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#d081df

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

Token name suggestion: Meadow Blossom

RGB
208, 129, 223
HSL
290°, 60%, 69%
CMYK
7, 42, 0, 13
Luminance
0.3444

#d081df is a light vivid magenta / pink, 290° on the wheel and 55/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (7.89:1). As text it scores 2.66:1 on white — use #B840CE instead. Nearest name is Orchid, nearest Tailwind family is fuchsia.

hsl(290 60% 69%)rgb(208 129 223)Base step 400AAA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #d081df is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#d081df
Hue
290°
magenta / pink
Saturation
60%
vivid
Lightness
69%
light
Brightness
87%
HSV value
Perceived
66%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.3444
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
55/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
7.89:1
Closest name
Orchid
ΔE2000 4.3
Chroma
57.7
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.720
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
fuchsia
500 · ΔE 11
Web-safe
#CC99CC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue290° of 360°
Saturation60%
Lightness69%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #d081df.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool55% 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
Red39%
Green46%
Blue15%

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

Every format

HEX#d081df
HEX (8-digit)#d081dfff
RGBrgb(208, 129, 223)
RGBArgba(208, 129, 223, 1)
HSLhsl(290, 60%, 69%)
HSV / HSBhsv(290, 42%, 87%)
HWBhwb(290 51% 13%)
CMYKcmyk(7%, 42%, 0%, 13%)
LABlab(65.3 45.4 -35.6)
LCHlch(65.3 57.7 321.9)
OKLCHoklch(0.720 0.156 321.0)
XYZ (D65)xyz(47.18, 34.44, 73.96)
Decimal13664735
Display P3color(display-p3 0.816 0.506 0.875)
Web-safe#CC99CC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #d081df;
background-color: #d081df;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #d081df;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#d081df] bg-[#d081df]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #d081df;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.816, green: 0.506, blue: 0.875)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.816, green: 0.506, blue: 0.875, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#D081DF</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFD081DF)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFD081DF)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(223, 129, 208)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(208, 129, 223)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(208, 129, 223)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 208, 129, 223)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.8157f, 0.5059f, 0.8745f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{208,129,223}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #d081df 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #d081df 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#5A1A66, #EAD3EE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #d081df 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: #FAF4FB;
  --brand-100: #F5E9F7;
  --brand-200: #EACCEF;
  --brand-300: #DEA6E8;
  --brand-400: #d081df;
  --brand-500: #BC4CD2;
  --brand-600: #AC32C3;
  --brand-700: #8F29A3;
  --brand-800: #732182;
  --brand-900: #541C5F;
  --brand-950: #34113B;
  --brand: #d081df;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F9F4FA;
  --brand-border: #E5C0ED;
  --brand-hover: #C564D8;
  --brand-pressed: #BB48D1;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #221424;
    --brand-ink: #EAD3EE;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FAF4FB',
        100: '#F5E9F7',
        200: '#EACCEF',
        300: '#DEA6E8',
        400: '#d081df',
        500: '#BC4CD2',
        600: '#AC32C3',
        700: '#8F29A3',
        800: '#732182',
        900: '#541C5F',
        950: '#34113B',
        DEFAULT: '#d081df',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FAF4FB,
  '100': #F5E9F7,
  '200': #EACCEF,
  '300': #DEA6E8,
  '400': #d081df,
  '500': #BC4CD2,
  '600': #AC32C3,
  '700': #8F29A3,
  '800': #732182,
  '900': #541C5F,
  '950': #34113B,
);
$brand-base: #d081df;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FAF4FB", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F5E9F7", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#EACCEF", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#DEA6E8", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#d081df", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#BC4CD2", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#AC32C3", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#8F29A3", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#732182", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#541C5F", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#34113B", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #d081df · 7.89:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 2.66:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 7.89:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #d081df as text scores 2.66:1 on white and 7.89:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #5A1A66 at 4.45:1.

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
#B840CE · 4.50:1
AA on white−16% L
#B840CE
The quick fox
#8C289F · 7.19:1
AAA on white−30% L
#8C289F
The quick fox
#d081df · 7.89:1
AA on blackalready passes
#d081df
The quick fox
#d081df · 7.89:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#d081df

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #CA71DB 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
#d081df on white: 2.66:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#d081df on black: 7.89:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #d081df as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #d081df.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White2.66:1AaAa
Slate 502.54:1AaAa
Slate 1002.43:1AaAa
Slate 2002.16:1AaAa
Slate 3001.79:1AaAa
Slate 4001.04:1AaAa
Slate 5001.79:1AaAa
Slate 6002.85:1AaAa
Slate 7003.89:1AaAa
Slate 8005.49:1AaAa
Slate 9006.71:1AaAa
Black7.89:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #7499E2
deuteranopia · #8AA2DC
tritanopia · #D28CA6

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. #d081df 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.

