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magenta / pink · neutral

#c02eb4

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

Token name suggestion: True Ruby

RGB
192, 46, 180
HSL
305°, 61%, 47%
CMYK
0, 76, 6, 25
Luminance
0.1646

#c02eb4 is a balanced vivid magenta / pink, 305° on the wheel and 47/100 on the cool side. Put white text on it (4.89:1). As text it scores 4.89:1 on white — safe at any size. Nearest name is Medium Orchid, nearest Tailwind family is fuchsia.

hsl(305 61% 47%)rgb(192 46 180)Base step 600AA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #c02eb4 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#c02eb4
Hue
305°
magenta / pink
Saturation
61%
vivid
Lightness
47%
balanced
Brightness
75%
HSV value
Perceived
50%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.1646
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
47/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
White
4.89:1
Closest name
Medium Orchid
ΔE2000 8.2
Chroma
80.2
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.578
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
fuchsia
500 · ΔE 11.1
Web-safe
#CC33CC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue305° of 360°
Saturation61%
Lightness47%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #c02eb4.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool47% 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%
Green12%
Blue20%

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

Every format

HEX#c02eb4
HEX (8-digit)#c02eb4ff
RGBrgb(192, 46, 180)
RGBArgba(192, 46, 180, 1)
HSLhsl(305, 61%, 47%)
HSV / HSBhsv(305, 76%, 75%)
HWBhwb(305 18% 25%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 76%, 6%, 25%)
LABlab(47.6 70.0 -39.1)
LCHlch(47.6 80.2 330.8)
OKLCHoklch(0.578 0.228 331.8)
XYZ (D65)xyz(30.95, 16.46, 44.72)
Decimal12594868
Display P3color(display-p3 0.753 0.180 0.706)
Web-safe#CC33CC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #c02eb4;
background-color: #c02eb4;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #c02eb4;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#c02eb4] bg-[#c02eb4]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #c02eb4;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.753, green: 0.180, blue: 0.706)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.753, green: 0.180, blue: 0.706, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#C02EB4</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFC02EB4)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFC02EB4)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(180, 46, 192)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(192, 46, 180)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(192, 46, 180)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 192, 46, 180)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.7529f, 0.1804f, 0.7059f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{192,46,180}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #c02eb4 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #c02eb4 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#671960, #EED3EC);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #c02eb4 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: #FBF4FA;
  --brand-100: #F7E8F6;
  --brand-200: #F0CCED;
  --brand-300: #E9A5E4;
  --brand-400: #DE77D6;
  --brand-500: #D44AC8;
  --brand-600: #c02eb4;
  --brand-700: #A5279A;
  --brand-800: #84207B;
  --brand-900: #601B5A;
  --brand-950: #3C1138;
  --brand: #c02eb4;
  --brand-ink: #ffffff;
  --brand-surface: #FAF4FA;
  --brand-border: #EDC0E9;
  --brand-hover: #A32799;
  --brand-pressed: #87207E;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #241423;
    --brand-ink: #EED3EC;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FBF4FA',
        100: '#F7E8F6',
        200: '#F0CCED',
        300: '#E9A5E4',
        400: '#DE77D6',
        500: '#D44AC8',
        600: '#c02eb4',
        700: '#A5279A',
        800: '#84207B',
        900: '#601B5A',
        950: '#3C1138',
        DEFAULT: '#c02eb4',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FBF4FA,
  '100': #F7E8F6,
  '200': #F0CCED,
  '300': #E9A5E4,
  '400': #DE77D6,
  '500': #D44AC8,
  '600': #c02eb4,
  '700': #A5279A,
  '800': #84207B,
  '900': #601B5A,
  '950': #3C1138,
);
$brand-base: #c02eb4;
$brand-ink: #ffffff;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FBF4FA", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F7E8F6", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#F0CCED", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#E9A5E4", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#DE77D6", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#D44AC8", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#c02eb4", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#A5279A", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#84207B", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#601B5A", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#3C1138", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #c02eb4 · 4.89:1
Use #ffffffAA at every size, AAA for large text only.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 4.89:1 · 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: #c02eb4 as text scores 4.89:1 on white and 4.29:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #FAEAF9 at 4.24:1.

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
#c02eb4 · 4.89:1
AA on whitealready passes
#c02eb4
The quick fox
#97248E · 7.10:1
AAA on white−10% L
#97248E
The quick fox
#C830BC · 4.60:1
AA on black+2% L
#C830BC
The quick fox
#DB6AD2 · 7.00:1
AAA on black+17% L
#DB6AD2

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #C02EB4 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
#c02eb4 on white: 4.89:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#c02eb4 on black: 4.29:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #c02eb4 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #c02eb4.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White4.89:1AaAa
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 · #2164B8
deuteranopia · #5E78B1
tritanopia · #C8406F

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. #c02eb4 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.

