Pale Violet Red `#DB7093`

Pale Violet Red (#DB7093) is a mid-tone, saturated pink with an OKLCH hue of 1°, lightness 0.68 and chroma 0.138. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as an accent color: strong in focal moments, dominant over large fields.

Color values

HEX	`#DB7093`
RGB	`rgb(219, 112, 147)`
HSL	`hsl(340, 60%, 65%)`
HSV	`hsv(340, 49%, 86%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 49%, 33%, 14%)`
CIE Lab	`lab(60.6 45.5 0.4)`
OKLCH	`oklch(0.678 0.138 1)`

How Pale Violet Red behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Pale Violet Red shifts subtly: leans toward red; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 1.4), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Warm interior (2700K incandescent / warm LED): → #dd6c89 — ΔE 1.4, shifts subtly: leans toward red
Neutral LED (4000K task and retail lighting): → #df7090 — ΔE 0.8, shifts subtly: leans toward red
Daylight (6500K standard daylight (reference)): → #db7093 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged
North light / shade (~7500K diffuse blue-sky light): → #dc7195 — ΔE 0.4, is virtually unchanged

Contrast & accessibility

Against white it measures 3.11:1 and against black 6.75:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.

Palettes built from Pale Violet Red

Tonal

One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.

#ffebf0 · #ffadc5 · #db7093 · #b95778 · #8c3655 · #621534

Analogous

The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.

#faa390 · #ed898f · #db7093 · #ba6397 · #995996 · #784f8e

Shifted

The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.

#dbab8e · #db7093 · #b15976 · #904500 · #6e223f · #431c00

Contrast

One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.

#34e1c9 · #db7093 · #8c6d75 · #7a4555 · #572938 · #31141d

Quiet Support

The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.

#e5f6f2 · #db7093 · #8b767c · #424e4b · #2b181d · #000201

Bright Accent

This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.

#e7f5f2 · #bccdc9 · #8da19c · #0d2823 · #000504 · #db7093

Complementary

The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.

#d3dcb7 · #bea3bf · #db7093 · #1f797a · #384b38 · #1b071c

Split-complementary

The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.

#d5fcf3 · #db7093 · #458f59 · #005561 · #00270c · #000305

Triadic

Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.

#edf7d8 · #db7093 · #738634 · #00507a · #002136 · #010100

Tetradic

Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.

#fcf1d3 · #db7093 · #96791c · #00584d · #0d1154 · #000201

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#E585A2 · #EE99B2 · #F6AEC2 · #FEC2D2 · #FFDAE3

Shades

#B85878 · #96415E · #752B46 · #55152E · #370119

Muted

#CE7A94 · #C18395 · #B38B96

Using Pale Violet Red

Its chroma is high enough to carry accents, calls to action, and focal moments; large fields of it will dominate a composition. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.