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#c792cd

a light, soft magenta / pink · neutral · closest name: Plum

Token name suggestion: Linen Ruby

RGB
199, 146, 205
HSL
294°, 37%, 69%
CMYK
3, 29, 0, 20
Luminance
0.3711

#c792cd is a light soft magenta / pink, 294° on the wheel and 53/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (8.42:1). As text it scores 2.49:1 on white — use #A856B2 instead. Nearest name is Plum, nearest Tailwind family is fuchsia.

hsl(294 37% 69%)rgb(199 146 205)Base step 400AAA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #c792cd is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#c792cd
Hue
294°
magenta / pink
Saturation
37%
soft
Lightness
69%
light
Brightness
80%
HSV value
Perceived
67%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.3711
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
53/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
8.42:1
Closest name
Plum
ΔE2000 4.8
Chroma
37.5
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.730
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
fuchsia
500 · ΔE 16.9
Web-safe
#CC99CC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue294° of 360°
Saturation37%
Lightness69%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #c792cd.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool53% 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
Red33%
Green55%
Blue12%

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

Every format

HEX#c792cd
HEX (8-digit)#c792cdff
RGBrgb(199, 146, 205)
RGBArgba(199, 146, 205, 1)
HSLhsl(294, 37%, 69%)
HSV / HSBhsv(294, 29%, 80%)
HWBhwb(294 57% 20%)
CMYKcmyk(3%, 29%, 0%, 20%)
LABlab(67.4 30.0 -22.5)
LCHlch(67.4 37.5 323.1)
OKLCHoklch(0.730 0.102 323.1)
XYZ (D65)xyz(44.85, 37.11, 62.55)
Decimal13079245
Display P3color(display-p3 0.780 0.573 0.804)
Web-safe#CC99CC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #c792cd;
background-color: #c792cd;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #c792cd;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#c792cd] bg-[#c792cd]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #c792cd;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.780, green: 0.573, blue: 0.804)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.780, green: 0.573, blue: 0.804, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#C792CD</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFC792CD)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFC792CD)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(205, 146, 199)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(199, 146, 205)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(199, 146, 205)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 199, 146, 205)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.7804f, 0.5725f, 0.8039f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{199,146,205}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #c792cd 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #c792cd 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#532857, #E9D5EC);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #c792cd 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: #F9F5FA;
  --brand-100: #F3EBF4;
  --brand-200: #E6D3E9;
  --brand-300: #D7B2DC;
  --brand-400: #c792cd;
  --brand-500: #B065B8;
  --brand-600: #9F4DA8;
  --brand-700: #84408C;
  --brand-800: #6A3370;
  --brand-900: #4E2852;
  --brand-950: #311933;
  --brand: #c792cd;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF5FA;
  --brand-border: #E2C7E5;
  --brand-hover: #BA79C2;
  --brand-pressed: #AE61B7;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #231424;
    --brand-ink: #E9D5EC;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F9F5FA',
        100: '#F3EBF4',
        200: '#E6D3E9',
        300: '#D7B2DC',
        400: '#c792cd',
        500: '#B065B8',
        600: '#9F4DA8',
        700: '#84408C',
        800: '#6A3370',
        900: '#4E2852',
        950: '#311933',
        DEFAULT: '#c792cd',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F9F5FA,
  '100': #F3EBF4,
  '200': #E6D3E9,
  '300': #D7B2DC,
  '400': #c792cd,
  '500': #B065B8,
  '600': #9F4DA8,
  '700': #84408C,
  '800': #6A3370,
  '900': #4E2852,
  '950': #311933,
);
$brand-base: #c792cd;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F9F5FA", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F3EBF4", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#E6D3E9", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#D7B2DC", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#c792cd", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#B065B8", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#9F4DA8", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#84408C", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#6A3370", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#4E2852", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#311933", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #c792cd · 8.42:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 2.49:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 8.42:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #c792cd as text scores 2.49:1 on white and 8.42:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #532857 at 4.66:1.

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
#A856B2 · 4.53:1
AA on white−17% L
#A856B2
The quick fox
#803E88 · 7.09:1
AAA on white−30% L
#803E88
The quick fox
#c792cd · 8.42:1
AA on blackalready passes
#c792cd
The quick fox
#c792cd · 8.42:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#c792cd

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #BC7DC3 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
#c792cd on white: 2.49:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#c792cd on black: 8.42:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #c792cd as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #c792cd.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White2.49:1AaAa
Slate 502.38:1AaAa
Slate 1002.28:1AaAa
Slate 2002.02:1AaAa
Slate 3001.68:1AaAa
Slate 4001.03:1AaAa
Slate 5001.91:1AaAa
Slate 6003.04:1AaAa
Slate 7004.15:1AaAa
Slate 8005.87:1AaAa
Slate 9007.16:1AaAa
Black8.42:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #8DA0CF
deuteranopia · #99A6CB
tritanopia · #C998A7

