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magenta / pink · neutral

#92738a

a balanced, muted magenta / pink · neutral · closest name: Rosy Brown

Token name suggestion: Signal Peony

RGB
146, 115, 138
HSL
316°, 12%, 51%
CMYK
0, 21, 6, 43
Luminance
0.2021

#92738a is a balanced muted magenta / pink, 316° on the wheel and 47/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (5.04:1). As text it scores 4.17:1 on white — large text only. Nearest name is Rosy Brown, nearest Tailwind family is zinc.

hsl(316 12% 51%)rgb(146 115 138)Base step 600AA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #92738a is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#92738a
Hue
316°
magenta / pink
Saturation
12%
muted
Lightness
51%
balanced
Brightness
57%
HSV value
Perceived
50%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.2021
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
47/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Muted
Best ink
Black
5.04:1
Closest name
Rosy Brown
ΔE2000 14.4
Chroma
18.0
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.593
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
zinc
500 · ΔE 14
Web-safe
#996699
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue316° of 360°
Saturation12%
Lightness51%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #92738a.

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
Red30%
Green61%
Blue9%

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

Every format

HEX#92738a
HEX (8-digit)#92738aff
RGBrgb(146, 115, 138)
RGBArgba(146, 115, 138, 1)
HSLhsl(316, 12%, 51%)
HSV / HSBhsv(315, 21%, 57%)
HWBhwb(316 45% 43%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 21%, 6%, 43%)
LABlab(52.1 16.2 -7.9)
LCHlch(52.1 18.0 334.0)
OKLCHoklch(0.593 0.051 335.6)
XYZ (D65)xyz(22.57, 20.21, 26.75)
Decimal9597834
Display P3color(display-p3 0.573 0.451 0.541)
Web-safe#996699

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #92738a;
background-color: #92738a;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #92738a;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#92738a] bg-[#92738a]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #92738a;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.573, green: 0.451, blue: 0.541)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.573, green: 0.451, blue: 0.541, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#92738A</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF92738A)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF92738A)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(138, 115, 146)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(146, 115, 138)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(146, 115, 138)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 146, 115, 138)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.5725f, 0.4510f, 0.5412f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{146,115,138}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #92738a 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #92738a 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#483844, #E4DDE2);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #92738a 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: #F8F7F8;
  --brand-100: #F1EEF0;
  --brand-200: #E1DAE0;
  --brand-300: #CEC0CA;
  --brand-400: #B5A0B0;
  --brand-500: #9D8196;
  --brand-600: #92738a;
  --brand-700: #73596C;
  --brand-800: #5C4756;
  --brand-900: #443641;
  --brand-950: #2B2228;
  --brand: #92738a;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F8F6F8;
  --brand-border: #DBD1D9;
  --brand-hover: #7F6377;
  --brand-pressed: #6B5365;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #20191E;
    --brand-ink: #E4DDE2;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F8F7F8',
        100: '#F1EEF0',
        200: '#E1DAE0',
        300: '#CEC0CA',
        400: '#B5A0B0',
        500: '#9D8196',
        600: '#92738a',
        700: '#73596C',
        800: '#5C4756',
        900: '#443641',
        950: '#2B2228',
        DEFAULT: '#92738a',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F8F7F8,
  '100': #F1EEF0,
  '200': #E1DAE0,
  '300': #CEC0CA,
  '400': #B5A0B0,
  '500': #9D8196,
  '600': #92738a,
  '700': #73596C,
  '800': #5C4756,
  '900': #443641,
  '950': #2B2228,
);
$brand-base: #92738a;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F8F7F8", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F1EEF0", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#E1DAE0", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#CEC0CA", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#B5A0B0", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#9D8196", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#92738a", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#73596C", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#5C4756", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#443641", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#2B2228", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$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#000000 on #92738a · 5.04:1
Use #000000AA at every size, AAA for large text only.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 4.17:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 5.04:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #92738a as text scores 4.17:1 on white and 5.04:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #483844 at 2.62:1.

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
#8A6C82 · 4.62:1
AA on white−3% L
#8A6C82
The quick fox
#685162 · 7.14:1
AAA on white−15% L
#685162
The quick fox
#92738a · 5.04:1
AA on blackalready passes
#92738a
The quick fox
#A890A2 · 7.18:1
AAA on black+10% L
#A890A2

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #92738A 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
#92738a on white: 4.17:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#92738a on black: 5.04:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #92738a as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #92738a.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White4.17:1AaAa
Slate 503.98:1AaAa
Slate 1003.80:1AaAa
Slate 2003.38:1AaAa
Slate 3002.81:1AaAa
Slate 4001.62:1AaAa
Slate 5001.14:1AaAa
Slate 6001.82:1AaAa
Slate 7002.49:1AaAa
Slate 8003.51:1AaAa
Slate 9004.29:1AaAa
Black5.04:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #737A8B
deuteranopia · #7A7E89
tritanopia · #95747B

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. #92738a 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.

