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#971179

a dark, electric magenta / pink · neutral · closest name: Dark Magenta

Token name suggestion: Shadow Blossom

RGB
151, 17, 121
HSL
313°, 80%, 33%
CMYK
0, 89, 20, 41
Luminance
0.0836

#971179 is a dark electric magenta / pink, 313° on the wheel and 43/100 on the cool side. Put white text on it (7.86:1). As text it scores 7.86:1 on white — safe at any size. Nearest name is Dark Magenta, nearest Tailwind family is pink.

hsl(313 80% 33%)rgb(151 17 121)Base step 800AAA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #971179 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#971179
Hue
313°
magenta / pink
Saturation
80%
electric
Lightness
33%
dark
Brightness
59%
HSV value
Perceived
36%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.0836
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
43/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Electric
Best ink
White
7.86:1
Closest name
Dark Magenta
ΔE2000 5.7
Chroma
64.4
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.463
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
pink
500 · ΔE 22.4
Web-safe
#990066
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue313° of 360°
Saturation80%
Lightness33%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #971179.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool43% 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
Red79%
Green5%
Blue17%

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

Every format

HEX#971179
HEX (8-digit)#971179ff
RGBrgb(151, 17, 121)
RGBArgba(151, 17, 121, 1)
HSLhsl(313, 80%, 33%)
HSV / HSBhsv(313, 89%, 59%)
HWBhwb(313 7% 41%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 89%, 20%, 41%)
LABlab(34.7 59.8 -24.0)
LCHlch(34.7 64.4 338.1)
OKLCHoklch(0.463 0.191 340.1)
XYZ (D65)xyz(16.41, 8.36, 18.84)
Decimal9900409
Display P3color(display-p3 0.592 0.067 0.475)
Web-safe#990066

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #971179;
background-color: #971179;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #971179;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#971179] bg-[#971179]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #971179;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.592, green: 0.067, blue: 0.475)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.592, green: 0.067, blue: 0.475, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#971179</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF971179)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF971179)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(121, 17, 151)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(151, 17, 121)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(151, 17, 121)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 151, 17, 121)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.5922f, 0.0667f, 0.4745f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{151,17,121}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #971179 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #971179 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#730D5C, #EED3E8);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #971179 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: #FCF3FA;
  --brand-100: #F9E6F5;
  --brand-200: #F5C7EB;
  --brand-300: #F49AE0;
  --brand-400: #EE68D0;
  --brand-500: #E835C0;
  --brand-600: #DC19B0;
  --brand-700: #B71593;
  --brand-800: #971179;
  --brand-900: #6A1056;
  --brand-950: #420A36;
  --brand: #971179;
  --brand-ink: #ffffff;
  --brand-surface: #FAF4F9;
  --brand-border: #EDC0E3;
  --brand-hover: #770D5F;
  --brand-pressed: #570A45;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #241421;
    --brand-ink: #EED3E8;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FCF3FA',
        100: '#F9E6F5',
        200: '#F5C7EB',
        300: '#F49AE0',
        400: '#EE68D0',
        500: '#E835C0',
        600: '#DC19B0',
        700: '#B71593',
        800: '#971179',
        900: '#6A1056',
        950: '#420A36',
        DEFAULT: '#971179',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FCF3FA,
  '100': #F9E6F5,
  '200': #F5C7EB,
  '300': #F49AE0,
  '400': #EE68D0,
  '500': #E835C0,
  '600': #DC19B0,
  '700': #B71593,
  '800': #971179,
  '900': #6A1056,
  '950': #420A36,
);
$brand-base: #971179;
$brand-ink: #ffffff;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FCF3FA", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F9E6F5", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#F5C7EB", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#F49AE0", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#EE68D0", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#E835C0", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#DC19B0", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#B71593", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#971179", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#6A1056", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#420A36", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #971179 · 7.86:1
Use #ffffffAAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 7.86:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Aa
Black text · 2.67:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #971179 as text scores 7.86:1 on white and 2.67:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #FCE8F8 at 6.75:1.

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
#971179 · 7.86:1
AA on whitealready passes
#971179
The quick fox
#971179 · 7.86:1
AAA on whitealready passes
#971179
The quick fox
#D718AC · 4.62:1
AA on black+14% L
#D718AC
The quick fox
#ED5ECD · 7.08:1
AAA on black+32% L
#ED5ECD

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #971179 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
#971179 on white: 7.86:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#971179 on black: 2.67:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #971179 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #971179.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White7.86:1AaAa
Slate 507.51:1AaAa
Slate 1007.17:1AaAa
Slate 2006.37:1AaAa
Slate 3005.29:1AaAa
Slate 4003.07:1AaAa
Slate 5001.65:1AaAa
Slate 6001.04:1AaAa
Slate 7001.32:1AaAa
Slate 8001.86:1AaAa
Slate 9002.27:1AaAa
Black2.67:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #1F457B
deuteranopia · #4D5976
tritanopia · #A01847

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. #971179 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.

