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magenta / pink · neutral

#cf79c3

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

Token name suggestion: Atlas Blossom

RGB
207, 121, 195
HSL
308°, 47%, 64%
CMYK
0, 42, 6, 19
Luminance
0.3088

#cf79c3 is a balanced vivid magenta / pink, 308° on the wheel and 45/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (7.18:1). As text it scores 2.93:1 on white — use #BC44AB instead. Nearest name is Orchid, nearest Tailwind family is fuchsia.

hsl(308 47% 64%)rgb(207 121 195)Base step 400AAA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #cf79c3 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#cf79c3
Hue
308°
magenta / pink
Saturation
47%
vivid
Lightness
64%
balanced
Brightness
81%
HSV value
Perceived
63%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.3088
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
45/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
7.18:1
Closest name
Orchid
ΔE2000 4.3
Chroma
50.4
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.694
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
fuchsia
500 · ΔE 12.1
Web-safe
#CC66CC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue308° of 360°
Saturation47%
Lightness64%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #cf79c3.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool45% 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
Red43%
Green44%
Blue13%

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

Every format

HEX#cf79c3
HEX (8-digit)#cf79c3ff
RGBrgb(207, 121, 195)
RGBArgba(207, 121, 195, 1)
HSLhsl(308, 47%, 64%)
HSV / HSBhsv(308, 42%, 81%)
HWBhwb(308 47% 19%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 42%, 6%, 19%)
LABlab(62.4 44.1 -24.4)
LCHlch(62.4 50.4 331.0)
OKLCHoklch(0.694 0.142 332.2)
XYZ (D65)xyz(42.42, 30.88, 55.35)
Decimal13597123
Display P3color(display-p3 0.812 0.475 0.765)
Web-safe#CC66CC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #cf79c3;
background-color: #cf79c3;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #cf79c3;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#cf79c3] bg-[#cf79c3]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #cf79c3;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.812, green: 0.475, blue: 0.765)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.812, green: 0.475, blue: 0.765, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#CF79C3</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFCF79C3)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFCF79C3)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(195, 121, 207)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(207, 121, 195)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(207, 121, 195)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 207, 121, 195)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.8118f, 0.4745f, 0.7647f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{207,121,195}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #cf79c3 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #cf79c3 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#5E2255, #EED3EA);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #cf79c3 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: #FAF5F9;
  --brand-100: #F5EAF4;
  --brand-200: #ECD0E8;
  --brand-300: #E1ACDA;
  --brand-400: #cf79c3;
  --brand-500: #C45AB5;
  --brand-600: #B441A4;
  --brand-700: #963689;
  --brand-800: #782B6D;
  --brand-900: #582350;
  --brand-950: #371632;
  --brand: #cf79c3;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF4FA;
  --brand-border: #E9C3E4;
  --brand-hover: #C65FB7;
  --brand-pressed: #BC44AB;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #241422;
    --brand-ink: #EED3EA;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FAF5F9',
        100: '#F5EAF4',
        200: '#ECD0E8',
        300: '#E1ACDA',
        400: '#cf79c3',
        500: '#C45AB5',
        600: '#B441A4',
        700: '#963689',
        800: '#782B6D',
        900: '#582350',
        950: '#371632',
        DEFAULT: '#cf79c3',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FAF5F9,
  '100': #F5EAF4,
  '200': #ECD0E8,
  '300': #E1ACDA,
  '400': #cf79c3,
  '500': #C45AB5,
  '600': #B441A4,
  '700': #963689,
  '800': #782B6D,
  '900': #582350,
  '950': #371632,
);
$brand-base: #cf79c3;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FAF5F9", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F5EAF4", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#ECD0E8", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#E1ACDA", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#cf79c3", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#C45AB5", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#B441A4", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#963689", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#782B6D", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#582350", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#371632", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #cf79c3 · 7.18:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 2.93:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 7.18:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #cf79c3 as text scores 2.93:1 on white and 7.18:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #5E2255 at 3.91:1.

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
#BC44AB · 4.61:1
AA on white−14% L
#BC44AB
The quick fox
#903383 · 7.03:1
AAA on white−26% L
#903383
The quick fox
#cf79c3 · 7.18:1
AA on blackalready passes
#cf79c3
The quick fox
#cf79c3 · 7.18:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#cf79c3

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #CE75C1 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
#cf79c3 on white: 2.93:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#cf79c3 on black: 7.18:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #cf79c3 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #cf79c3.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White2.93:1AaAa
Slate 502.80:1AaAa
Slate 1002.67:1AaAa
Slate 2002.37:1AaAa
Slate 3001.97:1AaAa
Slate 4001.14:1AaAa
Slate 5001.63:1AaAa
Slate 6002.59:1AaAa
Slate 7003.54:1AaAa
Slate 8005.00:1AaAa
Slate 9006.10:1AaAa
Black7.18:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #778FC6
deuteranopia · #8E9BC0
tritanopia · #D67E95

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. #cf79c3 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.