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. #c792cd is pinned to step 400; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F9F5FA
#F3EBF4
#E6D3E9
#D7B2DC
#c792cd
#B065B8
#9F4DA8
#84408C
#6A3370
#4E2852
#311933
Base = 400Lightest = 50 · #F9F5FADarkest = 950 · #311933Text 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 0.025 323.1);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.041 323.1);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.061 323.1);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.079 323.1);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.094 323.1);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.102 323.1);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.102 323.1);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.096 323.1);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.086 323.1);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.071 323.1);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.056 323.1);
}

Colors that work with #c792cd

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#FAF5FA
Tinted page background
Border#E2C7E5
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#934B9B
Captions on the surface
Accent#5A903C
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#532857
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F6EEF7
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#231424
Dark-mode background
Hover#BA79C2
One step down in lightness
Pressed#AE61B7
Two steps down
Disabled#ECE2ED
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#D499DA
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 #c792cd

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

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Charts, tags and secondary surfaces
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • White text placed on it
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #532857
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #BC7DC3

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.

The muted chroma softens the association — it reads considered rather than loud, which suits long-form and data-heavy screens. The lightness keeps it airy and approachable.

Worth knowing

Strong gendered associations in some markets — test it with the audience you actually have.

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium
  • Weight31/100
  • 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#98CD92
Analogous left#A992CD
Analogous right#CD92B5
Split-complement 1#B5CD92
Split-complement 2#92CDA9
Triadic 1#CDC792
Triadic 2#92CDC7
Tetradic#CDA992
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°294°

#c792cd sits at 294°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red78.0%
Green57.3%
Blue80.4%
R · 0–255
199
0xc7
G · 0–255
146
0x92
B · 0–255
205
0xcd

CMYK percentages

Cyan2.9%
Magenta28.8%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)19.6%

Total ink coverage is 51%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#c792cd text on a black background

contrast 8.42:1

Card sample

#c792cd text on a white background

contrast 2.49:1

Card sample

#c792cd on grey

2.28:1

#c792cd on its own surface

2.32:1

#c792cd on its dark surface

7.04:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #c792cd;
Background color
Panel with #c792cd background
background-color: #c792cd;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #c792cd;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(199, 146, 205, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(199, 146, 205, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #c792cd;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c792cd, #CD92AC);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #c792cd, #CD929D);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #c792cd;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #c792cd;
caret-color: #c792cd;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #c792cd;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F6EEF7;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #c792cd;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#c792cd 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #c792cd 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(199, 146, 205, 0.5)
rgb(199 146 205 / 50%)
#c792cd80
hsl(294 37% 69% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #c792cd 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#c792cd1a#F9F4FA
20%#c792cd33#F4E9F5
40%#c792cd66#E9D3EB
60%#c792cd99#DDBEE1
80%#c792cdcc#D2A8D7

Gradients from #c792cd

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, #DDBCE0, #c792cd 45%, #532857);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #c792cd, #C37D96);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #c792cd, #98CD92);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #E7D1EA 0%, #c792cd 45%, #532857 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAF5FA, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #C2B5DD 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #D7A7C0 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #532857 0%, transparent 65%), #c792cd;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #c792cd

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.

#c792cd 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
SurfacesBadgesHighlightsEmpty states
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 8.42:1.

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.

#c792cd, answered

What color is #c792cd?

#c792cd is a light soft magenta / pink, closest to Plum (ΔE2000 4.8). It sits at 294° on the hue wheel with 37% saturation and 69% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #c792cd?

rgb(199, 146, 205) — 199 red, 146 green and 205 blue out of 255, or 78% / 57.3% / 80.4% by channel.

What is #c792cd in HSL and HSV?

hsl(294, 37%, 69%) and hsv(294, 29%, 80%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #c792cd a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.3711 and perceived brightness is 67%, so black text on it reaches 8.42:1.

Should I use black or white text on #c792cd?

Black. It scores 8.42:1 against #c792cd, versus 2.49:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #c792cd accessible on a white background?

#c792cd on white scores 2.49:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #A856B2 to reach 4.5:1, or #803E88 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #c792cd?

#98CD92 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #B5CD92 and #92CDA9, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #c792cd?

For interface work: #FAF5FA as the surface, #E2C7E5 for borders, #934B9B for secondary text, #5A903C as an accent and #532857 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #A992CD and #CD92B5 stays calm, while #98CD92 is the loudest partner.

What is #c792cd in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(3%, 29%, 0%, 20%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #c792cd warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 53 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #CD92BD; nudged cooler, #B190CF.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #c792cd?

The fuchsia family — its 500 step is #d946ef, ΔE2000 16.9 away. That is a visible difference, so define #c792cd as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #c792cd in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#c792cd] or text-[#c792cd], 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 #c792cd with 50% opacity?

rgba(199, 146, 205, 0.5), or #c792cd80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #E3C9E6; over black, #644967.

Is #c792cd a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CC99CC, ΔE2000 2.5 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #c792cd 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 moderate chroma the association is present but not shouted.

What gradient works with #c792cd?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #DDBCE0, #c792cd 45%, #532857). For more colour, a short hue run to #C37D96 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #c792cd in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #c792cd at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.