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magenta / pink · neutral

#c930af

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

Token name suggestion: Atlas Fuchsia

RGB
201, 48, 175
HSL
310°, 61%, 49%
CMYK
0, 76, 13, 21
Luminance
0.1763

#c930af is a balanced vivid magenta / pink, 310° on the wheel and 44/100 on the cool side. Put white text on it (4.64:1). As text it scores 4.64:1 on white — safe at any size. Nearest name is Medium Violet Red, nearest Tailwind family is fuchsia.

hsl(310 61% 49%)rgb(201 48 175)Base step 600AA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #c930af is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#c930af
Hue
310°
magenta / pink
Saturation
61%
vivid
Lightness
49%
balanced
Brightness
79%
HSV value
Perceived
51%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.1763
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
44/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
White
4.64:1
Closest name
Medium Violet Red
ΔE2000 8
Chroma
78.3
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.591
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
fuchsia
500 · ΔE 10.9
Web-safe
#CC3399
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue310° of 360°
Saturation61%
Lightness49%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #c930af.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool44% 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
Red70%
Green12%
Blue18%

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

Every format

HEX#c930af
HEX (8-digit)#c930afff
RGBrgb(201, 48, 175)
RGBArgba(201, 48, 175, 1)
HSLhsl(310, 61%, 49%)
HSV / HSBhsv(310, 76%, 79%)
HWBhwb(310 19% 21%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 76%, 13%, 21%)
LABlab(49.0 70.6 -33.7)
LCHlch(49.0 78.3 334.5)
OKLCHoklch(0.591 0.227 336.1)
XYZ (D65)xyz(32.88, 17.63, 42.22)
Decimal13185199
Display P3color(display-p3 0.788 0.188 0.686)
Web-safe#CC3399

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #c930af;
background-color: #c930af;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #c930af;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#c930af] bg-[#c930af]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #c930af;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.788, green: 0.188, blue: 0.686)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.788, green: 0.188, blue: 0.686, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#C930AF</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFC930AF)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFC930AF)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(175, 48, 201)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(201, 48, 175)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(201, 48, 175)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 201, 48, 175)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.7882f, 0.1882f, 0.6863f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{201,48,175}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #c930af 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #c930af 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#67195A, #EED3E9);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #c930af 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: #F7E8F5;
  --brand-200: #F0CCEA;
  --brand-300: #E9A4DE;
  --brand-400: #DF77CD;
  --brand-500: #D44ABC;
  --brand-600: #c930af;
  --brand-700: #A5278F;
  --brand-800: #841F73;
  --brand-900: #601B54;
  --brand-950: #3C1135;
  --brand: #c930af;
  --brand-ink: #ffffff;
  --brand-surface: #FAF4F9;
  --brand-border: #EDC0E5;
  --brand-hover: #AC2996;
  --brand-pressed: #8F227D;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #241422;
    --brand-ink: #EED3E9;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FBF4FA',
        100: '#F7E8F5',
        200: '#F0CCEA',
        300: '#E9A4DE',
        400: '#DF77CD',
        500: '#D44ABC',
        600: '#c930af',
        700: '#A5278F',
        800: '#841F73',
        900: '#601B54',
        950: '#3C1135',
        DEFAULT: '#c930af',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FBF4FA,
  '100': #F7E8F5,
  '200': #F0CCEA,
  '300': #E9A4DE,
  '400': #DF77CD,
  '500': #D44ABC,
  '600': #c930af,
  '700': #A5278F,
  '800': #841F73,
  '900': #601B54,
  '950': #3C1135,
);
$brand-base: #c930af;
$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": "#F7E8F5", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#F0CCEA", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#E9A4DE", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#DF77CD", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#D44ABC", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#c930af", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#A5278F", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#841F73", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#601B54", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#3C1135", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #c930af · 4.64:1
Use #ffffffAA at every size, AAA for large text only.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 4.64:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 4.53:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #c930af as text scores 4.64:1 on white and 4.53:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #FAEAF7 at 4.02:1.

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
#c930af · 4.64:1
AA on whitealready passes
#c930af
The quick fox
#972484 · 7.24:1
AAA on white−12% L
#972484
The quick fox
#c930af · 4.53:1
AA on blackalready passes
#c930af
The quick fox
#DC6ECA · 7.13:1
AAA on black+16% L
#DC6ECA

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #C930AF 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
#c930af on white: 4.64:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#c930af on black: 4.53:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #c930af as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #c930af.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White4.64:1AaAa
Slate 504.44:1AaAa
Slate 1004.24:1AaAa
Slate 2003.76:1AaAa
Slate 3003.13:1AaAa
Slate 4001.81:1AaAa
Slate 5001.03:1AaAa
Slate 6001.63:1AaAa
Slate 7002.23:1AaAa
Slate 8003.15:1AaAa
Slate 9003.85:1AaAa
Black4.53:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #3266B2
deuteranopia · #697DAB
tritanopia · #D33C6D

