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magenta / pink · warm

#753663

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

Token name suggestion: Slate Ruby

RGB
117, 54, 99
HSL
317°, 37%, 34%
CMYK
0, 54, 15, 54
Luminance
0.0732

#753663 is a dark soft magenta / pink, 317° on the wheel and 40/100 on the cool side. Put white text on it (8.52:1). As text it scores 8.52:1 on white — safe at any size. Nearest name is Purple, nearest Tailwind family is zinc.

hsl(317 37% 34%)rgb(117 54 99)Base step 800AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #753663 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#753663
Hue
317°
magenta / pink
Saturation
37%
soft
Lightness
34%
dark
Brightness
46%
HSV value
Perceived
33%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.0732
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
40/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Soft
Best ink
White
8.52:1
Closest name
Purple
ΔE2000 10.7
Chroma
36.5
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.432
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
zinc
500 · ΔE 24.4
Web-safe
#663366
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue317° of 360°
Saturation37%
Lightness34%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #753663.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool40% cool

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

Luminance by channel
Red52%
Green36%
Blue12%

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

Every format

HEX#753663
HEX (8-digit)#753663ff
RGBrgb(117, 54, 99)
RGBArgba(117, 54, 99, 1)
HSLhsl(317, 37%, 34%)
HSV / HSBhsv(317, 54%, 46%)
HWBhwb(317 21% 54%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 54%, 15%, 54%)
LABlab(32.5 33.8 -13.9)
LCHlch(32.5 36.5 337.6)
OKLCHoklch(0.432 0.106 339.4)
XYZ (D65)xyz(10.91, 7.32, 12.64)
Decimal7681635
Display P3color(display-p3 0.459 0.212 0.388)
Web-safe#663366

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #753663;
background-color: #753663;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #753663;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#753663] bg-[#753663]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #753663;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.459, green: 0.212, blue: 0.388)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.459, green: 0.212, blue: 0.388, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#753663</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF753663)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF753663)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(99, 54, 117)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(117, 54, 99)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(117, 54, 99)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 117, 54, 99)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.4588f, 0.2118f, 0.3882f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{117,54,99}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #753663 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #753663 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#57284A, #ECD5E5);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #753663 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: #FAF5F8;
  --brand-100: #F4EBF2;
  --brand-200: #E9D3E2;
  --brand-300: #DCB2D0;
  --brand-400: #CA8CB8;
  --brand-500: #B866A1;
  --brand-600: #A74D8E;
  --brand-700: #8C4076;
  --brand-800: #753663;
  --brand-900: #522846;
  --brand-950: #33192C;
  --brand: #753663;
  --brand-ink: #ffffff;
  --brand-surface: #FAF5F9;
  --brand-border: #E5C7DD;
  --brand-hover: #5C2B4E;
  --brand-pressed: #441F3A;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #241420;
    --brand-ink: #ECD5E5;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FAF5F8',
        100: '#F4EBF2',
        200: '#E9D3E2',
        300: '#DCB2D0',
        400: '#CA8CB8',
        500: '#B866A1',
        600: '#A74D8E',
        700: '#8C4076',
        800: '#753663',
        900: '#522846',
        950: '#33192C',
        DEFAULT: '#753663',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FAF5F8,
  '100': #F4EBF2,
  '200': #E9D3E2,
  '300': #DCB2D0,
  '400': #CA8CB8,
  '500': #B866A1,
  '600': #A74D8E,
  '700': #8C4076,
  '800': #753663,
  '900': #522846,
  '950': #33192C,
);
$brand-base: #753663;
$brand-ink: #ffffff;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FAF5F8", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F4EBF2", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#E9D3E2", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#DCB2D0", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#CA8CB8", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#B866A1", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#A74D8E", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#8C4076", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#753663", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#522846", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#33192C", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #753663 · 8.52:1
Use #ffffffAAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 8.52:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Aa
Black text · 2.46:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #753663 as text scores 8.52:1 on white and 2.46:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #F7EEF4 at 7.50:1.

