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#d19fe4

a light, vivid violet · cool · closest name: Plum

Token name suggestion: Morning Plum

RGB
209, 159, 228
HSL
284°, 56%, 76%
CMYK
8, 30, 0, 11
Luminance
0.4395

#d19fe4 is a light vivid violet, 284° on the wheel and 59/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (9.79:1). As text it scores 2.14:1 on white — use #A94BCD instead. Nearest name is Plum, nearest Tailwind family is fuchsia.

hsl(284 56% 76%)rgb(209 159 228)Base step 300AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #d19fe4 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#d19fe4
Hue
284°
violet
Saturation
56%
vivid
Lightness
76%
light
Brightness
89%
HSV value
Perceived
72%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.4395
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
59/100 cool
Color family
Violet
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
9.79:1
Closest name
Plum
ΔE2000 3.7
Chroma
41.3
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.772
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
fuchsia
500 · ΔE 18.3
Web-safe
#CC99CC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue284° of 360°
Saturation56%
Lightness76%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #d19fe4.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool59% cool

Reads cool. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red31%
Green56%
Blue13%

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

Every format

HEX#d19fe4
HEX (8-digit)#d19fe4ff
RGBrgb(209, 159, 228)
RGBArgba(209, 159, 228, 1)
HSLhsl(284, 56%, 76%)
HSV / HSBhsv(283, 30%, 89%)
HWBhwb(284 62% 11%)
CMYKcmyk(8%, 30%, 0%, 11%)
LABlab(72.2 30.6 -27.7)
LCHlch(72.2 41.3 317.8)
OKLCHoklch(0.772 0.110 316.5)
XYZ (D65)xyz(52.69, 43.95, 79.09)
Decimal13737956
Display P3color(display-p3 0.820 0.624 0.894)
Web-safe#CC99CC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #d19fe4;
background-color: #d19fe4;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #d19fe4;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#d19fe4] bg-[#d19fe4]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #d19fe4;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.820, green: 0.624, blue: 0.894)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.820, green: 0.624, blue: 0.894, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#D19FE4</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFD19FE4)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFD19FE4)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(228, 159, 209)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(209, 159, 228)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(209, 159, 228)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 209, 159, 228)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.8196f, 0.6235f, 0.8941f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{209,159,228}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #d19fe4 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #d19fe4 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#501C64, #E7D3EE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #d19fe4 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: #F9F4FB;
  --brand-100: #F3E9F6;
  --brand-200: #E5CDEE;
  --brand-300: #d19fe4;
  --brand-400: #C07CDA;
  --brand-500: #AB50CE;
  --brand-600: #9936BF;
  --brand-700: #802D9F;
  --brand-800: #66247F;
  --brand-900: #4B1E5D;
  --brand-950: #2F133A;
  --brand: #d19fe4;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F9F4FA;
  --brand-border: #E0C0ED;
  --brand-hover: #C483DC;
  --brand-pressed: #B667D4;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #201424;
    --brand-ink: #E7D3EE;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F9F4FB',
        100: '#F3E9F6',
        200: '#E5CDEE',
        300: '#d19fe4',
        400: '#C07CDA',
        500: '#AB50CE',
        600: '#9936BF',
        700: '#802D9F',
        800: '#66247F',
        900: '#4B1E5D',
        950: '#2F133A',
        DEFAULT: '#d19fe4',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F9F4FB,
  '100': #F3E9F6,
  '200': #E5CDEE,
  '300': #d19fe4,
  '400': #C07CDA,
  '500': #AB50CE,
  '600': #9936BF,
  '700': #802D9F,
  '800': #66247F,
  '900': #4B1E5D,
  '950': #2F133A,
);
$brand-base: #d19fe4;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F9F4FB", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F3E9F6", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#E5CDEE", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#d19fe4", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#C07CDA", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#AB50CE", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#9936BF", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#802D9F", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#66247F", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#4B1E5D", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#2F133A", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #d19fe4 · 9.79:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 2.14:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 9.79:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #d19fe4 as text scores 2.14:1 on white and 9.79:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #501C64 at 5.79:1.

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
#A94BCD · 4.59:1
AA on white−21% L
#A94BCD
The quick fox
#862FA7 · 7.05:1
AAA on white−34% L
#862FA7
The quick fox
#d19fe4 · 9.79:1
AA on blackalready passes
#d19fe4
The quick fox
#d19fe4 · 9.79:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#d19fe4

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #BE77D9 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
#d19fe4 on white: 2.14:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#d19fe4 on black: 9.79:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #d19fe4 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #d19fe4.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White2.14:1AaAa
Slate 502.05:1AaAa
Slate 1001.96:1AaAa
Slate 2001.74:1AaAa
Slate 3001.44:1AaAa
Slate 4001.20:1AaAa
Slate 5002.22:1AaAa
Slate 6003.53:1AaAa
Slate 7004.83:1AaAa
Slate 8006.82:1AaAa
Slate 9008.32:1AaAa
Black9.79:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #96AEE7
deuteranopia · #A1B3E2
tritanopia · #D1A7B8

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. #d19fe4 is pinned to step 300; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F9F4FB
#F3E9F6
#E5CDEE
#d19fe4
#C07CDA
#AB50CE
#9936BF
#802D9F
#66247F
#4B1E5D
#2F133A
Base = 300Lightest = 50 · #F9F4FBDarkest = 950 · #2F133AText 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 0.027 316.5);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.044 316.5);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.066 316.5);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.086 316.5);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.101 316.5);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.110 316.5);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.110 316.5);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.103 316.5);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.092 316.5);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.077 316.5);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.060 316.5);
}

Colors that work with #d19fe4

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#E0C0ED
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#854B9B
Captions on the surface
Accent#68A22A
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#501C64
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F5EBF9
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#201424
Dark-mode background
Hover#C483DC
One step down in lightness
Pressed#B667D4
Two steps down
Disabled#F6F3F7
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#DBAAEE
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
Your export is ready

The file stays available for seven days. Download it before it expires.

NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #d19fe4

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 #501C64
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #BE77D9

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

creativepremiummodernimaginative

Violet sits between the warmth of red and the calm of blue, so it reads as inventive without reading as risky. Current shorthand for software craft.

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

Deep violets swallow detail on screens with poor gamma; check it on a cheap laptop panel.

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium-high
  • Weight24/100
  • TemperatureCool
  • 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#B2E49F
Analogous left#AF9FE4
Analogous right#E49FD5
Split-complement 1#D5E49F
Split-complement 2#9FE4AF
Triadic 1#E4D19F
Triadic 2#9FE4D1
Tetradic#E4AF9F
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°284°

#d19fe4 sits at 284°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red82.0%
Green62.4%
Blue89.4%
R · 0–255
209
0xd1
G · 0–255
159
0x9f
B · 0–255
228
0xe4

CMYK percentages

Cyan8.3%
Magenta30.3%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)10.6%

Total ink coverage is 49%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#d19fe4 text on a black background

contrast 9.79:1

Card sample

#d19fe4 text on a white background

contrast 2.14:1

Card sample

#d19fe4 on grey

1.96:1

#d19fe4 on its own surface

1.98:1

#d19fe4 on its dark surface

8.25:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #d19fe4;
Background color
Panel with #d19fe4 background
background-color: #d19fe4;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #d19fe4;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(209, 159, 228, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(209, 159, 228, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #d19fe4;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #d19fe4, #E49FC9);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #d19fe4, #E49FB8);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #d19fe4;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #d19fe4;
caret-color: #d19fe4;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #d19fe4;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F5EBF9;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #d19fe4;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#d19fe4 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #d19fe4 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(209, 159, 228, 0.5)
rgb(209 159 228 / 50%)
#d19fe480
hsl(284 56% 76% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #d19fe4 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#d19fe41a#FAF5FC
20%#d19fe433#F6ECFA
40%#d19fe466#EDD9F4
60%#d19fe499#E3C5EF
80%#d19fe4cc#DAB2E9

Gradients from #d19fe4

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, #E8CFF1, #d19fe4 45%, #501C64);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #d19fe4, #DD87B4);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #d19fe4, #B2E49F);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F3E7F8 0%, #d19fe4 45%, #501C64 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%, #CDC7EF 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #EBB7DB 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #501C64 0%, transparent 65%), #d19fe4;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #d19fe4

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.

#d19fe4 in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
Creative toolsFintechBeautyLuxury
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 9.79:1.

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.

#d19fe4, answered

What color is #d19fe4?

#d19fe4 is a light vivid violet, closest to Plum (ΔE2000 3.7). It sits at 284° on the hue wheel with 56% saturation and 76% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #d19fe4?

rgb(209, 159, 228) — 209 red, 159 green and 228 blue out of 255, or 82% / 62.4% / 89.4% by channel.

What is #d19fe4 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(284, 56%, 76%) and hsv(283, 30%, 89%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #d19fe4 a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.4395 and perceived brightness is 72%, so black text on it reaches 9.79:1.

Should I use black or white text on #d19fe4?

Black. It scores 9.79:1 against #d19fe4, versus 2.14:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #d19fe4 accessible on a white background?

#d19fe4 on white scores 2.14:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #A94BCD to reach 4.5:1, or #862FA7 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #d19fe4?

#B2E49F sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #D5E49F and #9FE4AF, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #d19fe4?

For interface work: #F9F4FA as the surface, #E0C0ED for borders, #854B9B for secondary text, #68A22A as an accent and #501C64 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #AF9FE4 and #E49FD5 stays calm, while #B2E49F is the loudest partner.

What is #d19fe4 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(8%, 30%, 0%, 11%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #d19fe4 warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 59 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #E49FDE; nudged cooler, #B79EE5.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #d19fe4?

The fuchsia family — its 500 step is #d946ef, ΔE2000 18.3 away. That is a visible difference, so define #d19fe4 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #d19fe4 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#d19fe4] or text-[#d19fe4], 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 #d19fe4 with 50% opacity?

rgba(209, 159, 228, 0.5), or #d19fe480 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #E8CFF2; over black, #695072.

Is #d19fe4 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CC99CC, ΔE2000 4.9 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #d19fe4 mean?

As a violet, it reads creative, premium, modern. Violet sits between the warmth of red and the calm of blue, so it reads as inventive without reading as risky. Current shorthand for software craft. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #d19fe4?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #E8CFF1, #d19fe4 45%, #501C64). For more colour, a short hue run to #DD87B4 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #d19fe4 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #d19fe4 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.