#FAF5F9
#F5EAF4
#ECD0E8
#E1ACDA
#cf79c3
#C45AB5
#B441A4
#963689
#782B6D
#582350
#371632
Base = 400Lightest = 50 · #FAF5F9Darkest = 950 · #371632Text 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 0.035 332.2);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.057 332.2);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.085 332.2);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.111 332.2);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.131 332.2);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.142 332.2);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.142 332.2);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.133 332.2);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.119 332.2);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.099 332.2);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.078 332.2);
}

Colors that work with #cf79c3

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#FAF4FA
Tinted page background
Border#E9C3E4
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B4B90
Captions on the surface
Accent#3E9B31
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#5E2255
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F8ECF7
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#241422
Dark-mode background
Hover#C65FB7
One step down in lightness
Pressed#BC44AB
Two steps down
Disabled#E4D4E2
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#DC80D0
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 #cf79c3

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

Works well for
  • 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
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • 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 #5E2255
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #CE75C1

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
  • Weight36/100
  • 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#79CF85
Analogous left#B079CF
Analogous right#CF7998
Split-complement 1#98CF79
Split-complement 2#79CFB0
Triadic 1#C3CF79
Triadic 2#79C3CF
Tetradic#CFB079
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°308°

#cf79c3 sits at 308°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red81.2%
Green47.5%
Blue76.5%
R · 0–255
207
0xcf
G · 0–255
121
0x79
B · 0–255
195
0xc3

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta41.5%
Yellow5.8%
Key (black)18.8%

Total ink coverage is 66%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#cf79c3 text on a black background

contrast 7.18:1

Card sample

#cf79c3 text on a white background

contrast 2.93:1

Card sample

#cf79c3 on grey

2.67:1

#cf79c3 on its own surface

2.70:1

#cf79c3 on its dark surface

5.99:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #cf79c3;
Background color
Panel with #cf79c3 background
background-color: #cf79c3;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #cf79c3;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(207, 121, 195, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(207, 121, 195, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #cf79c3;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cf79c3, #CF798A);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #cf79c3, #CF7E79);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #cf79c3;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #cf79c3;
caret-color: #cf79c3;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #cf79c3;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F8ECF7;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #cf79c3;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#cf79c3 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #cf79c3 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, 121, 195, 0.5)
rgb(207 121 195 / 50%)
#cf79c380
hsl(308 47% 64% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #cf79c3 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#cf79c31a#FAF2F9
20%#cf79c333#F5E4F3
40%#cf79c366#ECC9E7
60%#cf79c399#E2AFDB
80%#cf79c3cc#D994CF

Gradients from #cf79c3

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, #DFA6D7, #cf79c3 45%, #5E2255);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #cf79c3, #C7626D);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #cf79c3, #79CF85);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #E7BDE1 0%, #cf79c3 45%, #5E2255 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%, #C19EDC 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #D78FA3 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #5E2255 0%, transparent 65%), #cf79c3;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #cf79c3

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.

#cf79c3 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 7.18:1.

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.

#cf79c3, answered

What color is #cf79c3?

#cf79c3 is a balanced vivid magenta / pink, closest to Orchid (ΔE2000 4.3). It sits at 308° on the hue wheel with 47% saturation and 64% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #cf79c3?

rgb(207, 121, 195) — 207 red, 121 green and 195 blue out of 255, or 81.2% / 47.5% / 76.5% by channel.

What is #cf79c3 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(308, 47%, 64%) and hsv(308, 42%, 81%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #cf79c3 a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.3088 and perceived brightness is 63%, so black text on it reaches 7.18:1.

Should I use black or white text on #cf79c3?

Black. It scores 7.18:1 against #cf79c3, versus 2.93:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #cf79c3 accessible on a white background?

#cf79c3 on white scores 2.93:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #BC44AB to reach 4.5:1, or #903383 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #cf79c3?

#79CF85 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #98CF79 and #79CFB0, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #cf79c3?

For interface work: #FAF4FA as the surface, #E9C3E4 for borders, #9B4B90 for secondary text, #3E9B31 as an accent and #5E2255 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #B079CF and #CF7998 stays calm, while #79CF85 is the loudest partner.

What is #cf79c3 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 42%, 6%, 19%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #cf79c3 warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 45 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #CF79A3; nudged cooler, #BC77D1.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #cf79c3?

The fuchsia family — its 500 step is #d946ef, ΔE2000 12.1 away. That is a visible difference, so define #cf79c3 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #cf79c3 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#cf79c3] or text-[#cf79c3], 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 #cf79c3 with 50% opacity?

rgba(207, 121, 195, 0.5), or #cf79c380 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #E7BCE1; over black, #683D62.

Is #cf79c3 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CC66CC, ΔE2000 5.5 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #cf79c3 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 #cf79c3?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #DFA6D7, #cf79c3 45%, #5E2255). For more colour, a short hue run to #C7626D keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #cf79c3 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #cf79c3 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.