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magenta / pink · warm

#98276d

a dark, vivid magenta / pink · warm · closest name: Medium Violet Red

Token name suggestion: Shadow Peony

RGB
152, 39, 109
HSL
323°, 59%, 38%
CMYK
0, 74, 28, 40
Luminance
0.0923

#98276d is a dark vivid magenta / pink, 323° on the wheel and 37/100 on the cool side. Put white text on it (7.38:1). As text it scores 7.38:1 on white — safe at any size. Nearest name is Medium Violet Red, nearest Tailwind family is pink.

hsl(323 59% 38%)rgb(152 39 109)Base step 700AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #98276d is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#98276d
Hue
323°
magenta / pink
Saturation
59%
vivid
Lightness
38%
dark
Brightness
60%
HSV value
Perceived
38%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.0923
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
37/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
White
7.38:1
Closest name
Medium Violet Red
ΔE2000 8.9
Chroma
54.4
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.474
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
pink
500 · ΔE 20.5
Web-safe
#993366
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue323° of 360°
Saturation59%
Lightness38%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #98276d.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool37% 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
Red72%
Green16%
Blue12%

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

Every format

HEX#98276d
HEX (8-digit)#98276dff
RGBrgb(152, 39, 109)
RGBArgba(152, 39, 109, 1)
HSLhsl(323, 59%, 38%)
HSV / HSBhsv(323, 74%, 60%)
HWBhwb(323 15% 40%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 74%, 28%, 40%)
LABlab(36.4 52.6 -13.8)
LCHlch(36.4 54.4 345.3)
OKLCHoklch(0.474 0.164 347.2)
XYZ (D65)xyz(16.44, 9.23, 15.38)
Decimal9971565
Display P3color(display-p3 0.596 0.153 0.427)
Web-safe#993366

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #98276d;
background-color: #98276d;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #98276d;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#98276d] bg-[#98276d]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #98276d;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.596, green: 0.153, blue: 0.427)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.596, green: 0.153, blue: 0.427, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#98276D</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF98276D)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF98276D)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(109, 39, 152)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(152, 39, 109)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(152, 39, 109)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 152, 39, 109)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.5961f, 0.1529f, 0.4275f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{152,39,109}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #98276d 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #98276d 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#651A49, #EED3E4);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #98276d 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: #FBF4F8;
  --brand-100: #F7E9F1;
  --brand-200: #EFCDE2;
  --brand-300: #E8A6CF;
  --brand-400: #DD79B7;
  --brand-500: #D14C9F;
  --brand-600: #C3328C;
  --brand-700: #98276d;
  --brand-800: #82215D;
  --brand-900: #5F1C45;
  --brand-950: #3B112B;
  --brand: #98276d;
  --brand-ink: #ffffff;
  --brand-surface: #FAF4F8;
  --brand-border: #EDC0DC;
  --brand-hover: #7C2059;
  --brand-pressed: #5F1844;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #24141E;
    --brand-ink: #EED3E4;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FBF4F8',
        100: '#F7E9F1',
        200: '#EFCDE2',
        300: '#E8A6CF',
        400: '#DD79B7',
        500: '#D14C9F',
        600: '#C3328C',
        700: '#98276d',
        800: '#82215D',
        900: '#5F1C45',
        950: '#3B112B',
        DEFAULT: '#98276d',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FBF4F8,
  '100': #F7E9F1,
  '200': #EFCDE2,
  '300': #E8A6CF,
  '400': #DD79B7,
  '500': #D14C9F,
  '600': #C3328C,
  '700': #98276d,
  '800': #82215D,
  '900': #5F1C45,
  '950': #3B112B,
);
$brand-base: #98276d;
$brand-ink: #ffffff;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FBF4F8", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F7E9F1", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#EFCDE2", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#E8A6CF", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#DD79B7", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#D14C9F", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#C3328C", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#98276d", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#82215D", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#5F1C45", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#3B112B", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #98276d · 7.38:1
Use #ffffffAAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 7.38:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Aa
Black text · 2.85:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #98276d as text scores 7.38:1 on white and 2.85:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #FAEBF4 at 6.41:1.

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
#98276d · 7.38:1
AA on whitealready passes
#98276d
The quick fox
#98276d · 7.38:1
AAA on whitealready passes
#98276d
The quick fox
#CC3693 · 4.52:1
AA on black+13% L
#CC3693
The quick fox
#DB73B4 · 7.12:1
AAA on black+28% L
#DB73B4

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #98276D 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
#98276d on white: 7.38:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#98276d on black: 2.85:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #98276d as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #98276d.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White7.38:1AaAa
Slate 507.05:1AaAa
Slate 1006.74:1AaAa
Slate 2005.99:1AaAa
Slate 3004.97:1AaAa
Slate 4002.88:1AaAa
Slate 5001.55:1AaAa
Slate 6001.03:1AaAa
Slate 7001.40:1AaAa
Slate 8001.98:1AaAa
Slate 9002.42:1AaAa
Black2.85:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #37496F
deuteranopia · #585D6A
tritanopia · #A32346

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. #98276d 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.

