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magenta / pink · neutral

#64265c

a dark, soft magenta / pink · neutral · closest name: Purple

Token name suggestion: Dusk Ruby

RGB
100, 38, 92
HSL
308°, 45%, 27%
CMYK
0, 62, 8, 61
Luminance
0.0487

#64265c is a dark soft magenta / pink, 308° on the wheel and 46/100 on the cool side. Put white text on it (10.64:1). As text it scores 10.64:1 on white — safe at any size. Nearest name is Purple, nearest Tailwind family is zinc.

hsl(308 45% 27%)rgb(100 38 92)Base step 900AAA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #64265c is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#64265c
Hue
308°
magenta / pink
Saturation
45%
soft
Lightness
27%
dark
Brightness
39%
HSV value
Perceived
27%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.0487
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
46/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Soft
Best ink
White
10.64:1
Closest name
Purple
ΔE2000 8.9
Chroma
40.3
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.380
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
zinc
500 · ΔE 27.3
Web-safe
#663366
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue308° of 360°
Saturation45%
Lightness27%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #64265c.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool46% 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
Red56%
Green28%
Blue16%

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

Every format

HEX#64265c
HEX (8-digit)#64265cff
RGBrgb(100, 38, 92)
RGBArgba(100, 38, 92, 1)
HSLhsl(308, 45%, 27%)
HSV / HSBhsv(308, 62%, 39%)
HWBhwb(308 15% 61%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 62%, 8%, 61%)
LABlab(26.4 35.5 -19.1)
LCHlch(26.4 40.3 331.7)
OKLCHoklch(0.380 0.114 332.9)
XYZ (D65)xyz(7.88, 4.87, 10.65)
Decimal6563420
Display P3color(display-p3 0.392 0.149 0.361)
Web-safe#663366

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #64265c;
background-color: #64265c;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #64265c;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#64265c] bg-[#64265c]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #64265c;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.392, green: 0.149, blue: 0.361)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.392, green: 0.149, blue: 0.361, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#64265C</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF64265C)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF64265C)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(92, 38, 100)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(100, 38, 92)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(100, 38, 92)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 100, 38, 92)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.3922f, 0.1490f, 0.3608f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{100,38,92}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #64265c 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #64265c 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#5C2355, #EED3EB);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #64265c 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: #FAF5F9;
  --brand-100: #F5EAF4;
  --brand-200: #EBD1E8;
  --brand-300: #E0AEDA;
  --brand-400: #D185C7;
  --brand-500: #C15CB4;
  --brand-600: #B143A3;
  --brand-700: #943888;
  --brand-800: #762D6D;
  --brand-900: #64265c;
  --brand-950: #361632;
  --brand: #64265c;
  --brand-ink: #ffffff;
  --brand-surface: #FAF4FA;
  --brand-border: #E9C4E4;
  --brand-hover: #4A1C44;
  --brand-pressed: #30122D;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #241422;
    --brand-ink: #EED3EB;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FAF5F9',
        100: '#F5EAF4',
        200: '#EBD1E8',
        300: '#E0AEDA',
        400: '#D185C7',
        500: '#C15CB4',
        600: '#B143A3',
        700: '#943888',
        800: '#762D6D',
        900: '#64265c',
        950: '#361632',
        DEFAULT: '#64265c',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FAF5F9,
  '100': #F5EAF4,
  '200': #EBD1E8,
  '300': #E0AEDA,
  '400': #D185C7,
  '500': #C15CB4,
  '600': #B143A3,
  '700': #943888,
  '800': #762D6D,
  '900': #64265c,
  '950': #361632,
);
$brand-base: #64265c;
$brand-ink: #ffffff;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FAF5F9", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F5EAF4", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#EBD1E8", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#E0AEDA", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#D185C7", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#C15CB4", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#B143A3", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#943888", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#762D6D", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#64265c", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#361632", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #64265c · 10.64:1
Use #ffffffAAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 10.64:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Aa
Black text · 1.97:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #64265c as text scores 10.64:1 on white and 1.97:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #F8EDF7 at 9.35:1.

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
#64265c · 10.64:1
AA on whitealready passes
#64265c
The quick fox
#64265c · 10.64:1
AAA on whitealready passes
#64265c
The quick fox
#B947AA · 4.54:1
AA on black+23% L
#B947AA
The quick fox
#CD7AC2 · 7.16:1
AAA on black+37% L
#CD7AC2

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #64265C 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
#64265c on white: 10.64:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#64265c on black: 1.97:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #64265c as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #64265c.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White10.64:1AaAa
Slate 5010.17:1AaAa
Slate 1009.71:1AaAa
Slate 2008.63:1AaAa
Slate 3007.17:1AaAa
Slate 4004.15:1AaAa
Slate 5002.24:1AaAa
Slate 6001.40:1AaAa
Slate 7001.03:1AaAa
Slate 8001.37:1AaAa
Slate 9001.68:1AaAa
Black1.97:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #24395E
deuteranopia · #38425A
tritanopia · #682B3D

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. #64265c 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.

