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magenta / pink · neutral

#c01ecb

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

Token name suggestion: Atlas Ruby

RGB
192, 30, 203
HSL
296°, 74%, 46%
CMYK
5, 85, 0, 20
Luminance
0.1645

#c01ecb is a balanced vivid magenta / pink, 296° on the wheel and 52/100 on the cool side. Put white text on it (4.90:1). As text it scores 4.90:1 on white — safe at any size. Nearest name is Dark Orchid, nearest Tailwind family is fuchsia.

hsl(296 74% 46%)rgb(192 30 203)Base step 600AA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #c01ecb is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#c01ecb
Hue
296°
magenta / pink
Saturation
74%
vivid
Lightness
46%
balanced
Brightness
80%
HSV value
Perceived
50%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.1645
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
52/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
White
4.90:1
Closest name
Dark Orchid
ΔE2000 6.9
Chroma
93.5
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.582
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
fuchsia
500 · ΔE 9.8
Web-safe
#CC33CC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue296° of 360°
Saturation74%
Lightness46%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #c01ecb.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool52% 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
Red68%
Green6%
Blue26%

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

Every format

HEX#c01ecb
HEX (8-digit)#c01ecbff
RGBrgb(192, 30, 203)
RGBArgba(192, 30, 203, 1)
HSLhsl(296, 74%, 46%)
HSV / HSBhsv(296, 85%, 80%)
HWBhwb(296 12% 20%)
CMYKcmyk(5%, 85%, 0%, 20%)
LABlab(47.6 77.4 -52.5)
LCHlch(47.6 93.5 325.9)
OKLCHoklch(0.582 0.256 325.2)
XYZ (D65)xyz(32.98, 16.45, 57.93)
Decimal12590795
Display P3color(display-p3 0.753 0.118 0.796)
Web-safe#CC33CC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #c01ecb;
background-color: #c01ecb;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #c01ecb;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#c01ecb] bg-[#c01ecb]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #c01ecb;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.753, green: 0.118, blue: 0.796)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.753, green: 0.118, blue: 0.796, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#C01ECB</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFC01ECB)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFC01ECB)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(203, 30, 192)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(192, 30, 203)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(192, 30, 203)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 192, 30, 203)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.7529f, 0.1176f, 0.7961f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{192,30,203}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #c01ecb 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #c01ecb 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#69106F, #ECD3EE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #c01ecb 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: #FBF3FC;
  --brand-100: #F7E7F9;
  --brand-200: #F1C8F3;
  --brand-300: #EB9DF1;
  --brand-400: #E16CE9;
  --brand-500: #D83CE2;
  --brand-600: #c01ecb;
  --brand-700: #A81AB2;
  --brand-800: #86158E;
  --brand-900: #621367;
  --brand-950: #3D0C40;
  --brand: #c01ecb;
  --brand-ink: #ffffff;
  --brand-surface: #FAF4FA;
  --brand-border: #EAC0ED;
  --brand-hover: #A319AC;
  --brand-pressed: #85158D;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #231424;
    --brand-ink: #ECD3EE;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FBF3FC',
        100: '#F7E7F9',
        200: '#F1C8F3',
        300: '#EB9DF1',
        400: '#E16CE9',
        500: '#D83CE2',
        600: '#c01ecb',
        700: '#A81AB2',
        800: '#86158E',
        900: '#621367',
        950: '#3D0C40',
        DEFAULT: '#c01ecb',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FBF3FC,
  '100': #F7E7F9,
  '200': #F1C8F3,
  '300': #EB9DF1,
  '400': #E16CE9,
  '500': #D83CE2,
  '600': #c01ecb,
  '700': #A81AB2,
  '800': #86158E,
  '900': #621367,
  '950': #3D0C40,
);
$brand-base: #c01ecb;
$brand-ink: #ffffff;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FBF3FC", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F7E7F9", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#F1C8F3", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#EB9DF1", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#E16CE9", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#D83CE2", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#c01ecb", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#A81AB2", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#86158E", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#621367", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#3D0C40", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #c01ecb · 4.90:1
Use #ffffffAA at every size, AAA for large text only.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 4.90:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 4.29:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #c01ecb as text scores 4.90:1 on white and 4.29:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #FBE9FC at 4.23:1.

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
#c01ecb · 4.90:1
AA on whitealready passes
#c01ecb
The quick fox
#96179F · 7.19:1
AAA on white−10% L
#96179F
The quick fox
#C81FD4 · 4.60:1
AA on black+2% L
#C81FD4
The quick fox
#DF62E8 · 7.05:1
AAA on black+19% L
#DF62E8

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #C01ECB 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
#c01ecb on white: 4.90:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#c01ecb on black: 4.29:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #c01ecb as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #c01ecb.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White4.90:1AaAa
Slate 504.68:1AaAa
Slate 1004.47:1AaAa
Slate 2003.97:1AaAa
Slate 3003.30:1AaAa
Slate 4001.91:1AaAa
Slate 5001.03:1AaAa
Slate 6001.55:1AaAa
Slate 7002.12:1AaAa
Slate 8002.99:1AaAa
Slate 9003.65:1AaAa
Black4.29:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #0065CF
deuteranopia · #4A77C7
tritanopia · #C4457A

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. #c01ecb 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.

