Pale Violet Red #DB7093

About this color

#DB7093 is a medium-light, moderately saturated red. In OKLCH its lightness is 68%, its chroma 0.138 and its hue 1°. Its hue sits on the warm side of the wheel. It is the named color Pale Violet Red. Black text reads best on it, at 6.75:1.

Colors that go with Pale Violet Red

Matches found by rotating Pale Violet Red around the OKLCH hue wheel, each labelled with the closest name in our list.

Color palettes with Pale Violet Red

Curated color palettes that contain a color within ΔE 0.06 (OKLab) of Pale Violet Red, closest first.

• Wine Room
• Carnation Garden
• Carnation Corsage
• Cameo Quartz
• Mulberry Crumble
• Plum and Pomegranate
• Plum and Rhubarb
• Blackcurrant Crumble

Similar named colors

The eight named colors closest to Pale Violet Red, with their ΔE distance.

• Muted Pink #D1768F ΔE 0.023
• Dusky Pink #CC7A8B ΔE 0.037
• Old Pink #C77986 ΔE 0.046
• Rosy Pink #F6688E ΔE 0.048
• Dull Pink #D5869D ΔE 0.048
• Medium Pink #F36196 ΔE 0.049
• Pale Magenta #D767AD ΔE 0.050
• Old Rose #C87F89 ΔE 0.051

More about Pale Violet Red

• Shades of pink
• What pink means

How to make Pale Violet Red

A starting recipe from common paint colors, found with a spectral paint model (the color mixer’s paint mode). Real pigments vary, so mix a small test batch and adjust.

• 3 parts pink
• 1 part red
• 1 part purple

Recipe result: #DA779D, a difference of ΔE 0.018 from Pale Violet Red. That is very close: most people will not see the difference.

What colors make pink? | Color mixing chart

Codes for Pale Violet Red in every format

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Shades and tints of Pale Violet Red

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 400.

1. Step 50

   50

   #FDF2F5

   oklch(97.1% 0.012 358.8)

2. Step 100

   100

   #F9E3E9

   oklch(93.5% 0.025 359.2)

3. Step 200

   200

   #F5CDD7

   oklch(88.5% 0.047 1.3)

4. Step 300

   300

   #F0AABD

   oklch(81% 0.085 1.4)

5. Step 400

   400 (this color)

   #DB7093

   oklch(67.8% 0.138 0.7)

6. Step 500

   500

   #DA5184

   oklch(63.1% 0.177 0.5)

7. Step 600

   600

   #C52E6D

   oklch(55.6% 0.192 0.7)

8. Step 700

   700

   #AA1E5B

   oklch(49.1% 0.179 0.8)

9. Step 800

   800

   #8A1D4B

   oklch(42.7% 0.148 0.5)

10. Step 900

    900

    #6F203E

    oklch(37.7% 0.114 1)

11. Step 950

    950

    #411424

    oklch(26.9% 0.072 1.1)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

Pale Violet Red with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.