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magenta / pink · warm

#886371

a balanced, soft magenta / pink · warm · closest name: Dim Gray

Token name suggestion: Studio Peony

RGB
136, 99, 113
HSL
337°, 16%, 46%
CMYK
0, 27, 17, 47
Luminance
0.1535

#886371 is a balanced soft magenta / pink, 337° on the wheel and 41/100 on the cool side. Put white text on it (5.16:1). As text it scores 5.16:1 on white — safe at any size. Nearest name is Dim Gray, nearest Tailwind family is zinc.

hsl(337 16% 46%)rgb(136 99 113)Base step 600AA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #886371 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#886371
Hue
337°
magenta / pink
Saturation
16%
soft
Lightness
46%
balanced
Brightness
53%
HSV value
Perceived
44%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.1535
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
41/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Soft
Best ink
White
5.16:1
Closest name
Dim Gray
ΔE2000 16.4
Chroma
17.4
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.542
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
zinc
500 · ΔE 14.7
Web-safe
#996666
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue337° of 360°
Saturation16%
Lightness46%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #886371.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool41% 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
Red34%
Green58%
Blue8%

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

Every format

HEX#886371
HEX (8-digit)#886371ff
RGBrgb(136, 99, 113)
RGBArgba(136, 99, 113, 1)
HSLhsl(337, 16%, 46%)
HSV / HSBhsv(337, 27%, 53%)
HWBhwb(337 39% 47%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 27%, 17%, 47%)
LABlab(46.1 17.3 -2.0)
LCHlch(46.1 17.4 353.5)
OKLCHoklch(0.542 0.052 354.5)
XYZ (D65)xyz(17.60, 15.35, 17.66)
Decimal8938353
Display P3color(display-p3 0.533 0.388 0.443)
Web-safe#996666

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #886371;
background-color: #886371;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #886371;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#886371] bg-[#886371]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #886371;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.533, green: 0.388, blue: 0.443)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.533, green: 0.388, blue: 0.443, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#886371</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF886371)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF886371)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(113, 99, 136)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(136, 99, 113)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(136, 99, 113)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 136, 99, 113)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.5333f, 0.3882f, 0.4431f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{136,99,113}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #886371 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #886371 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#4A363D, #E5DCDF);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #886371 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: #F8F6F7;
  --brand-100: #F2EEEF;
  --brand-200: #E2D9DD;
  --brand-300: #D0BEC5;
  --brand-400: #B89EA8;
  --brand-500: #A07D8B;
  --brand-600: #886371;
  --brand-700: #765662;
  --brand-800: #5E454E;
  --brand-900: #46343B;
  --brand-950: #2C2125;
  --brand: #886371;
  --brand-ink: #ffffff;
  --brand-surface: #F9F6F7;
  --brand-border: #DDD0D5;
  --brand-hover: #735460;
  --brand-pressed: #5F454F;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #20181B;
    --brand-ink: #E5DCDF;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F8F6F7',
        100: '#F2EEEF',
        200: '#E2D9DD',
        300: '#D0BEC5',
        400: '#B89EA8',
        500: '#A07D8B',
        600: '#886371',
        700: '#765662',
        800: '#5E454E',
        900: '#46343B',
        950: '#2C2125',
        DEFAULT: '#886371',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F8F6F7,
  '100': #F2EEEF,
  '200': #E2D9DD,
  '300': #D0BEC5,
  '400': #B89EA8,
  '500': #A07D8B,
  '600': #886371,
  '700': #765662,
  '800': #5E454E,
  '900': #46343B,
  '950': #2C2125,
);
$brand-base: #886371;
$brand-ink: #ffffff;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F8F6F7", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F2EEEF", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#E2D9DD", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#D0BEC5", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#B89EA8", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#A07D8B", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#886371", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#765662", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#5E454E", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#46343B", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#2C2125", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #886371 · 5.16:1
Use #ffffffAA at every size, AAA for large text only.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 5.16:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 4.07:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #886371 as text scores 5.16:1 on white and 4.07:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #F4F0F2 at 4.57:1.

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
#886371 · 5.16:1
AA on whitealready passes
#886371
The quick fox
#6D505B · 7.12:1
AAA on white−9% L
#6D505B
The quick fox
#916A78 · 4.54:1
AA on black+3% L
#916A78
The quick fox
#AE8F9B · 7.20:1
AAA on black+16% L
#AE8F9B

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #886371 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
#886371 on white: 5.16:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#886371 on black: 4.07:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #886371 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #886371.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White5.16:1AaAa
Slate 504.93:1AaAa
Slate 1004.71:1AaAa
Slate 2004.19:1AaAa
Slate 3003.48:1AaAa
Slate 4002.01:1AaAa
Slate 5001.08:1AaAa
Slate 6001.47:1AaAa
Slate 7002.01:1AaAa
Slate 8002.84:1AaAa
Slate 9003.46:1AaAa
Black4.07:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #676972
deuteranopia · #6F7070
tritanopia · #8E6268

