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magenta / pink · neutral

#57115a

a deep, vivid magenta / pink · neutral · closest name: Purple

Token name suggestion: Cellar Blossom

RGB
87, 17, 90
HSL
298°, 68%, 21%
CMYK
3, 81, 0, 65
Luminance
0.0317

#57115a is a deep vivid magenta / pink, 298° on the wheel and 51/100 on the cool side. Put white text on it (12.86:1). As text it scores 12.86:1 on white — safe at any size. Nearest name is Purple, nearest Tailwind family is gray.

hsl(298 68% 21%)rgb(87 17 90)Base step 900AAA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #57115a is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#57115a
Hue
298°
magenta / pink
Saturation
68%
vivid
Lightness
21%
deep
Brightness
35%
HSV value
Perceived
23%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.0317
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
51/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
White
12.86:1
Closest name
Purple
ΔE2000 8.7
Chroma
48.7
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.334
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
gray
500 · ΔE 30
Web-safe
#660066
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue298° of 360°
Saturation68%
Lightness21%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #57115a.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool51% cool

Reads neutral. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red64%
Green13%
Blue23%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#57115a
HEX (8-digit)#57115aff
RGBrgb(87, 17, 90)
RGBArgba(87, 17, 90, 1)
HSLhsl(298, 68%, 21%)
HSV / HSBhsv(298, 81%, 35%)
HWBhwb(298 7% 65%)
CMYKcmyk(3%, 81%, 0%, 65%)
LABlab(20.7 40.6 -26.9)
LCHlch(20.7 48.7 326.5)
OKLCHoklch(0.334 0.135 326.2)
XYZ (D65)xyz(5.98, 3.17, 9.97)
Decimal5706074
Display P3color(display-p3 0.341 0.067 0.353)
Web-safe#660066

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #57115a;
background-color: #57115a;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #57115a;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#57115a] bg-[#57115a]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #57115a;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.341, green: 0.067, blue: 0.353)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.341, green: 0.067, blue: 0.353, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#57115A</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF57115A)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF57115A)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(90, 17, 87)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(87, 17, 90)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(87, 17, 90)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 87, 17, 90)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.3412f, 0.0667f, 0.3529f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{87,17,90}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #57115a 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #57115a 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#68146B, #EDD3EE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #57115a h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #FBF3FB;
  --brand-100: #F7E8F8;
  --brand-200: #F0CAF2;
  --brand-300: #EAA1ED;
  --brand-400: #DF71E4;
  --brand-500: #D542DB;
  --brand-600: #C727CE;
  --brand-700: #A620AC;
  --brand-800: #851A89;
  --brand-900: #57115a;
  --brand-950: #3C0E3E;
  --brand: #57115a;
  --brand-ink: #ffffff;
  --brand-surface: #FAF4FA;
  --brand-border: #EBC0ED;
  --brand-hover: #3A0B3C;
  --brand-pressed: #1D061E;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #241424;
    --brand-ink: #EDD3EE;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FBF3FB',
        100: '#F7E8F8',
        200: '#F0CAF2',
        300: '#EAA1ED',
        400: '#DF71E4',
        500: '#D542DB',
        600: '#C727CE',
        700: '#A620AC',
        800: '#851A89',
        900: '#57115a',
        950: '#3C0E3E',
        DEFAULT: '#57115a',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FBF3FB,
  '100': #F7E8F8,
  '200': #F0CAF2,
  '300': #EAA1ED,
  '400': #DF71E4,
  '500': #D542DB,
  '600': #C727CE,
  '700': #A620AC,
  '800': #851A89,
  '900': #57115a,
  '950': #3C0E3E,
);
$brand-base: #57115a;
$brand-ink: #ffffff;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FBF3FB", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F7E8F8", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#F0CAF2", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#EAA1ED", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#DF71E4", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#D542DB", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#C727CE", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#A620AC", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#851A89", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#57115a", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#3C0E3E", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#ffffff", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#ffffff on #57115a · 12.86:1
Use #ffffffAAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 12.86:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Aa
Black text · 1.63:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #57115a as text scores 12.86:1 on white and 1.63:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #FAEAFB at 11.16:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#57115a · 12.86:1
AA on whitealready passes
#57115a
The quick fox
#57115a · 12.86:1
AAA on whitealready passes
#57115a
The quick fox
#C727CE · 4.61:1
AA on black+27% L
#C727CE
The quick fox
#DD65E2 · 7.03:1
AAA on black+43% L
#DD65E2

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #57115A is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#57115a on white: 12.86:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#57115a on black: 1.63:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #57115a as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #57115a.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White12.86:1AaAa
Slate 5012.29:1AaAa
Slate 10011.74:1AaAa
Slate 20010.43:1AaAa
Slate 3008.66:1AaAa
Slate 4005.02:1AaAa
Slate 5002.70:1AaAa
Slate 6001.70:1AaAa
Slate 7001.24:1AaAa
Slate 8001.14:1AaAa
Slate 9001.39:1AaAa
Black1.63:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #002C5C
deuteranopia · #233558
tritanopia · #591E35

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #57115a is pinned to step 900; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#FBF3FB
#F7E8F8
#F0CAF2
#EAA1ED
#DF71E4
#D542DB
#C727CE
#A620AC
#851A89
#57115a
#3C0E3E
Base = 900Lightest = 50 · #FBF3FBDarkest = 950 · #3C0E3EText step on white = 600
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.034 326.2);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.054 326.2);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.081 326.2);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.105 326.2);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.124 326.2);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.135 326.2);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.135 326.2);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.126 326.2);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.113 326.2);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.094 326.2);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.074 326.2);
}

