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magenta / pink · neutral

#82587c

a dark, soft magenta / pink · neutral · closest name: Medium Violet Red

Token name suggestion: Dusk Fuchsia

RGB
130, 88, 124
HSL
309°, 19%, 43%
CMYK
0, 32, 5, 49
Luminance
0.1318

#82587c is a dark soft magenta / pink, 309° on the wheel and 47/100 on the cool side. Put white text on it (5.78:1). As text it scores 5.78:1 on white — safe at any size. Nearest name is Medium Violet Red, nearest Tailwind family is zinc.

hsl(309 19% 43%)rgb(130 88 124)Base step 700AA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #82587c is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#82587c
Hue
309°
magenta / pink
Saturation
19%
soft
Lightness
43%
dark
Brightness
51%
HSV value
Perceived
42%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.1318
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
47/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Soft
Best ink
White
5.78:1
Closest name
Medium Violet Red
ΔE2000 15.6
Chroma
27.0
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.518
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
zinc
500 · ΔE 17.7
Web-safe
#996666
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue309° of 360°
Saturation19%
Lightness43%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #82587c.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool47% 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
Red36%
Green53%
Blue11%

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

Every format

HEX#82587c
HEX (8-digit)#82587cff
RGBrgb(130, 88, 124)
RGBArgba(130, 88, 124, 1)
HSLhsl(309, 19%, 43%)
HSV / HSBhsv(309, 32%, 51%)
HWBhwb(309 35% 49%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 32%, 5%, 49%)
LABlab(43.0 23.5 -13.3)
LCHlch(43.0 27.0 330.5)
OKLCHoklch(0.518 0.075 331.7)
XYZ (D65)xyz(16.33, 13.18, 20.75)
Decimal8542332
Display P3color(display-p3 0.510 0.345 0.486)
Web-safe#996666

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #82587c;
background-color: #82587c;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #82587c;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#82587c] bg-[#82587c]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #82587c;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.510, green: 0.345, blue: 0.486)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.510, green: 0.345, blue: 0.486, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#82587C</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF82587C)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF82587C)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(124, 88, 130)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(130, 88, 124)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(130, 88, 124)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 130, 88, 124)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.5098f, 0.3451f, 0.4863f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{130,88,124}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #82587c 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #82587c 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#4C3349, #E6DAE5);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #82587c 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: #F9F6F8;
  --brand-100: #F2EDF1;
  --brand-200: #E3D8E2;
  --brand-300: #D2BCCF;
  --brand-400: #BB9BB6;
  --brand-500: #A4799E;
  --brand-600: #92638B;
  --brand-700: #82587c;
  --brand-800: #61425D;
  --brand-900: #483245;
  --brand-950: #2D1F2B;
  --brand: #82587c;
  --brand-ink: #ffffff;
  --brand-surface: #F9F6F8;
  --brand-border: #DECEDC;
  --brand-hover: #6D4968;
  --brand-pressed: #573B53;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #211720;
    --brand-ink: #E6DAE5;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F9F6F8',
        100: '#F2EDF1',
        200: '#E3D8E2',
        300: '#D2BCCF',
        400: '#BB9BB6',
        500: '#A4799E',
        600: '#92638B',
        700: '#82587c',
        800: '#61425D',
        900: '#483245',
        950: '#2D1F2B',
        DEFAULT: '#82587c',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F9F6F8,
  '100': #F2EDF1,
  '200': #E3D8E2,
  '300': #D2BCCF,
  '400': #BB9BB6,
  '500': #A4799E,
  '600': #92638B,
  '700': #82587c,
  '800': #61425D,
  '900': #483245,
  '950': #2D1F2B,
);
$brand-base: #82587c;
$brand-ink: #ffffff;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F9F6F8", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F2EDF1", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#E3D8E2", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#D2BCCF", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#BB9BB6", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#A4799E", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#92638B", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#82587c", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#61425D", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#483245", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#2D1F2B", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #82587c · 5.78:1
Use #ffffffAA at every size, AAA for large text only.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 5.78:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 3.64:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #82587c as text scores 5.78:1 on white and 3.64:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #F5F0F4 at 5.13:1.