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. #886371 is pinned to step 600; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F8F6F7
#F2EEEF
#E2D9DD
#D0BEC5
#B89EA8
#A07D8B
#886371
#765662
#5E454E
#46343B
#2C2125
Base = 600Lightest = 50 · #F8F6F7Darkest = 950 · #2C2125Text 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 0.013 354.5);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.021 354.5);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.031 354.5);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.040 354.5);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.047 354.5);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.052 354.5);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.052 354.5);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.049 354.5);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.043 354.5);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.036 354.5);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.028 354.5);
}

Colors that work with #886371

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#F9F6F7
Tinted page background
Border#DDD0D5
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#85616E
Captions on the surface
Accent#5E8D70
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#4A363D
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F4F0F2
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#20181B
Dark-mode background
Hover#735460
One step down in lightness
Pressed#5F454F
Two steps down
Disabled#BAA1AB
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#A05F78
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
Your export is ready

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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #886371

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

Works well for
  • Body text and links on white
  • Charts, tags and secondary surfaces
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
  • Chart series and data categories
Use with care
  • 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 mid lightness keeps it versatile in both themes.

Worth knowing

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

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium
  • Weight54/100
  • 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#63887A
Analogous left#886384
Analogous right#886863
Split-complement 1#638868
Split-complement 2#638488
Triadic 1#718863
Triadic 2#637188
Tetradic#848863
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°337°

#886371 sits at 337°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red53.3%
Green38.8%
Blue44.3%
R · 0–255
136
0x88
G · 0–255
99
0x63
B · 0–255
113
0x71

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta27.2%
Yellow16.9%
Key (black)46.7%

Total ink coverage is 91%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#886371 text on a black background

contrast 4.07:1

Card sample

#886371 text on a white background

contrast 5.16:1

Card sample

#886371 on grey

4.71:1

#886371 on its own surface

4.80:1

#886371 on its dark surface

3.37:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #886371;
Background color
Panel with #886371 background
background-color: #886371;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #886371;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(136, 99, 113, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(136, 99, 113, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #886371;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #886371, #886E63);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #886371, #887763);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #886371;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #886371;
caret-color: #886371;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #886371;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F4F0F2;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #886371;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#886371 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #886371 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(136, 99, 113, 0.5)
rgb(136 99 113 / 50%)
#88637180
hsl(337 16% 46% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #886371 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#8863711a#F3EFF1
20%#88637133#E7E0E3
40%#88637166#CFC1C6
60%#88637199#B8A1AA
80%#886371cc#A0828D

Gradients from #886371

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, #A58390, #886371 45%, #4A363D);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #886371, #766256);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #886371, #63887A);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #B295A0 0%, #886371 45%, #4A363D 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F9F6F7, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #A17D9F 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #987A72 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #4A363D 0%, transparent 65%), #886371;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #886371

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.

#886371 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 4.07:1 — lift it to #916A78 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.

#886371, answered

What color is #886371?

#886371 is a balanced soft magenta / pink, closest to Dim Gray (ΔE2000 16.4). It sits at 337° on the hue wheel with 16% saturation and 46% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #886371?

rgb(136, 99, 113) — 136 red, 99 green and 113 blue out of 255, or 53.3% / 38.8% / 44.3% by channel.

What is #886371 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(337, 16%, 46%) and hsv(337, 27%, 53%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #886371 a light or a dark color?

It is a dark color. Relative luminance is 0.1535 and perceived brightness is 44%, so white text on it reaches 5.16:1.

Should I use black or white text on #886371?

White. It scores 5.16:1 against #886371, versus 4.07:1 for black — AA at any size.

Is #886371 accessible on a white background?

#886371 on white scores 5.16:1, which clears AA at every size but not AAA.

What is the complementary color of #886371?

#63887A sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #638868 and #638488, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #886371?

For interface work: #F9F6F7 as the surface, #DDD0D5 for borders, #85616E for secondary text, #5E8D70 as an accent and #4A363D for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #886384 and #886863 stays calm, while #63887A is the loudest partner.

What is #886371 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 27%, 17%, 47%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #886371 warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 41 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #886364; nudged cooler, #8A6180.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #886371?

The zinc family — its 500 step is #71717a, ΔE2000 14.7 away. That is a visible difference, so define #886371 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #886371 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#886371] or text-[#886371], 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 #886371 with 50% opacity?

rgba(136, 99, 113, 0.5), or #88637180 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #C4B1B8; over black, #443239.

Is #886371 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #996666, ΔE2000 7.6 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #886371 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 #886371?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #A58390, #886371 45%, #4A363D). For more colour, a short hue run to #766256 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #886371 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #886371 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.