Colors that work with #57115a

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#ffffff
White wins here
Surface#FAF4FA
Tinted page background
Border#EBC0ED
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#984B9B
Captions on the surface
Accent#255C0F
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#68146B
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FAEAFB
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#241424
Dark-mode background
Hover#3A0B3C
One step down in lightness
Pressed#1D061E
Two steps down
Disabled#845686
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#6D0E72
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #57115a

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Body text and links on white
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Headers, footers and dark-mode surfaces
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text on black or near-black surfaces
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • Black text placed on it
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Any size
Safe as a fill behind white type
Yes
Safe as a 1px border on white
Yes

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

expressiveyouthfulwarmconfident

Pink is the fastest way to signal that a product is not another enterprise dashboard. It carries beauty, fashion and culture brands.

This is a confident chroma: strong enough to lead a brand, restrained enough to live in an interface all day. The low lightness adds weight and formality.

Worth knowing

Strong gendered associations in some markets — test it with the audience you actually have.

Reads as
  • FormalityHigh
  • EnergyMedium-high
  • Weight79/100
  • TemperatureNeutral
  • ApproachabilityBalanced

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#145A11
Analogous left#33115A
Analogous right#5A1139
Split-complement 1#395A11
Split-complement 2#115A33
Triadic 1#5A5711
Triadic 2#115A57
Tetradic#5A3311
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°298°

#57115a sits at 298°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red34.1%
Green6.7%
Blue35.3%
R · 0–255
87
0x57
G · 0–255
17
0x11
B · 0–255
90
0x5a

CMYK percentages

Cyan3.3%
Magenta81.1%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)64.7%

Total ink coverage is 149%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#57115a text on a black background

contrast 1.63:1

Card sample

#57115a text on a white background

contrast 12.86:1

Card sample

#57115a on grey

11.74:1

#57115a on its own surface

11.87:1

#57115a on its dark surface

1.36:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #57115a;
Background color
Panel with #57115a background
background-color: #57115a;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #57115a;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(87, 17, 90, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(87, 17, 90, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #57115a;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #57115a, #5A112C);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #57115a, #5A111A);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #57115a;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #57115a;
caret-color: #57115a;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #57115a;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FAEAFB;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #57115a;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#57115a 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #57115a over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(87, 17, 90, 0.5)
rgb(87 17 90 / 50%)
#57115a80
hsl(298 68% 21% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #57115a 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#57115a1a#EEE7EF
20%#57115a33#DDCFDE
40%#57115a66#BCA0BD
60%#57115a99#9A709C
80%#57115acc#79417B

Gradients from #57115a

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #891B8E, #57115a 45%, #68146B);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #57115a, #400C1B);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #57115a, #145A11);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #A220A7 0%, #57115a 45%, #68146B 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAF4FA, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #421985 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #741641 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #68146B 0%, transparent 65%), #57115a;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #57115a

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#57115a in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
BeautyFashionLifestyleYouth brands
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Very dark values collapse into each other on cheap panels — leave more lightness between your darkest steps than the numbers suggest.

In dark mode

Too dim on dark surfaces at 1.63:1 — lift it to #C727CE for body text, or reserve it for fills.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#57115a, answered

What color is #57115a?

#57115a is a deep vivid magenta / pink, closest to Purple (ΔE2000 8.7). It sits at 298° on the hue wheel with 68% saturation and 21% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #57115a?

rgb(87, 17, 90) — 87 red, 17 green and 90 blue out of 255, or 34.1% / 6.7% / 35.3% by channel.

What is #57115a in HSL and HSV?

hsl(298, 68%, 21%) and hsv(298, 81%, 35%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #57115a a light or a dark color?

It is a dark color. Relative luminance is 0.0317 and perceived brightness is 23%, so white text on it reaches 12.86:1.

Should I use black or white text on #57115a?

White. It scores 12.86:1 against #57115a, versus 1.63:1 for black — AAA at any size.

Is #57115a accessible on a white background?

#57115a on white scores 12.86:1, which clears AAA at every size.

What is the complementary color of #57115a?

#145A11 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #395A11 and #115A33, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #57115a?

For interface work: #FAF4FA as the surface, #EBC0ED for borders, #984B9B for secondary text, #255C0F as an accent and #68146B for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #33115A and #5A1139 stays calm, while #145A11 is the loudest partner.

What is #57115a in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(3%, 81%, 0%, 65%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #57115a warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 51 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #5A1142; nudged cooler, #3C105B.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #57115a?

The gray family — its 500 step is #6b7280, ΔE2000 30 away. That is a visible difference, so define #57115a as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #57115a in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#57115a] or text-[#57115a], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #57115a with 50% opacity?

rgba(87, 17, 90, 0.5), or #57115a80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #AB88AD; over black, #2C092D.

Is #57115a a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #660066, ΔE2000 3.5 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #57115a mean?

As a magenta / pink, it reads expressive, youthful, warm. Pink is the fastest way to signal that a product is not another enterprise dashboard. It carries beauty, fashion and culture brands. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #57115a?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #891B8E, #57115a 45%, #68146B). For more colour, a short hue run to #400C1B keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #57115a in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #57115a at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.