#FAF5F9
#F5EAF4
#EBD1E8
#E0AEDA
#D185C7
#C15CB4
#B143A3
#943888
#762D6D
#64265c
#361632
Base = 900Lightest = 50 · #FAF5F9Darkest = 950 · #361632Text 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 0.029 332.9);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.046 332.9);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.069 332.9);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.089 332.9);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.105 332.9);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.114 332.9);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.114 332.9);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.108 332.9);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.096 332.9);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.080 332.9);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.063 332.9);
}

Colors that work with #64265c

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#E9C4E4
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B4B91
Captions on the surface
Accent#2C6723
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#5C2355
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F8EDF7
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#241422
Dark-mode background
Hover#4A1C44
One step down in lightness
Pressed#30122D
Two steps down
Disabled#996292
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#7B2470
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 #64265c

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

Works well for
  • Body text and links on white
  • Charts, tags and secondary surfaces
  • Headers, footers and dark-mode surfaces
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text on black or near-black surfaces
  • 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.

The muted chroma softens the association — it reads considered rather than loud, which suits long-form and data-heavy screens. 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
  • Weight73/100
  • 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#26642E
Analogous left#4D2664
Analogous right#64263D
Split-complement 1#3D6426
Split-complement 2#26644D
Triadic 1#5C6426
Triadic 2#265C64
Tetradic#644D26
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°308°

#64265c sits at 308°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red39.2%
Green14.9%
Blue36.1%
R · 0–255
100
0x64
G · 0–255
38
0x26
B · 0–255
92
0x5c

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta62.0%
Yellow8.0%
Key (black)60.8%

Total ink coverage is 131%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#64265c text on a black background

contrast 1.97:1

Card sample

#64265c text on a white background

contrast 10.64:1

Card sample

#64265c on grey

9.71:1

#64265c on its own surface

9.82:1

#64265c on its dark surface

1.65:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #64265c;
Background color
Panel with #64265c background
background-color: #64265c;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #64265c;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(100, 38, 92, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(100, 38, 92, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #64265c;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #64265c, #642633);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #64265c, #642926);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #64265c;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #64265c;
caret-color: #64265c;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #64265c;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F8EDF7;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #64265c;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#64265c 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #64265c 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(100, 38, 92, 0.5)
rgb(100 38 92 / 50%)
#64265c80
hsl(308 45% 27% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #64265c 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#64265c1a#F0E9EF
20%#64265c33#E0D4DE
40%#64265c66#C1A8BE
60%#64265c99#A27D9D
80%#64265ccc#83517D

Gradients from #64265c

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, #903785, #64265c 45%, #5C2355);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #64265c, #4E1E24);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #64265c, #26642E);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #A73F99 0%, #64265c 45%, #5C2355 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%, #623489 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #7A2F44 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #5C2355 0%, transparent 65%), #64265c;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #64265c

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.

#64265c 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 1.97:1 — lift it to #B947AA 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.

#64265c, answered

What color is #64265c?

#64265c is a dark soft magenta / pink, closest to Purple (ΔE2000 8.9). It sits at 308° on the hue wheel with 45% saturation and 27% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #64265c?

rgb(100, 38, 92) — 100 red, 38 green and 92 blue out of 255, or 39.2% / 14.9% / 36.1% by channel.

What is #64265c in HSL and HSV?

hsl(308, 45%, 27%) and hsv(308, 62%, 39%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #64265c a light or a dark color?

It is a dark color. Relative luminance is 0.0487 and perceived brightness is 27%, so white text on it reaches 10.64:1.

Should I use black or white text on #64265c?

White. It scores 10.64:1 against #64265c, versus 1.97:1 for black — AAA at any size.

Is #64265c accessible on a white background?

#64265c on white scores 10.64:1, which clears AAA at every size.

What is the complementary color of #64265c?

#26642E sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #3D6426 and #26644D, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #64265c?

For interface work: #FAF4FA as the surface, #E9C4E4 for borders, #9B4B91 for secondary text, #2C6723 as an accent and #5C2355 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #4D2664 and #64263D stays calm, while #26642E is the loudest partner.

What is #64265c in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 62%, 8%, 61%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #64265c warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 46 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #642645; nudged cooler, #562566.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #64265c?

The zinc family — its 500 step is #71717a, ΔE2000 27.3 away. That is a visible difference, so define #64265c as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #64265c in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#64265c] or text-[#64265c], 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 #64265c with 50% opacity?

rgba(100, 38, 92, 0.5), or #64265c80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #B293AE; over black, #32132E.

Is #64265c a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #663366, ΔE2000 3.4 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #64265c 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 moderate chroma the association is present but not shouted.

What gradient works with #64265c?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #903785, #64265c 45%, #5C2355). For more colour, a short hue run to #4E1E24 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #64265c in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #64265c at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.