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magenta / pink · warm

#cf2285

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

Token name suggestion: Studio Ruby

RGB
207, 34, 133
HSL
326°, 72%, 47%
CMYK
0, 84, 36, 19
Luminance
0.1610

#cf2285 is a balanced vivid magenta / pink, 326° on the wheel and 36/100 on the cool side. Put white text on it (4.98:1). As text it scores 4.98:1 on white — safe at any size. Nearest name is Medium Violet Red, nearest Tailwind family is pink.

hsl(326 72% 47%)rgb(207 34 133)Base step 600AA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #cf2285 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#cf2285
Hue
326°
magenta / pink
Saturation
72%
vivid
Lightness
47%
balanced
Brightness
81%
HSV value
Perceived
49%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.1610
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
36/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
White
4.98:1
Closest name
Medium Violet Red
ΔE2000 2.7
Chroma
71.3
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.573
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
pink
500 · ΔE 9.7
Web-safe
#CC3399
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue326° of 360°
Saturation72%
Lightness47%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #cf2285.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool36% 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
Red82%
Green7%
Blue11%

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

Every format

HEX#cf2285
HEX (8-digit)#cf2285ff
RGBrgb(207, 34, 133)
RGBArgba(207, 34, 133, 1)
HSLhsl(326, 72%, 47%)
HSV / HSBhsv(326, 84%, 81%)
HWBhwb(326 13% 19%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 84%, 36%, 19%)
LABlab(47.1 70.4 -11.5)
LCHlch(47.1 71.3 350.7)
OKLCHoklch(0.573 0.219 352.2)
XYZ (D65)xyz(30.54, 16.11, 23.69)
Decimal13574789
Display P3color(display-p3 0.812 0.133 0.522)
Web-safe#CC3399

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #cf2285;
background-color: #cf2285;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #cf2285;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#cf2285] bg-[#cf2285]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #cf2285;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.812, green: 0.133, blue: 0.522)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.812, green: 0.133, blue: 0.522, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#CF2285</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFCF2285)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFCF2285)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(133, 34, 207)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(207, 34, 133)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(207, 34, 133)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 207, 34, 133)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.8118f, 0.1333f, 0.5216f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{207,34,133}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #cf2285 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #cf2285 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#6E1246, #EED3E2);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #cf2285 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: #FCF3F8;
  --brand-100: #F8E7F1;
  --brand-200: #F3C9E1;
  --brand-300: #EF9FCD;
  --brand-400: #E76EB4;
  --brand-500: #DF3E9A;
  --brand-600: #cf2285;
  --brand-700: #AF1D70;
  --brand-800: #8C175A;
  --brand-900: #661543;
  --brand-950: #400D2A;
  --brand: #cf2285;
  --brand-ink: #ffffff;
  --brand-surface: #FAF4F8;
  --brand-border: #EDC0D9;
  --brand-hover: #B11D71;
  --brand-pressed: #92185E;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #24141D;
    --brand-ink: #EED3E2;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FCF3F8',
        100: '#F8E7F1',
        200: '#F3C9E1',
        300: '#EF9FCD',
        400: '#E76EB4',
        500: '#DF3E9A',
        600: '#cf2285',
        700: '#AF1D70',
        800: '#8C175A',
        900: '#661543',
        950: '#400D2A',
        DEFAULT: '#cf2285',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FCF3F8,
  '100': #F8E7F1,
  '200': #F3C9E1,
  '300': #EF9FCD,
  '400': #E76EB4,
  '500': #DF3E9A,
  '600': #cf2285,
  '700': #AF1D70,
  '800': #8C175A,
  '900': #661543,
  '950': #400D2A,
);
$brand-base: #cf2285;
$brand-ink: #ffffff;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FCF3F8", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F8E7F1", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#F3C9E1", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#EF9FCD", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#E76EB4", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#DF3E9A", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#cf2285", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#AF1D70", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#8C175A", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#661543", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#400D2A", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #cf2285 · 4.98:1
Use #ffffffAA at every size, AAA for large text only.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 4.98:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 4.22:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #cf2285 as text scores 4.98:1 on white and 4.22:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #FBE9F4 at 4.28:1.

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
#cf2285 · 4.98:1
AA on whitealready passes
#cf2285
The quick fox
#A31B69 · 7.20:1
AAA on white−10% L
#A31B69
The quick fox
#D8238B · 4.53:1
AA on black+2% L
#D8238B
The quick fox
#E76BB2 · 7.14:1
AAA on black+19% L
#E76BB2

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #CF2285 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
#cf2285 on white: 4.98:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#cf2285 on black: 4.22:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #cf2285 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #cf2285.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White4.98:1AaAa
Slate 504.76:1AaAa
Slate 1004.54:1AaAa
Slate 2004.04:1AaAa
Slate 3003.35:1AaAa
Slate 4001.94:1AaAa
Slate 5001.05:1AaAa
Slate 6001.52:1AaAa
Slate 7002.08:1AaAa
Slate 8002.94:1AaAa
Slate 9003.59:1AaAa
Black4.22:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #475C87
deuteranopia · #787B81
tritanopia · #DF0252

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. #cf2285 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.