#FBF4F8
#F7E9F1
#EFCDE2
#E8A6CF
#DD79B7
#D14C9F
#C3328C
#98276d
#82215D
#5F1C45
#3B112B
Base = 700Lightest = 50 · #FBF4F8Darkest = 950 · #3B112BText 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 0.041 347.2);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.066 347.2);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.098 347.2);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.128 347.2);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.151 347.2);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.164 347.2);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.164 347.2);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.154 347.2);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.138 347.2);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.115 347.2);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.090 347.2);
}

Colors that work with #98276d

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#FAF4F8
Tinted page background
Border#EDC0DC
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B4B7C
Captions on the surface
Accent#239C33
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#651A49
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FAEBF4
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#24141E
Dark-mode background
Hover#7C2059
One step down in lightness
Pressed#5F1844
Two steps down
Disabled#AE819D
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#B3217B
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 #98276d

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.

This is a confident chroma: strong enough to lead a brand, restrained enough to live in an interface all day. 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-high
  • Weight63/100
  • 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#279852
Analogous left#8B2798
Analogous right#982735
Split-complement 1#359827
Split-complement 2#27988B
Triadic 1#6D9827
Triadic 2#276D98
Tetradic#988B27
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°323°

#98276d sits at 323°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red59.6%
Green15.3%
Blue42.7%
R · 0–255
152
0x98
G · 0–255
39
0x27
B · 0–255
109
0x6d

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta74.3%
Yellow28.3%
Key (black)40.4%

Total ink coverage is 143%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#98276d text on a black background

contrast 2.85:1

Card sample

#98276d text on a white background

contrast 7.38:1

Card sample

#98276d on grey

6.74:1

#98276d on its own surface

6.80:1

#98276d on its dark surface

2.38:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #98276d;
Background color
Panel with #98276d background
background-color: #98276d;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #98276d;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(152, 39, 109, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(152, 39, 109, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #98276d;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #98276d, #982C27);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #98276d, #984927);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #98276d;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #98276d;
caret-color: #98276d;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #98276d;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FAEBF4;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #98276d;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#98276d 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #98276d 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(152, 39, 109, 0.5)
rgb(152 39 109 / 50%)
#98276d80
hsl(323 59% 38% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #98276d 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#98276d1a#F5E9F0
20%#98276d33#EAD4E2
40%#98276d66#D6A9C5
60%#98276d99#C17DA7
80%#98276dcc#AD528A

Gradients from #98276d

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, #C93390, #98276d 45%, #651A49);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #98276d, #802D21);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #98276d, #279852);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #D14A9E 0%, #98276d 45%, #651A49 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAF4F8, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #A431C1 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #B12D32 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #651A49 0%, transparent 65%), #98276d;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #98276d

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.

#98276d 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 2.85:1 — lift it to #CC3693 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.

#98276d, answered

What color is #98276d?

#98276d is a dark vivid magenta / pink, closest to Medium Violet Red (ΔE2000 8.9). It sits at 323° on the hue wheel with 59% saturation and 38% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #98276d?

rgb(152, 39, 109) — 152 red, 39 green and 109 blue out of 255, or 59.6% / 15.3% / 42.7% by channel.

What is #98276d in HSL and HSV?

hsl(323, 59%, 38%) and hsv(323, 74%, 60%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #98276d a light or a dark color?

It is a dark color. Relative luminance is 0.0923 and perceived brightness is 38%, so white text on it reaches 7.38:1.

Should I use black or white text on #98276d?

White. It scores 7.38:1 against #98276d, versus 2.85:1 for black — AAA at any size.

Is #98276d accessible on a white background?

#98276d on white scores 7.38:1, which clears AAA at every size.

What is the complementary color of #98276d?

#279852 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #359827 and #27988B, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #98276d?

For interface work: #FAF4F8 as the surface, #EDC0DC for borders, #9B4B7C for secondary text, #239C33 as an accent and #651A49 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #8B2798 and #982735 stays calm, while #279852 is the loudest partner.

What is #98276d in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 74%, 28%, 40%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #98276d warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 37 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #982744; nudged cooler, #9A2599.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #98276d?

The pink family — its 500 step is #ec4899, ΔE2000 20.5 away. That is a visible difference, so define #98276d as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #98276d in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#98276d] or text-[#98276d], 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 #98276d with 50% opacity?

rgba(152, 39, 109, 0.5), or #98276d80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #CC93B6; over black, #4C1437.

Is #98276d a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #993366, ΔE2000 3.6 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #98276d 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 #98276d?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #C93390, #98276d 45%, #651A49). For more colour, a short hue run to #802D21 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #98276d in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #98276d at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.