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magenta / pink · warm

#cf7eac

a light, vivid magenta / pink · warm · closest name: Pale Violet Red

Token name suggestion: Morning Ruby

RGB
207, 126, 172
HSL
326°, 46%, 65%
CMYK
0, 39, 17, 19
Luminance
0.3117

#cf7eac is a light vivid magenta / pink, 326° on the wheel and 36/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (7.23:1). As text it scores 2.90:1 on white — use #BD4E8D instead. Nearest name is Pale Violet Red, nearest Tailwind family is pink.

hsl(326 46% 65%)rgb(207 126 172)Base step 400AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #cf7eac is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#cf7eac
Hue
326°
magenta / pink
Saturation
46%
vivid
Lightness
65%
light
Brightness
81%
HSV value
Perceived
63%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.3117
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
36/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
7.23:1
Closest name
Pale Violet Red
ΔE2000 7.1
Chroma
39.3
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.693
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
pink
500 · ΔE 10.9
Web-safe
#CC6699
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue326° of 360°
Saturation46%
Lightness65%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #cf7eac.

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
Red43%
Green48%
Blue10%

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

Every format

HEX#cf7eac
HEX (8-digit)#cf7eacff
RGBrgb(207, 126, 172)
RGBArgba(207, 126, 172, 1)
HSLhsl(326, 46%, 65%)
HSV / HSBhsv(326, 39%, 81%)
HWBhwb(326 49% 19%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 39%, 17%, 19%)
LABlab(62.6 37.7 -11.0)
LCHlch(62.6 39.3 343.7)
OKLCHoklch(0.693 0.115 345.4)
XYZ (D65)xyz(40.64, 31.17, 42.90)
Decimal13598380
Display P3color(display-p3 0.812 0.494 0.675)
Web-safe#CC6699

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #cf7eac;
background-color: #cf7eac;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #cf7eac;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#cf7eac] bg-[#cf7eac]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #cf7eac;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.812, green: 0.494, blue: 0.675)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.812, green: 0.494, blue: 0.675, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#CF7EAC</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFCF7EAC)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFCF7EAC)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(172, 126, 207)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(207, 126, 172)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(207, 126, 172)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 207, 126, 172)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.8118f, 0.4941f, 0.6745f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{207,126,172}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #cf7eac 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #cf7eac 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#5D2344, #EED3E2);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #cf7eac 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: #FAF5F8;
  --brand-100: #F5EAF0;
  --brand-200: #EBD0E0;
  --brand-300: #E1ADCA;
  --brand-400: #cf7eac;
  --brand-500: #C25B96;
  --brand-600: #B24282;
  --brand-700: #95376C;
  --brand-800: #772C57;
  --brand-900: #572341;
  --brand-950: #361628;
  --brand: #cf7eac;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF4F8;
  --brand-border: #E9C4D9;
  --brand-hover: #C5649B;
  --brand-pressed: #BC4A8B;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #24141D;
    --brand-ink: #EED3E2;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FAF5F8',
        100: '#F5EAF0',
        200: '#EBD0E0',
        300: '#E1ADCA',
        400: '#cf7eac',
        500: '#C25B96',
        600: '#B24282',
        700: '#95376C',
        800: '#772C57',
        900: '#572341',
        950: '#361628',
        DEFAULT: '#cf7eac',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FAF5F8,
  '100': #F5EAF0,
  '200': #EBD0E0,
  '300': #E1ADCA,
  '400': #cf7eac,
  '500': #C25B96,
  '600': #B24282,
  '700': #95376C,
  '800': #772C57,
  '900': #572341,
  '950': #361628,
);
$brand-base: #cf7eac;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FAF5F8", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F5EAF0", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#EBD0E0", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#E1ADCA", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#cf7eac", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#C25B96", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#B24282", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#95376C", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#772C57", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#572341", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#361628", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #cf7eac · 7.23:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 2.90:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 7.23:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #cf7eac as text scores 2.90:1 on white and 7.23:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #5D2344 at 4.04:1.

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
#BD4E8D · 4.53:1
AA on white−13% L
#BD4E8D
The quick fox
#92366A · 7.10:1
AAA on white−26% L
#92366A
The quick fox
#cf7eac · 7.23:1
AA on blackalready passes
#cf7eac
The quick fox
#cf7eac · 7.23:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#cf7eac

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #CE7AAA 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
#cf7eac on white: 2.90:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#cf7eac on black: 7.23:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #cf7eac as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #cf7eac.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White2.90:1AaAa
Slate 502.77:1AaAa
Slate 1002.65:1AaAa
Slate 2002.36:1AaAa
Slate 3001.96:1AaAa
Slate 4001.13:1AaAa
Slate 5001.64:1AaAa
Slate 6002.61:1AaAa
Slate 7003.57:1AaAa
Slate 8005.04:1AaAa
Slate 9006.15:1AaAa
Black7.23:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #848FAE
deuteranopia · #989CAA
tritanopia · #D97D8E

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. #cf7eac 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.