#FCF3F8
#F8E7F1
#F3C9E1
#EF9FCD
#E76EB4
#DF3E9A
#cf2285
#AF1D70
#8C175A
#661543
#400D2A
Base = 600Lightest = 50 · #FCF3F8Darkest = 950 · #400D2AText 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 0.055 352.2);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.087 352.2);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.131 352.2);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.171 352.2);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.201 352.2);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.219 352.2);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.219 352.2);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.205 352.2);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.184 352.2);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.153 352.2);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.120 352.2);
}

Colors that work with #cf2285

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#EDC0D9
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B4B79
Captions on the surface
Accent#19B334
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#6E1246
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FBE9F4
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#24141D
Dark-mode background
Hover#B11D71
One step down in lightness
Pressed#92185E
Two steps down
Disabled#C29FB3
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#E81D91
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 #cf2285

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
  • 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#22CF6C
Analogous left#C322CF
Analogous right#CF222E
Split-complement 1#2ECF22
Split-complement 2#22CFC3
Triadic 1#85CF22
Triadic 2#2285CF
Tetradic#CFC322
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°326°

#cf2285 sits at 326°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red81.2%
Green13.3%
Blue52.2%
R · 0–255
207
0xcf
G · 0–255
34
0x22
B · 0–255
133
0x85

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta83.6%
Yellow35.7%
Key (black)18.8%

Total ink coverage is 138%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#cf2285 text on a black background

contrast 4.22:1

Card sample

#cf2285 text on a white background

contrast 4.98:1

Card sample

#cf2285 on grey

4.54:1

#cf2285 on its own surface

4.59:1

#cf2285 on its dark surface

3.54:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #cf2285;
Background color
Panel with #cf2285 background
background-color: #cf2285;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #cf2285;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(207, 34, 133, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(207, 34, 133, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #cf2285;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cf2285, #CF3222);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #cf2285, #CF5E22);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #cf2285;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #cf2285;
caret-color: #cf2285;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #cf2285;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FBE9F4;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #cf2285;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#cf2285 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #cf2285 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, 34, 133, 0.5)
rgb(207 34 133 / 50%)
#cf228580
hsl(326 72% 47% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #cf2285 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#cf22851a#FAE9F3
20%#cf228533#F5D3E7
40%#cf228566#ECA7CE
60%#cf228599#E27AB6
80%#cf2285cc#D94E9D

Gradients from #cf2285

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, #E24DA2, #cf2285 45%, #6E1246);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #cf2285, #B5391E);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #cf2285, #22CF6C);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #E667B0 0%, #cf2285 45%, #6E1246 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%, #C844E0 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #DD3432 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #6E1246 0%, transparent 65%), #cf2285;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #cf2285

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.

#cf2285 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 4.22:1 — lift it to #D8238B 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.

#cf2285, answered

What color is #cf2285?

#cf2285 is a balanced vivid magenta / pink, closest to Medium Violet Red (ΔE2000 2.7). It sits at 326° on the hue wheel with 72% saturation and 47% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #cf2285?

rgb(207, 34, 133) — 207 red, 34 green and 133 blue out of 255, or 81.2% / 13.3% / 52.2% by channel.

What is #cf2285 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(326, 72%, 47%) and hsv(326, 84%, 81%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #cf2285 a light or a dark color?

It is a dark color. Relative luminance is 0.1610 and perceived brightness is 49%, so white text on it reaches 4.98:1.

Should I use black or white text on #cf2285?

White. It scores 4.98:1 against #cf2285, versus 4.22:1 for black — AA at any size.

Is #cf2285 accessible on a white background?

#cf2285 on white scores 4.98:1, which clears AA at every size but not AAA.

What is the complementary color of #cf2285?

#22CF6C sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #2ECF22 and #22CFC3, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #cf2285?

For interface work: #FAF4F8 as the surface, #EDC0D9 for borders, #9B4B79 for secondary text, #19B334 as an accent and #6E1246 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #C322CF and #CF222E stays calm, while #22CF6C is the loudest partner.

What is #cf2285 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 84%, 36%, 19%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #cf2285 warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 36 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #CF2246; nudged cooler, #D220C7.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #cf2285?

The pink family — its 500 step is #ec4899, ΔE2000 9.7 away. That is a visible difference, so define #cf2285 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #cf2285 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#cf2285] or text-[#cf2285], 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 #cf2285 with 50% opacity?

rgba(207, 34, 133, 0.5), or #cf228580 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #E791C2; over black, #681143.

Is #cf2285 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CC3399, ΔE2000 4.2 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #cf2285 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 #cf2285?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #E24DA2, #cf2285 45%, #6E1246). For more colour, a short hue run to #B5391E keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #cf2285 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #cf2285 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.