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magenta / pink · warm

#cf147b

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

Token name suggestion: Slate Fuchsia

RGB
207, 20, 123
HSL
327°, 82%, 45%
CMYK
0, 90, 41, 19
Luminance
0.1520

#cf147b is a dark electric magenta / pink, 327° on the wheel and 35/100 on the cool side. Put white text on it (5.20:1). As text it scores 5.20:1 on white — safe at any size. Nearest name is Medium Violet Red, nearest Tailwind family is pink.

hsl(327 82% 45%)rgb(207 20 123)Base step 600AA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #cf147b is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#cf147b
Hue
327°
magenta / pink
Saturation
82%
electric
Lightness
45%
dark
Brightness
81%
HSV value
Perceived
48%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.1520
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
35/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Electric
Best ink
White
5.20:1
Closest name
Medium Violet Red
ΔE2000 3.3
Chroma
72.3
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.563
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
pink
500 · ΔE 10.9
Web-safe
#CC0066
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue327° of 360°
Saturation82%
Lightness45%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #cf147b.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool35% 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
Red87%
Green3%
Blue9%

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

Every format

HEX#cf147b
HEX (8-digit)#cf147bff
RGBrgb(207, 20, 123)
RGBArgba(207, 20, 123, 1)
HSLhsl(327, 82%, 45%)
HSV / HSBhsv(327, 90%, 81%)
HWBhwb(327 8% 19%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 90%, 41%, 19%)
LABlab(45.9 71.9 -7.2)
LCHlch(45.9 72.3 354.3)
OKLCHoklch(0.563 0.223 355.4)
XYZ (D65)xyz(29.56, 15.20, 20.11)
Decimal13571195
Display P3color(display-p3 0.812 0.078 0.482)
Web-safe#CC0066

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #cf147b;
background-color: #cf147b;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #cf147b;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#cf147b] bg-[#cf147b]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #cf147b;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.812, green: 0.078, blue: 0.482)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.812, green: 0.078, blue: 0.482, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#CF147B</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFCF147B)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFCF147B)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(123, 20, 207)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(207, 20, 123)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(207, 20, 123)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 207, 20, 123)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.8118f, 0.0784f, 0.4824f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{207,20,123}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #cf147b 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #cf147b 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#740B45, #EED3E2);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #cf147b 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: #FCF2F8;
  --brand-100: #FAE6F1;
  --brand-200: #F6C6E0;
  --brand-300: #F599CC;
  --brand-400: #F066B2;
  --brand-500: #EB3298;
  --brand-600: #cf147b;
  --brand-700: #BA126E;
  --brand-800: #950E58;
  --brand-900: #6C0F42;
  --brand-950: #430929;
  --brand: #cf147b;
  --brand-ink: #ffffff;
  --brand-surface: #FAF4F8;
  --brand-border: #EDC0D8;
  --brand-hover: #AE1168;
  --brand-pressed: #8E0E54;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #24141D;
    --brand-ink: #EED3E2;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FCF2F8',
        100: '#FAE6F1',
        200: '#F6C6E0',
        300: '#F599CC',
        400: '#F066B2',
        500: '#EB3298',
        600: '#cf147b',
        700: '#BA126E',
        800: '#950E58',
        900: '#6C0F42',
        950: '#430929',
        DEFAULT: '#cf147b',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FCF2F8,
  '100': #FAE6F1,
  '200': #F6C6E0,
  '300': #F599CC,
  '400': #F066B2,
  '500': #EB3298,
  '600': #cf147b,
  '700': #BA126E,
  '800': #950E58,
  '900': #6C0F42,
  '950': #430929,
);
$brand-base: #cf147b;
$brand-ink: #ffffff;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FCF2F8", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#FAE6F1", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#F6C6E0", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#F599CC", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#F066B2", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#EB3298", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#cf147b", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#BA126E", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#950E58", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#6C0F42", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#430929", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #cf147b · 5.20:1
Use #ffffffAA at every size, AAA for large text only.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 5.20:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 4.04:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #cf147b as text scores 5.20:1 on white and 4.04:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #FDE8F3 at 4.46:1.

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
#cf147b · 5.20:1
AA on whitealready passes
#cf147b
The quick fox
#AA1065 · 7.07:1
AAA on white−8% L
#AA1065
The quick fox
#DD1583 · 4.51:1
AA on black+3% L
#DD1583
The quick fox
#F063B1 · 7.12:1
AAA on black+22% L
#F063B1

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #CF147B 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
#cf147b on white: 5.20:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#cf147b on black: 4.04:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #cf147b as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #cf147b.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White5.20:1AaAa
Slate 504.97:1AaAa
Slate 1004.75:1AaAa
Slate 2004.22:1AaAa
Slate 3003.50:1AaAa
Slate 4002.03:1AaAa
Slate 5001.09:1AaAa
Slate 6001.46:1AaAa
Slate 7001.99:1AaAa
Slate 8002.81:1AaAa
Slate 9003.43:1AaAa
Black4.04:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #46587D
deuteranopia · #797877
tritanopia · #E0004A

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. #cf147b 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.