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
#82587c · 5.78:1
AA on whitealready passes
#82587c
The quick fox
#704C6A · 7.17:1
AAA on white−6% L
#704C6A
The quick fox
#976690 · 4.62:1
AA on black+7% L
#976690
The quick fox
#B08AAB · 7.07:1
AAA on black+19% L
#B08AAB

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #82587C 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
#82587c on white: 5.78:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#82587c on black: 3.64:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #82587c as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #82587c.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White5.78:1AaAa
Slate 505.52:1AaAa
Slate 1005.27:1AaAa
Slate 2004.68:1AaAa
Slate 3003.89:1AaAa
Slate 4002.25:1AaAa
Slate 5001.21:1AaAa
Slate 6001.31:1AaAa
Slate 7001.79:1AaAa
Slate 8002.53:1AaAa
Slate 9003.09:1AaAa
Black3.64:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #57627D
deuteranopia · #61687B
tritanopia · #865A65

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. #82587c is pinned to step 700; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F9F6F8
#F2EDF1
#E3D8E2
#D2BCCF
#BB9BB6
#A4799E
#92638B
#82587c
#61425D
#483245
#2D1F2B
Base = 700Lightest = 50 · #F9F6F8Darkest = 950 · #2D1F2BText 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 0.019 331.7);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.030 331.7);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.045 331.7);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.059 331.7);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.069 331.7);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.075 331.7);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.075 331.7);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.071 331.7);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.063 331.7);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.053 331.7);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.042 331.7);
}

Colors that work with #82587c

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#F9F6F8
Tinted page background
Border#DECEDC
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#895D83
Captions on the surface
Accent#598654
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#4C3349
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F5F0F4
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#211720
Dark-mode background
Hover#6D4968
One step down in lightness
Pressed#573B53
Two steps down
Disabled#B694B1
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#9A5490
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 #82587c

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
  • 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
  • Weight57/100
  • 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#58825E
Analogous left#735882
Analogous right#825867
Split-complement 1#678258
Split-complement 2#588273
Triadic 1#7C8258
Triadic 2#587C82
Tetradic#827358
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°309°

#82587c sits at 309°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red51.0%
Green34.5%
Blue48.6%
R · 0–255
130
0x82
G · 0–255
88
0x58
B · 0–255
124
0x7c

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta32.3%
Yellow4.6%
Key (black)49.0%

Total ink coverage is 86%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#82587c text on a black background

contrast 3.64:1

Card sample

#82587c text on a white background

contrast 5.78:1

Card sample

#82587c on grey

5.27:1

#82587c on its own surface

5.38:1

#82587c on its dark surface

3.01:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #82587c;
Background color
Panel with #82587c background
background-color: #82587c;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #82587c;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(130, 88, 124, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(130, 88, 124, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #82587c;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #82587c, #825860);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #82587c, #825A58);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #82587c;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #82587c;
caret-color: #82587c;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #82587c;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F5F0F4;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #82587c;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#82587c 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #82587c 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(130, 88, 124, 0.5)
rgb(130 88 124 / 50%)
#82587c80
hsl(309 19% 43% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #82587c 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#82587c1a#F3EEF2
20%#82587c33#E6DEE5
40%#82587c66#CDBCCB
60%#82587c99#B49BB0
80%#82587ccc#9B7996

Gradients from #82587c

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, #A2759B, #82587c 45%, #4C3349);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #82587c, #704C4F);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #82587c, #58825E);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #AE87A9 0%, #82587c 45%, #4C3349 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F9F6F8, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #896F9E 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #946471 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #4C3349 0%, transparent 65%), #82587c;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #82587c

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.

#82587c 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 3.64:1 — lift it to #976690 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.

#82587c, answered

What color is #82587c?

#82587c is a dark soft magenta / pink, closest to Medium Violet Red (ΔE2000 15.6). It sits at 309° on the hue wheel with 19% saturation and 43% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #82587c?

rgb(130, 88, 124) — 130 red, 88 green and 124 blue out of 255, or 51% / 34.5% / 48.6% by channel.

What is #82587c in HSL and HSV?

hsl(309, 19%, 43%) and hsv(309, 32%, 51%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #82587c a light or a dark color?

It is a dark color. Relative luminance is 0.1318 and perceived brightness is 42%, so white text on it reaches 5.78:1.

Should I use black or white text on #82587c?

White. It scores 5.78:1 against #82587c, versus 3.64:1 for black — AA at any size.

Is #82587c accessible on a white background?

#82587c on white scores 5.78:1, which clears AA at every size but not AAA.

What is the complementary color of #82587c?

#58825E sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #678258 and #588273, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #82587c?

For interface work: #F9F6F8 as the surface, #DECEDC for borders, #895D83 for secondary text, #598654 as an accent and #4C3349 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #735882 and #825867 stays calm, while #58825E is the loudest partner.

What is #82587c in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 32%, 5%, 49%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #82587c warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 47 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #82586C; nudged cooler, #7A5684.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #82587c?

The zinc family — its 500 step is #71717a, ΔE2000 17.7 away. That is a visible difference, so define #82587c as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #82587c in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#82587c] or text-[#82587c], 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 #82587c with 50% opacity?

rgba(130, 88, 124, 0.5), or #82587c80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #C1ACBE; over black, #412C3E.

Is #82587c a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #996666, ΔE2000 14.8 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #82587c 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 #82587c?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #A2759B, #82587c 45%, #4C3349). For more colour, a short hue run to #704C4F keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #82587c in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #82587c at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.