What is hex #D948AE color?

 
In professional design frameworks, this hue is considered a balanced and versatile hue. It is ideal for creating smooth color harmony, digital artwork, or minimalist web components.

From a technical standpoint, this color is composed of 85% red, 28% green and 68% blue, resulting in an RGB value of (217,72,174).
For print media and manufacturing layout, the CMYK colors code equivalent is (0%, 67%, 20%, 15%).
In the HSV/HSB scale, #D948AE features a hue of 318°, 67% saturation, and a brightness value of 85%.

Hex #D948AE Color Codes & Equivalents

Hex Code #D948AE
RGB Values (217,72,174)
CMYK Values (0%, 67%, 20%, 15%)
HSV/HSB Values (318°, 67%, 85%)
Closest Web Safe
#CC3399
Inverse Color
#26B751
Closest Pantone®
239 C
Closest RAL
RAL 4003 [Heather violet]
Complementary Color
#48D973

#D948AE Converted to Grayscale Codes

Average
#9A9A9A
Lightness (Desaturation)
#909090
Weighted (BT601)
#7F7F7F
Luma (BT709)
#6E6E6E

WCAG 2.1 Color Contrast & Accessibility

Check how #D948AE complies with web accessibility standards (WCAG AA & AAA) for typography.

White Text on #D948AE

Sample preview of readable typography on top of #D948AE.

Contrast Ratio: 3.83:1
AA Fail AAA Fail

Black Text on #D948AE

Sample preview of readable typography on top of #D948AE.

Contrast Ratio: 5.49:1
AA Pass AAA Fail

Hex #D948AE Color Palettes

Complementary Palette

The complementary color of #D948AE is #48D973. To get this value, we need to use the RGB metrics, and take this opposite color at the end of the color wheel, so for #D948AE you will find #48D973. When placed next to each other, they create the strongest contrast for those two colors. Complementary colors may also be called "opposite colors". So if you need to grab attention, you should use it.

Analogous Palette

The analogous color scheme of #D948AE is composed with colors #BB48D9 and #D94865. Colors are called analogous colors when they are very similar to each other. They are located to the right and left of your main color #D948AE with a 30° separation on the RGB color wheel. An analogous color palette is best used with either warm or cool colors, creating a look that has a certain temperature as well as proper color harmony.

Split-Complementary Palette

The split-complementary color scheme of #D948AE is composed with colors #48D9BB and #65D948. A split-complementary color palette is like an analogous palette but you will take the complementary color as base instead of your main color. This choice, however, also makes the split complementary color combinations less vibrant and eye-catching, but it's also a good choice for beginners as you can hardly go wrong.

Triadic Palette

The triadic color scheme of #D948AE is composed with colors #48AED9 and #AED948. They are located to the right and left of your main color #D948AE with a 120° separation on the RGB color wheel. With it you have the maximum variation in hue and offering by the same occasion the best possible contrast when taken together.

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic color scheme of #D948AE is composed with colors #AED948, #48D973 and #7348D9 A tetradic color scheme, an outstanding variant of the twin color scheme, with an equal distance between all colors. All four colors are divided evenly around the color wheel. Like this there being no clear dominance of one color overs others. Colorful palettes create a sense of diversity, optimism and openness which are positive for a consumer brand. You can find the tetradic color scheme on big tech company logo like Google, Slack, Zoho, Microsoft, eBay for example. For a better result, you can also adjust saturation and brightness.

Square Palette

The square color scheme of #D948AE is composed with colors #D9BB48, #48D973 and #4865D9 To get this color, it's pretty the same method that analogous or triadic, but instead, you will take an angle of 90° on the RGB Wheel between each colors. The square palette is similar to the tetradic palette, but provides an evenly balanced chromatic distribution with crisp visual contrast across all four points.

Tints, Tones & Shades of Hex #D948AE

Tints

Tints are created by adding white, resulting in lighter shades of #D948AE.

Tones

Tones are made by mixing with gray, softening the original color.

Shades

Shades result from adding black, creating darker variations.

Hex #D948AE in programming languages

If you are a developer, you will find below the color codes to use according to your programming language (HTML, JAVA, Python, .NET), enjoy!

HTML, CSS #D948AE
Java new Color(217,72,174);
Python Color(#D948AE)
.NET Color.FromArgb(255, 217,72,174);
Swift / iOS UIColor(red: 0.85, green: 0.28, blue: 0.68, alpha: 1)
Kotlin / Android Color.rgb(217, 72, 174)