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magenta / pink · warm

#c01295

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

Token name suggestion: Shadow Ruby

RGB
192, 18, 149
HSL
315°, 83%, 41%
CMYK
0, 91, 22, 25
Luminance
0.1381

#c01295 is a dark electric magenta / pink, 315° on the wheel and 42/100 on the cool side. Put white text on it (5.58:1). As text it scores 5.58:1 on white — safe at any size. Nearest name is Medium Violet Red, nearest Tailwind family is pink.

hsl(315 83% 41%)rgb(192 18 149)Base step 700AA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #c01295 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#c01295
Hue
315°
magenta / pink
Saturation
83%
electric
Lightness
41%
dark
Brightness
75%
HSV value
Perceived
46%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.1381
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
42/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Electric
Best ink
White
5.58:1
Closest name
Medium Violet Red
ΔE2000 4.2
Chroma
76.4
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.547
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
pink
500 · ΔE 14.5
Web-safe
#CC0099
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue315° of 360°
Saturation83%
Lightness41%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #c01295.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool42% 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
Red81%
Green3%
Blue16%

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

Every format

HEX#c01295
HEX (8-digit)#c01295ff
RGBrgb(192, 18, 149)
RGBArgba(192, 18, 149, 1)
HSLhsl(315, 83%, 41%)
HSV / HSBhsv(315, 91%, 75%)
HWBhwb(315 7% 25%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 91%, 22%, 25%)
LABlab(44.0 71.8 -26.3)
LCHlch(44.0 76.4 339.9)
OKLCHoklch(0.547 0.228 341.9)
XYZ (D65)xyz(27.38, 13.81, 29.65)
Decimal12587669
Display P3color(display-p3 0.753 0.071 0.584)
Web-safe#CC0099

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #c01295;
background-color: #c01295;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #c01295;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#c01295] bg-[#c01295]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #c01295;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.753, green: 0.071, blue: 0.584)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.753, green: 0.071, blue: 0.584, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#C01295</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFC01295)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFC01295)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(149, 18, 192)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(192, 18, 149)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(192, 18, 149)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 192, 18, 149)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.7529f, 0.0706f, 0.5843f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{192,18,149}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #c01295 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #c01295 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#750B5B, #EED3E7);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #c01295 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: #FCF2FA;
  --brand-100: #FAE6F5;
  --brand-200: #F6C6EA;
  --brand-300: #F598DE;
  --brand-400: #F165CE;
  --brand-500: #EC32BE;
  --brand-600: #E015AE;
  --brand-700: #c01295;
  --brand-800: #950E74;
  --brand-900: #6C0F55;
  --brand-950: #430935;
  --brand: #c01295;
  --brand-ink: #ffffff;
  --brand-surface: #FAF4F9;
  --brand-border: #EDC0E2;
  --brand-hover: #A00F7C;
  --brand-pressed: #7F0C62;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #241420;
    --brand-ink: #EED3E7;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FCF2FA',
        100: '#FAE6F5',
        200: '#F6C6EA',
        300: '#F598DE',
        400: '#F165CE',
        500: '#EC32BE',
        600: '#E015AE',
        700: '#c01295',
        800: '#950E74',
        900: '#6C0F55',
        950: '#430935',
        DEFAULT: '#c01295',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FCF2FA,
  '100': #FAE6F5,
  '200': #F6C6EA,
  '300': #F598DE,
  '400': #F165CE,
  '500': #EC32BE,
  '600': #E015AE,
  '700': #c01295,
  '800': #950E74,
  '900': #6C0F55,
  '950': #430935,
);
$brand-base: #c01295;
$brand-ink: #ffffff;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FCF2FA", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#FAE6F5", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#F6C6EA", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#F598DE", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#F165CE", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#EC32BE", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#E015AE", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#c01295", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#950E74", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#6C0F55", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#430935", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #c01295 · 5.58:1
Use #ffffffAA at every size, AAA for large text only.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 5.58:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 3.76:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #c01295 as text scores 5.58:1 on white and 3.76:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #FDE8F8 at 4.80:1.

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
#c01295 · 5.58:1
AA on whitealready passes
#c01295
The quick fox
#A40F7F · 7.11:1
AAA on white−6% L
#A40F7F
The quick fox
#D714A7 · 4.55:1
AA on black+5% L
#D714A7
The quick fox
#F05DCC · 7.14:1
AAA on black+24% L
#F05DCC

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #C01295 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
#c01295 on white: 5.58:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#c01295 on black: 3.76:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #c01295 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #c01295.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White5.58:1AaAa
Slate 505.34:1AaAa
Slate 1005.10:1AaAa
Slate 2004.53:1AaAa
Slate 3003.76:1AaAa
Slate 4002.18:1AaAa
Slate 5001.17:1AaAa
Slate 6001.36:1AaAa
Slate 7001.85:1AaAa
Slate 8002.62:1AaAa
Slate 9003.20:1AaAa
Black3.76:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #2C5798
deuteranopia · #657191
tritanopia · #CD1758

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. #c01295 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.

