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magenta / pink · neutral

#b93ccf

a balanced, vivid magenta / pink · neutral · closest name: Medium Orchid

Token name suggestion: Atlas Fuchsia

RGB
185, 60, 207
HSL
291°, 61%, 52%
CMYK
11, 71, 0, 19
Luminance
0.1805

#b93ccf is a balanced vivid magenta / pink, 291° on the wheel and 55/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (4.61:1). As text it scores 4.56:1 on white — safe at any size. Nearest name is Medium Orchid, nearest Tailwind family is fuchsia.

hsl(291 61% 52%)rgb(185 60 207)Base step 500AA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #b93ccf is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#b93ccf
Hue
291°
magenta / pink
Saturation
61%
vivid
Lightness
52%
balanced
Brightness
81%
HSV value
Perceived
51%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.1805
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
55/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
4.61:1
Closest name
Medium Orchid
ΔE2000 4.7
Chroma
85.7
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.595
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
fuchsia
500 · ΔE 7.9
Web-safe
#CC33CC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue291° of 360°
Saturation61%
Lightness52%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #b93ccf.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool55% 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
Red57%
Green18%
Blue25%

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

Every format

HEX#b93ccf
HEX (8-digit)#b93ccfff
RGBrgb(185, 60, 207)
RGBArgba(185, 60, 207, 1)
HSLhsl(291, 61%, 52%)
HSV / HSBhsv(291, 71%, 81%)
HWBhwb(291 24% 19%)
CMYKcmyk(11%, 71%, 0%, 19%)
LABlab(49.6 68.4 -51.6)
LCHlch(49.6 85.7 323.0)
OKLCHoklch(0.595 0.231 321.2)
XYZ (D65)xyz(32.88, 18.05, 60.77)
Decimal12139727
Display P3color(display-p3 0.725 0.235 0.812)
Web-safe#CC33CC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #b93ccf;
background-color: #b93ccf;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #b93ccf;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#b93ccf] bg-[#b93ccf]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #b93ccf;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.725, green: 0.235, blue: 0.812)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.725, green: 0.235, blue: 0.812, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#B93CCF</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFB93CCF)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFB93CCF)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(207, 60, 185)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(185, 60, 207)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(185, 60, 207)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 185, 60, 207)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.7255f, 0.2353f, 0.8118f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{185,60,207}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #b93ccf 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #b93ccf 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#5B1966, #EAD3EE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #b93ccf 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: #FAF4FB;
  --brand-100: #F5E8F7;
  --brand-200: #EACCEF;
  --brand-300: #DFA5E9;
  --brand-400: #CE78DE;
  --brand-500: #b93ccf;
  --brand-600: #AE30C4;
  --brand-700: #9128A4;
  --brand-800: #742083;
  --brand-900: #551B5F;
  --brand-950: #35113C;
  --brand: #b93ccf;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F9F4FA;
  --brand-border: #E6C0ED;
  --brand-hover: #A52EBA;
  --brand-pressed: #8B279D;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #221424;
    --brand-ink: #EAD3EE;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FAF4FB',
        100: '#F5E8F7',
        200: '#EACCEF',
        300: '#DFA5E9',
        400: '#CE78DE',
        500: '#b93ccf',
        600: '#AE30C4',
        700: '#9128A4',
        800: '#742083',
        900: '#551B5F',
        950: '#35113C',
        DEFAULT: '#b93ccf',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FAF4FB,
  '100': #F5E8F7,
  '200': #EACCEF,
  '300': #DFA5E9,
  '400': #CE78DE,
  '500': #b93ccf,
  '600': #AE30C4,
  '700': #9128A4,
  '800': #742083,
  '900': #551B5F,
  '950': #35113C,
);
$brand-base: #b93ccf;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FAF4FB", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F5E8F7", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#EACCEF", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#DFA5E9", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#CE78DE", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#b93ccf", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#AE30C4", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#9128A4", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#742083", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#551B5F", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#35113C", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #b93ccf · 4.61:1
Use #000000AA at every size, AAA for large text only.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 4.56:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 4.61:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #b93ccf as text scores 4.56:1 on white and 4.61:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #5B1966 at 2.60:1.

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
#b93ccf · 4.56:1
AA on whitealready passes
#b93ccf
The quick fox
#8F28A1 · 7.03:1
AAA on white−13% L
#8F28A1
The quick fox
#b93ccf · 4.61:1
AA on blackalready passes
#b93ccf
The quick fox
#CE75DD · 7.21:1
AAA on black+14% L
#CE75DD

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #B93CCF 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
#b93ccf on white: 4.56:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#b93ccf on black: 4.61:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #b93ccf as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #b93ccf.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White4.56:1AaAa
Slate 504.35:1AaAa
Slate 1004.16:1AaAa
Slate 2003.69:1AaAa
Slate 3003.07:1AaAa
Slate 4001.78:1AaAa
Slate 5001.04:1AaAa
Slate 6001.66:1AaAa
Slate 7002.27:1AaAa
Slate 8003.21:1AaAa
Slate 9003.92:1AaAa
Black4.61:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #006DD3
deuteranopia · #4D7ACC
tritanopia · #BB5782