#FCF3FA
#F9E6F5
#F5C7EB
#F49AE0
#EE68D0
#E835C0
#DC19B0
#B71593
#971179
#6A1056
#420A36
Base = 800Lightest = 50 · #FCF3FADarkest = 950 · #420A36Text 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 0.048 340.1);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.076 340.1);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.114 340.1);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.149 340.1);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.175 340.1);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.191 340.1);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.191 340.1);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.179 340.1);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.160 340.1);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.133 340.1);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.105 340.1);
}

Colors that work with #971179

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#FAF4F9
Tinted page background
Border#EDC0E3
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B4B89
Captions on the surface
Accent#119A0E
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#730D5C
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FCE8F8
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#241421
Dark-mode background
Hover#770D5F
One step down in lightness
Pressed#570A45
Two steps down
Disabled#A5739A
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#B30A8D
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 #971179

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

Works well for
  • Body text and links on white
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Headers, footers and dark-mode surfaces
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text on black or near-black surfaces
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • 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.

At this chroma the association is amplified — it will dominate anything placed beside it, so give it space and use it sparingly. 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
  • EnergyHigh
  • Weight67/100
  • TemperatureNeutral
  • 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#11972F
Analogous left#721197
Analogous right#971136
Split-complement 1#369711
Split-complement 2#119772
Triadic 1#799711
Triadic 2#117997
Tetradic#977211
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°313°

#971179 sits at 313°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red59.2%
Green6.7%
Blue47.5%
R · 0–255
151
0x97
G · 0–255
17
0x11
B · 0–255
121
0x79

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta88.7%
Yellow19.9%
Key (black)40.8%

Total ink coverage is 149%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#971179 text on a black background

contrast 2.67:1

Card sample

#971179 text on a white background

contrast 7.86:1

Card sample

#971179 on grey

7.17:1

#971179 on its own surface

7.25:1

#971179 on its dark surface

2.23:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #971179;
Background color
Panel with #971179 background
background-color: #971179;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #971179;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(151, 17, 121, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(151, 17, 121, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #971179;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #971179, #971120);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #971179, #972411);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #971179;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #971179;
caret-color: #971179;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #971179;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FCE8F8;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #971179;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#971179 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #971179 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(151, 17, 121, 0.5)
rgb(151 17 121 / 50%)
#97117980
hsl(313 80% 33% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #971179 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#9711791a#F5E7F2
20%#97117933#EACFE4
40%#97117966#D5A0C9
60%#97117999#C170AF
80%#971179cc#AC4194

Gradients from #971179

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, #CE17A5, #971179 45%, #730D5C);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #971179, #7B0E11);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #971179, #11972F);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #E61EB9 0%, #971179 45%, #730D5C 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAF4F9, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #8616C5 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #B21433 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #730D5C 0%, transparent 65%), #971179;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #971179

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.

#971179 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

Sits outside most CMYK gamuts — expect a duller press result, or specify a spot ink.

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 2.67:1 — lift it to #D718AC 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.

#971179, answered

What color is #971179?

#971179 is a dark electric magenta / pink, closest to Dark Magenta (ΔE2000 5.7). It sits at 313° on the hue wheel with 80% saturation and 33% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #971179?

rgb(151, 17, 121) — 151 red, 17 green and 121 blue out of 255, or 59.2% / 6.7% / 47.5% by channel.

What is #971179 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(313, 80%, 33%) and hsv(313, 89%, 59%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #971179 a light or a dark color?

It is a dark color. Relative luminance is 0.0836 and perceived brightness is 36%, so white text on it reaches 7.86:1.

Should I use black or white text on #971179?

White. It scores 7.86:1 against #971179, versus 2.67:1 for black — AAA at any size.

Is #971179 accessible on a white background?

#971179 on white scores 7.86:1, which clears AAA at every size.

What is the complementary color of #971179?

#11972F sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #369711 and #119772, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #971179?

For interface work: #FAF4F9 as the surface, #EDC0E3 for borders, #9B4B89 for secondary text, #119A0E as an accent and #730D5C for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #721197 and #971136 stays calm, while #11972F is the loudest partner.

What is #971179 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 89%, 20%, 41%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — a color this saturated sits outside most CMYK gamuts and will print duller than it looks here.

Is #971179 warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 43 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #971148; nudged cooler, #850F99.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #971179?

The pink family — its 500 step is #ec4899, ΔE2000 22.4 away. That is a visible difference, so define #971179 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #971179 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#971179] or text-[#971179], 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 #971179 with 50% opacity?

rgba(151, 17, 121, 0.5), or #97117980 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #CB88BC; over black, #4C093D.

Is #971179 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #990066, ΔE2000 4.3 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #971179 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 chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #971179?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #CE17A5, #971179 45%, #730D5C). For more colour, a short hue run to #7B0E11 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #971179 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #971179 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.