#FBF3FC
#F7E7F9
#F1C8F3
#EB9DF1
#E16CE9
#D83CE2
#c01ecb
#A81AB2
#86158E
#621367
#3D0C40
Base = 600Lightest = 50 · #FBF3FCDarkest = 950 · #3D0C40Text 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 0.064 325.2);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.103 325.2);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.154 325.2);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.200 325.2);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.236 325.2);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.256 325.2);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.256 325.2);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.241 325.2);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.215 325.2);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.179 325.2);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.141 325.2);
}

Colors that work with #c01ecb

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#FAF4FA
Tinted page background
Border#EAC0ED
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#964B9B
Captions on the surface
Accent#49B616
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#69106F
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FBE9FC
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#231424
Dark-mode background
Hover#A319AC
One step down in lightness
Pressed#85158D
Two steps down
Disabled#BC9BBF
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#DC14E9
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 #c01ecb

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
  • 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
  • Weight54/100
  • 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#29CB1E
Analogous left#6A1ECB
Analogous right#CB1E7F
Split-complement 1#7FCB1E
Split-complement 2#1ECB6A
Triadic 1#CBC01E
Triadic 2#1ECBC0
Tetradic#CB6A1E
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°296°

#c01ecb sits at 296°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red75.3%
Green11.8%
Blue79.6%
R · 0–255
192
0xc0
G · 0–255
30
0x1e
B · 0–255
203
0xcb

CMYK percentages

Cyan5.4%
Magenta85.2%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)20.4%

Total ink coverage is 111%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#c01ecb text on a black background

contrast 4.29:1

Card sample

#c01ecb text on a white background

contrast 4.90:1

Card sample

#c01ecb on grey

4.47:1

#c01ecb on its own surface

4.52:1

#c01ecb on its dark surface

3.58:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #c01ecb;
Background color
Panel with #c01ecb background
background-color: #c01ecb;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #c01ecb;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(192, 30, 203, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(192, 30, 203, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #c01ecb;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c01ecb, #CB1E63);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #c01ecb, #CB1E37);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #c01ecb;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #c01ecb;
caret-color: #c01ecb;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #c01ecb;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FBE9FC;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #c01ecb;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#c01ecb 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #c01ecb 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, 30, 203, 0.5)
rgb(192 30 203 / 50%)
#c01ecb80
hsl(296 74% 46% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #c01ecb 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#c01ecb1a#F9E9FA
20%#c01ecb33#F2D2F5
40%#c01ecb66#E6A5EA
60%#c01ecb99#D978E0
80%#c01ecbcc#CD4BD5

Gradients from #c01ecb

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, #D943E3, #c01ecb 45%, #69106F);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #c01ecb, #B01A49);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #c01ecb, #29CB1E);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #DE5EE7 0%, #c01ecb 45%, #69106F 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAF4FA, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #753AE2 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #DF2880 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #69106F 0%, transparent 65%), #c01ecb;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #c01ecb

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.

#c01ecb 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 4.29:1 — lift it to #C81FD4 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.

#c01ecb, answered

What color is #c01ecb?

#c01ecb is a balanced vivid magenta / pink, closest to Dark Orchid (ΔE2000 6.9). It sits at 296° on the hue wheel with 74% saturation and 46% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #c01ecb?

rgb(192, 30, 203) — 192 red, 30 green and 203 blue out of 255, or 75.3% / 11.8% / 79.6% by channel.

What is #c01ecb in HSL and HSV?

hsl(296, 74%, 46%) and hsv(296, 85%, 80%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #c01ecb a light or a dark color?

It is a dark color. Relative luminance is 0.1645 and perceived brightness is 50%, so white text on it reaches 4.90:1.

Should I use black or white text on #c01ecb?

White. It scores 4.90:1 against #c01ecb, versus 4.29:1 for black — AA at any size.

Is #c01ecb accessible on a white background?

#c01ecb on white scores 4.90:1, which clears AA at every size but not AAA.

What is the complementary color of #c01ecb?

#29CB1E sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #7FCB1E and #1ECB6A, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #c01ecb?

For interface work: #FAF4FA as the surface, #EAC0ED for borders, #964B9B for secondary text, #49B616 as an accent and #69106F for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #6A1ECB and #CB1E7F stays calm, while #29CB1E is the loudest partner.

What is #c01ecb in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(5%, 85%, 0%, 20%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #c01ecb warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 52 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #CB1E97; nudged cooler, #811CCD.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #c01ecb?

The fuchsia family — its 500 step is #d946ef, ΔE2000 9.8 away. That is a visible difference, so define #c01ecb as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #c01ecb in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#c01ecb] or text-[#c01ecb], 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 #c01ecb with 50% opacity?

rgba(192, 30, 203, 0.5), or #c01ecb80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #E08FE5; over black, #600F66.

Is #c01ecb a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CC33CC, ΔE2000 4.1 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #c01ecb 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 #c01ecb?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #D943E3, #c01ecb 45%, #69106F). For more colour, a short hue run to #B01A49 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #c01ecb in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #c01ecb at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.