #DB7093
HEX (8-digit) #DB7093FF
RGB rgb(219, 112, 147)
HSL hsl(340, 60%, 65%)
HSV / HSB hsv(340, 49%, 86%)
OKLCH oklch(67.8% 0.1382 0.7)
CMYK cmyk(0%, 48.9%, 32.9%, 14.1%)

Contrast with white and black

WCAG 2 contrast ratios and APCA lightness contrast (Lc) for pale violet red used as text and as a background.

Aa Sample text
Pale Violet Red text on white
3.11:1 WCAG Lc 57.7 APCA AA large text only
Aa Sample text
Pale Violet Red text on black
6.75:1 WCAG Lc -44.1 APCA Passes AA
Aa Sample text
White text on pale violet red
3.11:1 WCAG Lc -63.1 APCA AA large text only
Aa Sample text
Black text on pale violet red
6.75:1 WCAG Lc 46.4 APCA Passes AA

Tints and shades of pale violet red

Tints mix pale violet red with white; shades mix it with black, in 10% steps. Click a swatch to copy it, or build custom scales in the tint & shade generator.

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Colors that go with pale violet red

Harmonies calculated on the HSL color wheel. Explore more in the color scheme generator.

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Pale Violet Red with color blindness

Approximately how pale violet red appears with each type of color vision deficiency. Test full designs with the color blindness simulator.

Using pale violet red in CSS

.element {
  color: palevioletred;
  background-color: #db7093;
  border-color: rgb(219 112 147 / 50%);
  outline-color: oklch(67.8% 0.1382 0.7);
}

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