#FBF4FA
#F7E8F6
#F0CCED
#E9A5E4
#DE77D6
#D44AC8
#c02eb4
#A5279A
#84207B
#601B5A
#3C1138
Base = 600Lightest = 50 · #FBF4FADarkest = 950 · #3C1138Text 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 0.057 331.8);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.091 331.8);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.137 331.8);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.178 331.8);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.209 331.8);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.228 331.8);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.228 331.8);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.214 331.8);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.191 331.8);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.159 331.8);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.125 331.8);
}

Colors that work with #c02eb4

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#EDC0E9
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B4B94
Captions on the surface
Accent#3AA923
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#671960
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FAEAF9
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#241423
Dark-mode background
Hover#A32799
One step down in lightness
Pressed#87207E
Two steps down
Disabled#C19EBE
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#DB28CC
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 #c02eb4

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
  • Weight53/100
  • 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#2EC03A
Analogous left#832EC0
Analogous right#C02E6B
Split-complement 1#6BC02E
Split-complement 2#2EC083
Triadic 1#B4C02E
Triadic 2#2EB4C0
Tetradic#C0832E
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°305°

#c02eb4 sits at 305°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red75.3%
Green18.0%
Blue70.6%
R · 0–255
192
0xc0
G · 0–255
46
0x2e
B · 0–255
180
0xb4

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta76.0%
Yellow6.2%
Key (black)24.7%

Total ink coverage is 107%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#c02eb4 text on a black background

contrast 4.29:1

Card sample

#c02eb4 text on a white background

contrast 4.89:1

Card sample

#c02eb4 on grey

4.47:1

#c02eb4 on its own surface

4.52:1

#c02eb4 on its dark surface

3.58:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #c02eb4;
Background color
Panel with #c02eb4 background
background-color: #c02eb4;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #c02eb4;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(192, 46, 180, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(192, 46, 180, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #c02eb4;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c02eb4, #C02E53);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #c02eb4, #C02E2E);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #c02eb4;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #c02eb4;
caret-color: #c02eb4;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #c02eb4;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FAEAF9;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #c02eb4;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#c02eb4 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #c02eb4 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, 46, 180, 0.5)
rgb(192 46 180 / 50%)
#c02eb480
hsl(305 61% 47% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #c02eb4 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#c02eb41a#F9EAF8
20%#c02eb433#F2D5F0
40%#c02eb466#E6ABE1
60%#c02eb499#D982D2
80%#c02eb4cc#CD58C3

Gradients from #c02eb4

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, #D655CC, #c02eb4 45%, #671960);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #c02eb4, #A7283E);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #c02eb4, #2EC03A);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #DC6ED3 0%, #c02eb4 45%, #671960 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%, #904DD4 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #D03C6E 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #671960 0%, transparent 65%), #c02eb4;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #c02eb4

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.

#c02eb4 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 #C830BC 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.

#c02eb4, answered

What color is #c02eb4?

#c02eb4 is a balanced vivid magenta / pink, closest to Medium Orchid (ΔE2000 8.2). It sits at 305° on the hue wheel with 61% saturation and 47% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #c02eb4?

rgb(192, 46, 180) — 192 red, 46 green and 180 blue out of 255, or 75.3% / 18% / 70.6% by channel.

What is #c02eb4 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(305, 61%, 47%) and hsv(305, 76%, 75%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #c02eb4 a light or a dark color?

It is a dark color. Relative luminance is 0.1646 and perceived brightness is 50%, so white text on it reaches 4.89:1.

Should I use black or white text on #c02eb4?

White. It scores 4.89:1 against #c02eb4, versus 4.29:1 for black — AA at any size.

Is #c02eb4 accessible on a white background?

#c02eb4 on white scores 4.89:1, which clears AA at every size but not AAA.

What is the complementary color of #c02eb4?

#2EC03A sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #6BC02E and #2EC083, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #c02eb4?

For interface work: #FAF4FA as the surface, #EDC0E9 for borders, #9B4B94 for secondary text, #3AA923 as an accent and #671960 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #832EC0 and #C02E6B stays calm, while #2EC03A is the loudest partner.

What is #c02eb4 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 76%, 6%, 25%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #c02eb4 warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 47 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #C02E7F; nudged cooler, #972CC2.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #c02eb4?

The fuchsia family — its 500 step is #d946ef, ΔE2000 11.1 away. That is a visible difference, so define #c02eb4 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #c02eb4 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#c02eb4] or text-[#c02eb4], 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 #c02eb4 with 50% opacity?

rgba(192, 46, 180, 0.5), or #c02eb480 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #E097DA; over black, #60175A.

Is #c02eb4 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CC33CC, ΔE2000 4.5 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #c02eb4 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 #c02eb4?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #D655CC, #c02eb4 45%, #671960). For more colour, a short hue run to #A7283E keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #c02eb4 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #c02eb4 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.