#F8F7F8
#F1EEF0
#E1DAE0
#CEC0CA
#B5A0B0
#9D8196
#92738a
#73596C
#5C4756
#443641
#2B2228
Base = 600Lightest = 50 · #F8F7F8Darkest = 950 · #2B2228Text step on white = 700
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 0.013 335.6);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.020 335.6);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.030 335.6);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.040 335.6);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.047 335.6);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.051 335.6);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.051 335.6);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.048 335.6);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.043 335.6);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.036 335.6);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.028 335.6);
}

Colors that work with #92738a

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

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#F8F6F8
Tinted page background
Border#DBD1D9
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#81657A
Captions on the surface
Accent#6E976E
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#483844
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F4F1F3
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#20191E
Dark-mode background
Hover#7F6377
One step down in lightness
Pressed#6B5365
Two steps down
Disabled#C3B2BF
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#A67399
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
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Acme LtdActive
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GlobexActive

How to use #92738a

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

Works well for
  • Headings from 24px up on white
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Borders, dividers and quiet backgrounds
  • Long-form reading surfaces
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Small text on white — under 4.5:1
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
24px / 18.66px bold
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #483844
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.

With almost no chroma left, the family association is barely present; treat it as a neutral that happens to lean this way. 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
  • EnergyLow
  • Weight49/100
  • 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#73927B
Analogous left#8B7392
Analogous right#92737B
Split-complement 1#7B9273
Split-complement 2#73928B
Triadic 1#8A9273
Triadic 2#738A92
Tetradic#928B73
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°316°

#92738a sits at 316°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red57.3%
Green45.1%
Blue54.1%
R · 0–255
146
0x92
G · 0–255
115
0x73
B · 0–255
138
0x8a

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta21.2%
Yellow5.5%
Key (black)42.7%

Total ink coverage is 69%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#92738a text on a black background

contrast 5.04:1

Card sample

#92738a text on a white background

contrast 4.17:1

Card sample

#92738a on grey

3.80:1

#92738a on its own surface

3.87:1

#92738a on its dark surface

4.14:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #92738a;
Background color
Panel with #92738a background
background-color: #92738a;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #92738a;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(146, 115, 138, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(146, 115, 138, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #92738a;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #92738a, #927375);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #92738a, #927973);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #92738a;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #92738a;
caret-color: #92738a;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #92738a;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F4F1F3;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #92738a;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#92738a 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #92738a 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(146, 115, 138, 0.5)
rgb(146 115 138 / 50%)
#92738a80
hsl(316 12% 51% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #92738a 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#92738a1a#F4F1F3
20%#92738a33#E9E3E8
40%#92738a66#D3C7D0
60%#92738a99#BEABB9
80%#92738acc#A88FA1

Gradients from #92738a

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, #AD96A7, #92738a 45%, #483844);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #92738a, #826565);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #92738a, #73927B);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #BAA7B5 0%, #92738a 45%, #483844 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F8F6F8, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #A090A8 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #9F8489 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #483844 0%, transparent 65%), #92738a;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #92738a

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.

#92738a 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
BackgroundsBordersBody textDividers
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

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 5.04:1.

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.

#92738a, answered

What color is #92738a?

#92738a is a balanced muted magenta / pink, closest to Rosy Brown (ΔE2000 14.4). It sits at 316° on the hue wheel with 12% saturation and 51% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #92738a?

rgb(146, 115, 138) — 146 red, 115 green and 138 blue out of 255, or 57.3% / 45.1% / 54.1% by channel.

What is #92738a in HSL and HSV?

hsl(316, 12%, 51%) and hsv(315, 21%, 57%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #92738a a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.2021 and perceived brightness is 50%, so black text on it reaches 5.04:1.

Should I use black or white text on #92738a?

Black. It scores 5.04:1 against #92738a, versus 4.17:1 for white — AA at any size.

Is #92738a accessible on a white background?

#92738a on white scores 4.17:1, which only clears AA for large text — 18.66px bold or 24px regular and up. Darken it to #8A6C82 to reach 4.5:1, or #685162 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #92738a?

#73927B sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #7B9273 and #73928B, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #92738a?

For interface work: #F8F6F8 as the surface, #DBD1D9 for borders, #81657A for secondary text, #6E976E as an accent and #483844 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #8B7392 and #92737B stays calm, while #73927B is the loudest partner.

What is #92738a in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 21%, 6%, 43%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #92738a 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 #92737F; nudged cooler, #917194.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #92738a?

The zinc family — its 500 step is #71717a, ΔE2000 14 away. That is a visible difference, so define #92738a as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #92738a in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#92738a] or text-[#92738a], 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 #92738a with 50% opacity?

rgba(146, 115, 138, 0.5), or #92738a80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #C9B9C5; over black, #493A45.

Is #92738a a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #996699, ΔE2000 8.4 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #92738a 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 low chroma the association is faint; it behaves more like a neutral.

What gradient works with #92738a?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #AD96A7, #92738a 45%, #483844). For more colour, a short hue run to #826565 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #92738a in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #92738a at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.