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. #c930af 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
#F7E8F5
#F0CCEA
#E9A4DE
#DF77CD
#D44ABC
#c930af
#A5278F
#841F73
#601B54
#3C1135
Base = 600Lightest = 50 · #FBF4FADarkest = 950 · #3C1135Text 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 0.057 336.1);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.091 336.1);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.136 336.1);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.177 336.1);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.209 336.1);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.227 336.1);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.227 336.1);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.213 336.1);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.191 336.1);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.159 336.1);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.125 336.1);
}

Colors that work with #c930af

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#EDC0E5
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B4B8D
Captions on the surface
Accent#2EA923
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#67195A
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FAEAF7
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#241422
Dark-mode background
Hover#AC2996
One step down in lightness
Pressed#8F227D
Two steps down
Disabled#C5A4BF
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#DD31BF
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 #c930af

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
  • Weight51/100
  • TemperatureNeutral
  • 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#30C94A
Analogous left#9630C9
Analogous right#C93062
Split-complement 1#62C930
Split-complement 2#30C996
Triadic 1#AFC930
Triadic 2#30AFC9
Tetradic#C99630
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°310°

#c930af sits at 310°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red78.8%
Green18.8%
Blue68.6%
R · 0–255
201
0xc9
G · 0–255
48
0x30
B · 0–255
175
0xaf

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta76.1%
Yellow12.9%
Key (black)21.2%

Total ink coverage is 110%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#c930af text on a black background

contrast 4.53:1

Card sample

#c930af text on a white background

contrast 4.64:1

Card sample

#c930af on grey

4.24:1

#c930af on its own surface

4.28:1

#c930af on its dark surface

3.78:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #c930af;
Background color
Panel with #c930af background
background-color: #c930af;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #c930af;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(201, 48, 175, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(201, 48, 175, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #c930af;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c930af, #C93049);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #c930af, #C93D30);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #c930af;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #c930af;
caret-color: #c930af;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #c930af;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FAEAF7;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #c930af;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#c930af 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #c930af 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(201, 48, 175, 0.5)
rgb(201 48 175 / 50%)
#c930af80
hsl(310 61% 49% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #c930af 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#c930af1a#FAEAF7
20%#c930af33#F4D6EF
40%#c930af66#E9ACDF
60%#c930af99#DF83CF
80%#c930afcc#D459BF

Gradients from #c930af

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, #D85EC4, #c930af 45%, #67195A);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #c930af, #B02A35);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #c930af, #30C94A);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #DE76CD 0%, #c930af 45%, #67195A 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%, #A155D6 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #D34568 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #67195A 0%, transparent 65%), #c930af;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #c930af

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.

#c930af 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 4.53:1.

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.

#c930af, answered

What color is #c930af?

#c930af is a balanced vivid magenta / pink, closest to Medium Violet Red (ΔE2000 8). It sits at 310° on the hue wheel with 61% saturation and 49% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #c930af?

rgb(201, 48, 175) — 201 red, 48 green and 175 blue out of 255, or 78.8% / 18.8% / 68.6% by channel.

What is #c930af in HSL and HSV?

hsl(310, 61%, 49%) and hsv(310, 76%, 79%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #c930af a light or a dark color?

It is a dark color. Relative luminance is 0.1763 and perceived brightness is 51%, so white text on it reaches 4.64:1.

Should I use black or white text on #c930af?

White. It scores 4.64:1 against #c930af, versus 4.53:1 for black — AA at any size.

Is #c930af accessible on a white background?

#c930af on white scores 4.64:1, which clears AA at every size but not AAA.

What is the complementary color of #c930af?

#30C94A sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #62C930 and #30C996, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #c930af?

For interface work: #FAF4F9 as the surface, #EDC0E5 for borders, #9B4B8D for secondary text, #2EA923 as an accent and #67195A for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #9630C9 and #C93062 stays calm, while #30C94A is the loudest partner.

What is #c930af in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 76%, 13%, 21%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #c930af warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 44 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #C93077; nudged cooler, #AC2ECB.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #c930af?

The fuchsia family — its 500 step is #d946ef, ΔE2000 10.9 away. That is a visible difference, so define #c930af as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #c930af in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#c930af] or text-[#c930af], 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 #c930af with 50% opacity?

rgba(201, 48, 175, 0.5), or #c930af80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #E498D7; over black, #651858.

Is #c930af a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CC3399, ΔE2000 4.6 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #c930af 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 #c930af?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #D85EC4, #c930af 45%, #67195A). For more colour, a short hue run to #B02A35 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #c930af in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #c930af at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.