#FAF4FB
#F5E9F7
#EACCEF
#DEA6E8
#d081df
#BC4CD2
#AC32C3
#8F29A3
#732182
#541C5F
#34113B
Base = 400Lightest = 50 · #FAF4FBDarkest = 950 · #34113BText 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 0.039 321.0);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.062 321.0);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.093 321.0);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.122 321.0);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.143 321.0);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.156 321.0);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.156 321.0);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.146 321.0);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.131 321.0);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.109 321.0);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.086 321.0);
}

Colors that work with #d081df

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#F9F4FA
Tinted page background
Border#E5C0ED
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#8E4B9B
Captions on the surface
Accent#5AA725
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#5A1A66
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F7EBFA
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#221424
Dark-mode background
Hover#C564D8
One step down in lightness
Pressed#BB48D1
Two steps down
Disabled#EBE3ED
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#DB8AEA
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 #d081df

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 #5A1A66
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #CA71DB

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
  • Weight31/100
  • 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#90DF81
Analogous left#A181DF
Analogous right#DF81BF
Split-complement 1#BFDF81
Split-complement 2#81DFA1
Triadic 1#DFD081
Triadic 2#81DFD0
Tetradic#DFA181
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°290°

#d081df sits at 290°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red81.6%
Green50.6%
Blue87.5%
R · 0–255
208
0xd0
G · 0–255
129
0x81
B · 0–255
223
0xdf

CMYK percentages

Cyan6.7%
Magenta42.2%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)12.5%

Total ink coverage is 61%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#d081df text on a black background

contrast 7.89:1

Card sample

#d081df text on a white background

contrast 2.66:1

Card sample

#d081df on grey

2.43:1

#d081df on its own surface

2.45:1

#d081df on its dark surface

6.61:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #d081df;
Background color
Panel with #d081df background
background-color: #d081df;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #d081df;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(208, 129, 223, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(208, 129, 223, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #d081df;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #d081df, #DF81AF);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #d081df, #DF8198);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #d081df;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #d081df;
caret-color: #d081df;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #d081df;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F7EBFA;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #d081df;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#d081df 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #d081df 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(208, 129, 223, 0.5)
rgb(208 129 223 / 50%)
#d081df80
hsl(290 60% 69% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #d081df 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#d081df1a#FAF2FC
20%#d081df33#F6E6F9
40%#d081df66#ECCDF2
60%#d081df99#E3B3EC
80%#d081dfcc#D99AE5

Gradients from #d081df

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, #E2B2EB, #d081df 45%, #5A1A66);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #d081df, #D96997);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #d081df, #90DF81);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #EBCAF2 0%, #d081df 45%, #5A1A66 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F9F4FA, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #BAAAE9 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #E599C5 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #5A1A66 0%, transparent 65%), #d081df;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #d081df

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.

#d081df 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 7.89:1.

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.

#d081df, answered

What color is #d081df?

#d081df is a light vivid magenta / pink, closest to Orchid (ΔE2000 4.3). It sits at 290° on the hue wheel with 60% saturation and 69% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #d081df?

rgb(208, 129, 223) — 208 red, 129 green and 223 blue out of 255, or 81.6% / 50.6% / 87.5% by channel.

What is #d081df in HSL and HSV?

hsl(290, 60%, 69%) and hsv(290, 42%, 87%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #d081df a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.3444 and perceived brightness is 66%, so black text on it reaches 7.89:1.

Should I use black or white text on #d081df?

Black. It scores 7.89:1 against #d081df, versus 2.66:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #d081df accessible on a white background?

#d081df on white scores 2.66:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #B840CE to reach 4.5:1, or #8C289F for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #d081df?

#90DF81 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #BFDF81 and #81DFA1, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #d081df?

For interface work: #F9F4FA as the surface, #E5C0ED for borders, #8E4B9B for secondary text, #5AA725 as an accent and #5A1A66 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #A181DF and #DF81BF stays calm, while #90DF81 is the loudest partner.

What is #d081df in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(7%, 42%, 0%, 13%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #d081df warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 55 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #DF81CC; nudged cooler, #AD7FE1.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #d081df?

The fuchsia family — its 500 step is #d946ef, ΔE2000 11 away. That is a visible difference, so define #d081df as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #d081df in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#d081df] or text-[#d081df], 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 #d081df with 50% opacity?

rgba(208, 129, 223, 0.5), or #d081df80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #E8C0EF; over black, #684170.

Is #d081df a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CC99CC, ΔE2000 8.9 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #d081df 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 #d081df?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #E2B2EB, #d081df 45%, #5A1A66). For more colour, a short hue run to #D96997 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #d081df in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #d081df at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.