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
#753663 · 8.52:1
AA on whitealready passes
#753663
The quick fox
#753663 · 8.52:1
AAA on whitealready passes
#753663
The quick fox
#B15697 · 4.65:1
AA on black+18% L
#B15697
The quick fox
#C480B1 · 7.07:1
AAA on black+30% L
#C480B1

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #753663 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
#753663 on white: 8.52:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#753663 on black: 2.46:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #753663 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #753663.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White8.52:1AaAa
Slate 508.15:1AaAa
Slate 1007.78:1AaAa
Slate 2006.91:1AaAa
Slate 3005.74:1AaAa
Slate 4003.32:1AaAa
Slate 5001.79:1AaAa
Slate 6001.12:1AaAa
Slate 7001.22:1AaAa
Slate 8001.72:1AaAa
Slate 9002.09:1AaAa
Black2.46:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #394665
deuteranopia · #4A5061
tritanopia · #7B3748

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. #753663 is pinned to step 800; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#FAF5F8
#F4EBF2
#E9D3E2
#DCB2D0
#CA8CB8
#B866A1
#A74D8E
#8C4076
#753663
#522846
#33192C
Base = 800Lightest = 50 · #FAF5F8Darkest = 950 · #33192CText 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 0.027 339.4);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.042 339.4);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.064 339.4);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.083 339.4);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.098 339.4);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.106 339.4);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.106 339.4);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.100 339.4);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.089 339.4);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.074 339.4);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.058 339.4);
}

Colors that work with #753663

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#FAF5F9
Tinted page background
Border#E5C7DD
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B4B84
Captions on the surface
Accent#337835
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#57284A
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F7EEF4
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#241420
Dark-mode background
Hover#5C2B4E
One step down in lightness
Pressed#441F3A
Two steps down
Disabled#A67598
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#8C3373
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 #753663

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
  • Weight67/100
  • TemperatureWarm
  • ApproachabilityHigh

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#367548
Analogous left#673675
Analogous right#753644
Split-complement 1#447536
Split-complement 2#367567
Triadic 1#637536
Triadic 2#366375
Tetradic#756736
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°317°

#753663 sits at 317°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red45.9%
Green21.2%
Blue38.8%
R · 0–255
117
0x75
G · 0–255
54
0x36
B · 0–255
99
0x63

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta53.8%
Yellow15.4%
Key (black)54.1%

Total ink coverage is 123%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#753663 text on a black background

contrast 2.46:1

Card sample

#753663 text on a white background

contrast 8.52:1

Card sample

#753663 on grey

7.78:1

#753663 on its own surface

7.91:1

#753663 on its dark surface

2.06:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #753663;
Background color
Panel with #753663 background
background-color: #753663;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #753663;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(117, 54, 99, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(117, 54, 99, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #753663;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #753663, #753639);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #753663, #754336);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #753663;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #753663;
caret-color: #753663;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #753663;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F7EEF4;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #753663;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#753663 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #753663 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(117, 54, 99, 0.5)
rgb(117 54 99 / 50%)
#75366380
hsl(317 37% 34% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #753663 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#7536631a#F1EBEF
20%#75366333#E3D7E0
40%#75366366#C8AFC1
60%#75366399#AC86A1
80%#753663cc#915E82

Gradients from #753663

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, #9F4986, #753663 45%, #57284A);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #753663, #602E2C);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #753663, #367548);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #B15697 0%, #753663 45%, #57284A 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAF5F9, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #7F4698 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #8A4049 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #57284A 0%, transparent 65%), #753663;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #753663

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.

#753663 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

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Too dim on dark surfaces at 2.46:1 — lift it to #B15697 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.

#753663, answered

What color is #753663?

#753663 is a dark soft magenta / pink, closest to Purple (ΔE2000 10.7). It sits at 317° on the hue wheel with 37% saturation and 34% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #753663?

rgb(117, 54, 99) — 117 red, 54 green and 99 blue out of 255, or 45.9% / 21.2% / 38.8% by channel.

What is #753663 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(317, 37%, 34%) and hsv(317, 54%, 46%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #753663 a light or a dark color?

It is a dark color. Relative luminance is 0.0732 and perceived brightness is 33%, so white text on it reaches 8.52:1.

Should I use black or white text on #753663?

White. It scores 8.52:1 against #753663, versus 2.46:1 for black — AAA at any size.

Is #753663 accessible on a white background?

#753663 on white scores 8.52:1, which clears AAA at every size.

What is the complementary color of #753663?

#367548 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #447536 and #367567, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #753663?

For interface work: #FAF5F9 as the surface, #E5C7DD for borders, #9B4B84 for secondary text, #337835 as an accent and #57284A for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #673675 and #753644 stays calm, while #367548 is the loudest partner.

What is #753663 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 54%, 15%, 54%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #753663 warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 40 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #75364C; nudged cooler, #713477.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #753663?

The zinc family — its 500 step is #71717a, ΔE2000 24.4 away. That is a visible difference, so define #753663 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #753663 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#753663] or text-[#753663], 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 #753663 with 50% opacity?

rgba(117, 54, 99, 0.5), or #75366380 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #BA9BB1; over black, #3B1B32.

Is #753663 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #663366, ΔE2000 4.5 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #753663 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 #753663?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #9F4986, #753663 45%, #57284A). For more colour, a short hue run to #602E2C keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #753663 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #753663 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.