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. #b93ccf is pinned to step 500; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#FAF4FB
#F5E8F7
#EACCEF
#DFA5E9
#CE78DE
#b93ccf
#AE30C4
#9128A4
#742083
#551B5F
#35113C
Base = 500Lightest = 50 · #FAF4FBDarkest = 950 · #35113CText step on white = 500
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 0.058 321.2);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.092 321.2);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.138 321.2);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.180 321.2);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.212 321.2);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.231 321.2);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.231 321.2);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.217 321.2);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.194 321.2);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.161 321.2);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.127 321.2);
}

Colors that work with #b93ccf

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#F9F4FA
Tinted page background
Border#E6C0ED
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#8F4B9B
Captions on the surface
Accent#59A824
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#5B1966
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F8EBFA
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#221424
Dark-mode background
Hover#A52EBA
One step down in lightness
Pressed#8B279D
Two steps down
Disabled#C8AFCC
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#C741DE
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 #b93ccf

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

Works well for
  • Body text and links on white
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
  • Chart series and data categories
Use with care
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • 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 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-high
  • Weight48/100
  • 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#52CF3C
Analogous left#703CCF
Analogous right#CF3C9C
Split-complement 1#9CCF3C
Split-complement 2#3CCF70
Triadic 1#CFB93C
Triadic 2#3CCFB9
Tetradic#CF703C
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°291°

#b93ccf sits at 291°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red72.5%
Green23.5%
Blue81.2%
R · 0–255
185
0xb9
G · 0–255
60
0x3c
B · 0–255
207
0xcf

CMYK percentages

Cyan10.6%
Magenta71.0%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)18.8%

Total ink coverage is 100%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#b93ccf text on a black background

contrast 4.61:1

Card sample

#b93ccf text on a white background

contrast 4.56:1

Card sample

#b93ccf on grey

4.16:1

#b93ccf on its own surface

4.20:1

#b93ccf on its dark surface

3.86:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #b93ccf;
Background color
Panel with #b93ccf background
background-color: #b93ccf;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #b93ccf;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(185, 60, 207, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(185, 60, 207, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #b93ccf;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b93ccf, #CF3C83);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #b93ccf, #CF3C5E);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #b93ccf;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #b93ccf;
caret-color: #b93ccf;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #b93ccf;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F8EBFA;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #b93ccf;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#b93ccf 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #b93ccf 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(185, 60, 207, 0.5)
rgb(185 60 207 / 50%)
#b93ccf80
hsl(291 61% 52% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #b93ccf 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#b93ccf1a#F8ECFA
20%#b93ccf33#F1D8F5
40%#b93ccf66#E3B1EC
60%#b93ccf99#D58AE2
80%#b93ccfcc#C763D9

Gradients from #b93ccf

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, #CB6DDB, #b93ccf 45%, #5B1966);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #b93ccf, #BE2F68);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #b93ccf, #52CF3C);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #D386E1 0%, #b93ccf 45%, #5B1966 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F9F4FA, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #8465D9 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #D5559D 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #5B1966 0%, transparent 65%), #b93ccf;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #b93ccf

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.

#b93ccf 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

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 4.61:1.

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.

#b93ccf, answered

What color is #b93ccf?

#b93ccf is a balanced vivid magenta / pink, closest to Medium Orchid (ΔE2000 4.7). It sits at 291° on the hue wheel with 61% saturation and 52% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #b93ccf?

rgb(185, 60, 207) — 185 red, 60 green and 207 blue out of 255, or 72.5% / 23.5% / 81.2% by channel.

What is #b93ccf in HSL and HSV?

hsl(291, 61%, 52%) and hsv(291, 71%, 81%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #b93ccf a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.1805 and perceived brightness is 51%, so black text on it reaches 4.61:1.

Should I use black or white text on #b93ccf?

Black. It scores 4.61:1 against #b93ccf, versus 4.56:1 for white — AA at any size.

Is #b93ccf accessible on a white background?

#b93ccf on white scores 4.56:1, which clears AA at every size but not AAA.

What is the complementary color of #b93ccf?

#52CF3C sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #9CCF3C and #3CCF70, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #b93ccf?

For interface work: #F9F4FA as the surface, #E6C0ED for borders, #8F4B9B for secondary text, #59A824 as an accent and #5B1966 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #703CCF and #CF3C9C stays calm, while #52CF3C is the loudest partner.

What is #b93ccf in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(11%, 71%, 0%, 19%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #b93ccf warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 55 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #CF3CAF; nudged cooler, #833AD1.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #b93ccf?

The fuchsia family — its 500 step is #d946ef, ΔE2000 7.9 away. That is a visible difference, so define #b93ccf as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #b93ccf in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#b93ccf] or text-[#b93ccf], 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 #b93ccf with 50% opacity?

rgba(185, 60, 207, 0.5), or #b93ccf80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #DC9EE7; over black, #5D1E68.

Is #b93ccf a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CC33CC, ΔE2000 3.5 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #b93ccf 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 #b93ccf?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #CB6DDB, #b93ccf 45%, #5B1966). For more colour, a short hue run to #BE2F68 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #b93ccf in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #b93ccf at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.