#FCF2FA
#FAE6F5
#F6C6EA
#F598DE
#F165CE
#EC32BE
#E015AE
#c01295
#950E74
#6C0F55
#430935
Base = 700Lightest = 50 · #FCF2FADarkest = 950 · #430935Text 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 0.057 341.9);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.091 341.9);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.137 341.9);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.178 341.9);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.210 341.9);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.228 341.9);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.228 341.9);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.214 341.9);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.191 341.9);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.159 341.9);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.125 341.9);
}

Colors that work with #c01295

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#EDC0E2
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B4B87
Captions on the surface
Accent#0EBE0E
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#750B5B
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FDE8F8
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#241420
Dark-mode background
Hover#A00F7C
One step down in lightness
Pressed#7F0C62
Two steps down
Disabled#B68DAC
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#DE08AA
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 #c01295

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
  • 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
  • Weight59/100
  • 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#12C03D
Analogous left#9412C0
Analogous right#C0123E
Split-complement 1#3EC012
Split-complement 2#12C094
Triadic 1#95C012
Triadic 2#1295C0
Tetradic#C09412
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°315°

#c01295 sits at 315°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red75.3%
Green7.1%
Blue58.4%
R · 0–255
192
0xc0
G · 0–255
18
0x12
B · 0–255
149
0x95

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta90.6%
Yellow22.4%
Key (black)24.7%

Total ink coverage is 138%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#c01295 text on a black background

contrast 3.76:1

Card sample

#c01295 text on a white background

contrast 5.58:1

Card sample

#c01295 on grey

5.10:1

#c01295 on its own surface

5.15:1

#c01295 on its dark surface

3.15:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #c01295;
Background color
Panel with #c01295 background
background-color: #c01295;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #c01295;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(192, 18, 149, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(192, 18, 149, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #c01295;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c01295, #C01221);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #c01295, #C02E12);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #c01295;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #c01295;
caret-color: #c01295;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #c01295;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FDE8F8;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #c01295;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#c01295 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #c01295 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(192, 18, 149, 0.5)
rgb(192 18 149 / 50%)
#c0129580
hsl(315 83% 41% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #c01295 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#c012951a#F9E7F4
20%#c0129533#F2D0EA
40%#c0129566#E6A0D5
60%#c0129599#D971BF
80%#c01295cc#CD41AA

Gradients from #c01295

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, #EB25BA, #c01295 45%, #750B5B);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #c01295, #A40F10);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #c01295, #12C03D);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #ED41C3 0%, #c01295 45%, #750B5B 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%, #A41BEA 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #DC1537 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #750B5B 0%, transparent 65%), #c01295;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #c01295

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.

#c01295 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 3.76:1 — lift it to #D714A7 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.

#c01295, answered

What color is #c01295?

#c01295 is a dark electric magenta / pink, closest to Medium Violet Red (ΔE2000 4.2). It sits at 315° on the hue wheel with 83% saturation and 41% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #c01295?

rgb(192, 18, 149) — 192 red, 18 green and 149 blue out of 255, or 75.3% / 7.1% / 58.4% by channel.

What is #c01295 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(315, 83%, 41%) and hsv(315, 91%, 75%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #c01295 a light or a dark color?

It is a dark color. Relative luminance is 0.1381 and perceived brightness is 46%, so white text on it reaches 5.58:1.

Should I use black or white text on #c01295?

White. It scores 5.58:1 against #c01295, versus 3.76:1 for black — AA at any size.

Is #c01295 accessible on a white background?

#c01295 on white scores 5.58:1, which clears AA at every size but not AAA.

What is the complementary color of #c01295?

#12C03D sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #3EC012 and #12C094, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #c01295?

For interface work: #FAF4F9 as the surface, #EDC0E2 for borders, #9B4B87 for secondary text, #0EBE0E as an accent and #750B5B for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #9412C0 and #C0123E stays calm, while #12C03D is the loudest partner.

What is #c01295 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 91%, 22%, 25%). 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 #c01295 warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 42 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #C01255; nudged cooler, #AD10C2.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #c01295?

The pink family — its 500 step is #ec4899, ΔE2000 14.5 away. That is a visible difference, so define #c01295 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #c01295 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#c01295] or text-[#c01295], 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 #c01295 with 50% opacity?

rgba(192, 18, 149, 0.5), or #c0129580 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #E089CA; over black, #60094B.

Is #c01295 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CC0099, ΔE2000 2.1 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #c01295 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 #c01295?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #EB25BA, #c01295 45%, #750B5B). For more colour, a short hue run to #A40F10 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #c01295 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #c01295 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.