#FAF5F8
#F5EAF0
#EBD0E0
#E1ADCA
#cf7eac
#C25B96
#B24282
#95376C
#772C57
#572341
#361628
Base = 400Lightest = 50 · #FAF5F8Darkest = 950 · #361628Text 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 0.029 345.4);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.046 345.4);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.069 345.4);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.090 345.4);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.106 345.4);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.115 345.4);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.115 345.4);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.108 345.4);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.097 345.4);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.081 345.4);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.063 345.4);
}

Colors that work with #cf7eac

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#FAF4F8
Tinted page background
Border#E9C4D9
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B4B78
Captions on the surface
Accent#339945
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#5D2344
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F8ECF3
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#24141D
Dark-mode background
Hover#C5649B
One step down in lightness
Pressed#BC4A8B
Two steps down
Disabled#E6D7E0
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#DC85B7
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 #cf7eac

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
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • 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 #5D2344
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #CE7AAA

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 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-high
  • Weight35/100
  • 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#7ECFA1
Analogous left#CA7ECF
Analogous right#CF7E84
Split-complement 1#84CF7E
Split-complement 2#7ECFCA
Triadic 1#ACCF7E
Triadic 2#7EACCF
Tetradic#CFCA7E
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°326°

#cf7eac sits at 326°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red81.2%
Green49.4%
Blue67.5%
R · 0–255
207
0xcf
G · 0–255
126
0x7e
B · 0–255
172
0xac

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta39.1%
Yellow16.9%
Key (black)18.8%

Total ink coverage is 75%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#cf7eac text on a black background

contrast 7.23:1

Card sample

#cf7eac text on a white background

contrast 2.90:1

Card sample

#cf7eac on grey

2.65:1

#cf7eac on its own surface

2.68:1

#cf7eac on its dark surface

6.06:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #cf7eac;
Background color
Panel with #cf7eac background
background-color: #cf7eac;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #cf7eac;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(207, 126, 172, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(207, 126, 172, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #cf7eac;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cf7eac, #CF867E);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #cf7eac, #CF9A7E);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #cf7eac;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #cf7eac;
caret-color: #cf7eac;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #cf7eac;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F8ECF3;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #cf7eac;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#cf7eac 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #cf7eac 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, 126, 172, 0.5)
rgb(207 126 172 / 50%)
#cf7eac80
hsl(326 46% 65% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #cf7eac 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#cf7eac1a#FAF2F7
20%#cf7eac33#F5E5EE
40%#cf7eac66#ECCBDE
60%#cf7eac99#E2B2CD
80%#cf7eaccc#D998BD

Gradients from #cf7eac

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, #E0ABC9, #cf7eac 45%, #5D2344);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #cf7eac, #C77968);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #cf7eac, #7ECFA1);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #E8C1D7 0%, #cf7eac 45%, #5D2344 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%, #D4A3DD 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #D79594 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #5D2344 0%, transparent 65%), #cf7eac;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #cf7eac

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.

#cf7eac 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 7.23:1.

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.

#cf7eac, answered

What color is #cf7eac?

#cf7eac is a light vivid magenta / pink, closest to Pale Violet Red (ΔE2000 7.1). It sits at 326° on the hue wheel with 46% saturation and 65% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #cf7eac?

rgb(207, 126, 172) — 207 red, 126 green and 172 blue out of 255, or 81.2% / 49.4% / 67.5% by channel.

What is #cf7eac in HSL and HSV?

hsl(326, 46%, 65%) and hsv(326, 39%, 81%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #cf7eac a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.3117 and perceived brightness is 63%, so black text on it reaches 7.23:1.

Should I use black or white text on #cf7eac?

Black. It scores 7.23:1 against #cf7eac, versus 2.90:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #cf7eac accessible on a white background?

#cf7eac on white scores 2.90:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #BD4E8D to reach 4.5:1, or #92366A for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #cf7eac?

#7ECFA1 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #84CF7E and #7ECFCA, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #cf7eac?

For interface work: #FAF4F8 as the surface, #E9C4D9 for borders, #9B4B78 for secondary text, #339945 as an accent and #5D2344 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #CA7ECF and #CF7E84 stays calm, while #7ECFA1 is the loudest partner.

What is #cf7eac in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 39%, 17%, 19%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #cf7eac 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 #CF7E8E; nudged cooler, #D17CCB.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #cf7eac?

The pink family — its 500 step is #ec4899, ΔE2000 10.9 away. That is a visible difference, so define #cf7eac as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #cf7eac in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#cf7eac] or text-[#cf7eac], 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 #cf7eac with 50% opacity?

rgba(207, 126, 172, 0.5), or #cf7eac80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #E7BFD6; over black, #683F56.

Is #cf7eac a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CC6699, ΔE2000 6.2 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #cf7eac 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 #cf7eac?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #E0ABC9, #cf7eac 45%, #5D2344). For more colour, a short hue run to #C77968 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #cf7eac in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #cf7eac at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.