#FCF2F8
#FAE6F1
#F6C6E0
#F599CC
#F066B2
#EB3298
#cf147b
#BA126E
#950E58
#6C0F42
#430929
Base = 600Lightest = 50 · #FCF2F8Darkest = 950 · #430929Text 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 0.056 355.4);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.089 355.4);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.134 355.4);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.174 355.4);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.205 355.4);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.223 355.4);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.223 355.4);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.209 355.4);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.187 355.4);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.156 355.4);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.122 355.4);
}

Colors that work with #cf147b

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#FAF4F8
Tinted page background
Border#EDC0D8
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B4B77
Captions on the surface
Accent#0DBF31
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#740B45
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FDE8F3
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#24141D
Dark-mode background
Hover#AE1168
One step down in lightness
Pressed#8E0E54
Two steps down
Disabled#BC97AB
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#EE0987
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 #cf147b

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
  • Weight56/100
  • 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#14CF68
Analogous left#C614CF
Analogous right#CF141D
Split-complement 1#1DCF14
Split-complement 2#14CFC6
Triadic 1#7BCF14
Triadic 2#147BCF
Tetradic#CFC614
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°327°

#cf147b sits at 327°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red81.2%
Green7.8%
Blue48.2%
R · 0–255
207
0xcf
G · 0–255
20
0x14
B · 0–255
123
0x7b

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta90.3%
Yellow40.6%
Key (black)18.8%

Total ink coverage is 150%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#cf147b text on a black background

contrast 4.04:1

Card sample

#cf147b text on a white background

contrast 5.20:1

Card sample

#cf147b on grey

4.75:1

#cf147b on its own surface

4.79:1

#cf147b on its dark surface

3.39:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #cf147b;
Background color
Panel with #cf147b background
background-color: #cf147b;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #cf147b;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(207, 20, 123, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(207, 20, 123, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #cf147b;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cf147b, #CF2A14);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #cf147b, #CF5914);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #cf147b;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #cf147b;
caret-color: #cf147b;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #cf147b;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FDE8F3;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #cf147b;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#cf147b 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #cf147b 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(207, 20, 123, 0.5)
rgb(207 20 123 / 50%)
#cf147b80
hsl(327 82% 45% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #cf147b 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#cf147b1a#FAE8F2
20%#cf147b33#F5D0E5
40%#cf147b66#ECA1CA
60%#cf147b99#E272B0
80%#cf147bcc#D94395

Gradients from #cf147b

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, #EB3599, #cf147b 45%, #740B45);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #cf147b, #B33211);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #cf147b, #14CF68);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #EE51A7 0%, #cf147b 45%, #740B45 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAF4F8, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #D12BEB 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #E92019 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #740B45 0%, transparent 65%), #cf147b;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #cf147b

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.

#cf147b 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 4.04:1 — lift it to #DD1583 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.

#cf147b, answered

What color is #cf147b?

#cf147b is a dark electric magenta / pink, closest to Medium Violet Red (ΔE2000 3.3). It sits at 327° on the hue wheel with 82% saturation and 45% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #cf147b?

rgb(207, 20, 123) — 207 red, 20 green and 123 blue out of 255, or 81.2% / 7.8% / 48.2% by channel.

What is #cf147b in HSL and HSV?

hsl(327, 82%, 45%) and hsv(327, 90%, 81%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #cf147b a light or a dark color?

It is a dark color. Relative luminance is 0.1520 and perceived brightness is 48%, so white text on it reaches 5.20:1.

Should I use black or white text on #cf147b?

White. It scores 5.20:1 against #cf147b, versus 4.04:1 for black — AA at any size.

Is #cf147b accessible on a white background?

#cf147b on white scores 5.20:1, which clears AA at every size but not AAA.

What is the complementary color of #cf147b?

#14CF68 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #1DCF14 and #14CFC6, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #cf147b?

For interface work: #FAF4F8 as the surface, #EDC0D8 for borders, #9B4B77 for secondary text, #0DBF31 as an accent and #740B45 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #C614CF and #CF141D stays calm, while #14CF68 is the loudest partner.

What is #cf147b in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 90%, 41%, 19%). 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 #cf147b warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 35 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #CF1436; nudged cooler, #D112C1.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #cf147b?

The pink family — its 500 step is #ec4899, ΔE2000 10.9 away. That is a visible difference, so define #cf147b as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #cf147b in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#cf147b] or text-[#cf147b], 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 #cf147b with 50% opacity?

rgba(207, 20, 123, 0.5), or #cf147b80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #E78ABD; over black, #680A3E.

Is #cf147b a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CC0066, ΔE2000 4.5 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #cf147b 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 #cf147b?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #EB3599, #cf147b 45%, #740B45). For more colour, a short hue run to #B33211 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #cf147b in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #cf147b at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.