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magenta / pink · neutral

#d585cd

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

Token name suggestion: Linen Blossom

RGB
213, 133, 205
HSL
306°, 49%, 68%
CMYK
0, 38, 4, 17
Luminance
0.3533

#d585cd is a light vivid magenta / pink, 306° on the wheel and 47/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (8.07:1). As text it scores 2.60:1 on white — use #BD41B1 instead. Nearest name is Orchid, nearest Tailwind family is fuchsia.

hsl(306 49% 68%)rgb(213 133 205)Base step 400AAA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #d585cd is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#d585cd
Hue
306°
magenta / pink
Saturation
49%
vivid
Lightness
68%
light
Brightness
84%
HSV value
Perceived
66%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.3533
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
47/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
8.07:1
Closest name
Orchid
ΔE2000 5.5
Chroma
48.2
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.724
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
fuchsia
500 · ΔE 13.8
Web-safe
#CC99CC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue306° of 360°
Saturation49%
Lightness68%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #d585cd.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool47% 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
Red40%
Green47%
Blue12%

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

Every format

HEX#d585cd
HEX (8-digit)#d585cdff
RGBrgb(213, 133, 205)
RGBArgba(213, 133, 205, 1)
HSLhsl(306, 49%, 68%)
HSV / HSBhsv(306, 38%, 84%)
HWBhwb(306 52% 16%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 38%, 4%, 17%)
LABlab(66.0 41.5 -24.5)
LCHlch(66.0 48.2 329.5)
OKLCHoklch(0.724 0.135 330.5)
XYZ (D65)xyz(46.85, 35.33, 62.10)
Decimal13993421
Display P3color(display-p3 0.835 0.522 0.804)
Web-safe#CC99CC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #d585cd;
background-color: #d585cd;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #d585cd;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#d585cd] bg-[#d585cd]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #d585cd;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.835, green: 0.522, blue: 0.804)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.835, green: 0.522, blue: 0.804, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#D585CD</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFD585CD)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFD585CD)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(205, 133, 213)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(213, 133, 205)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(213, 133, 205)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 213, 133, 205)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.8353f, 0.5216f, 0.8039f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{213,133,205}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #d585cd 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #d585cd 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#5F2159, #EED3EB);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #d585cd 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: #FAF4FA;
  --brand-100: #F6EAF4;
  --brand-200: #ECD0E9;
  --brand-300: #E2ACDD;
  --brand-400: #d585cd;
  --brand-500: #C658BB;
  --brand-600: #B63FAA;
  --brand-700: #98348E;
  --brand-800: #792A71;
  --brand-900: #592253;
  --brand-950: #371534;
  --brand: #d585cd;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF4FA;
  --brand-border: #EAC2E6;
  --brand-hover: #CC6AC2;
  --brand-pressed: #C350B7;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #241423;
    --brand-ink: #EED3EB;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FAF4FA',
        100: '#F6EAF4',
        200: '#ECD0E9',
        300: '#E2ACDD',
        400: '#d585cd',
        500: '#C658BB',
        600: '#B63FAA',
        700: '#98348E',
        800: '#792A71',
        900: '#592253',
        950: '#371534',
        DEFAULT: '#d585cd',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FAF4FA,
  '100': #F6EAF4,
  '200': #ECD0E9,
  '300': #E2ACDD,
  '400': #d585cd,
  '500': #C658BB,
  '600': #B63FAA,
  '700': #98348E,
  '800': #792A71,
  '900': #592253,
  '950': #371534,
);
$brand-base: #d585cd;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FAF4FA", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F6EAF4", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#ECD0E9", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#E2ACDD", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#d585cd", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#C658BB", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#B63FAA", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#98348E", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#792A71", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#592253", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#371534", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #d585cd · 8.07:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 2.60:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 8.07:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #d585cd as text scores 2.60:1 on white and 8.07:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #5F2159 at 4.36:1.

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
#BD41B1 · 4.61:1
AA on white−18% L
#BD41B1
The quick fox
#8F3186 · 7.12:1
AAA on white−30% L
#8F3186
The quick fox
#d585cd · 8.07:1
AA on blackalready passes
#d585cd
The quick fox
#d585cd · 8.07:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#d585cd

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #CE72C5 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
#d585cd on white: 2.60:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#d585cd on black: 8.07:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #d585cd as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #d585cd.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White2.60:1AaAa
Slate 502.49:1AaAa
Slate 1002.38:1AaAa
Slate 2002.11:1AaAa
Slate 3001.75:1AaAa
Slate 4001.02:1AaAa
Slate 5001.83:1AaAa
Slate 6002.91:1AaAa
Slate 7003.98:1AaAa
Slate 8005.62:1AaAa
Slate 9006.86:1AaAa
Black8.07:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #829AD0
deuteranopia · #96A4CA
tritanopia · #DB8BA0

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. #d585cd 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.

#FAF4FA
#F6EAF4
#ECD0E9
#E2ACDD
#d585cd
#C658BB
#B63FAA
#98348E
#792A71
#592253
#371534
Base = 400Lightest = 50 · #FAF4FADarkest = 950 · #371534Text 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 0.034 330.5);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.054 330.5);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.081 330.5);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.105 330.5);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.124 330.5);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.135 330.5);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.135 330.5);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.126 330.5);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.113 330.5);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.094 330.5);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.074 330.5);
}

Colors that work with #d585cd

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#EAC2E6
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B4B93
Captions on the surface
Accent#419B31
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#5F2159
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F8ECF7
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#241423
Dark-mode background
Hover#CC6AC2
One step down in lightness
Pressed#C350B7
Two steps down
Disabled#EBDFEA
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#E18DD9
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

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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #d585cd

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 #5F2159
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #CE72C5

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
  • Weight32/100
  • 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#85D58D
Analogous left#B585D5
Analogous right#D585A5
Split-complement 1#A5D585
Split-complement 2#85D5B5
Triadic 1#CDD585
Triadic 2#85CDD5
Tetradic#D5B585
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°306°

#d585cd sits at 306°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red83.5%
Green52.2%
Blue80.4%
R · 0–255
213
0xd5
G · 0–255
133
0x85
B · 0–255
205
0xcd

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta37.6%
Yellow3.8%
Key (black)16.5%

Total ink coverage is 58%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#d585cd text on a black background

contrast 8.07:1

Card sample

#d585cd text on a white background

contrast 2.60:1

Card sample

#d585cd on grey

2.38:1

#d585cd on its own surface

2.40:1

#d585cd on its dark surface

6.73:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #d585cd;
Background color
Panel with #d585cd background
background-color: #d585cd;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #d585cd;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(213, 133, 205, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(213, 133, 205, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #d585cd;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #d585cd, #D58598);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #d585cd, #D58685);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #d585cd;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #d585cd;
caret-color: #d585cd;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #d585cd;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F8ECF7;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #d585cd;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#d585cd 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #d585cd 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(213, 133, 205, 0.5)
rgb(213 133 205 / 50%)
#d585cd80
hsl(306 49% 68% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #d585cd 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#d585cd1a#FBF3FA
20%#d585cd33#F7E7F5
40%#d585cd66#EECEEB
60%#d585cd99#E6B6E1
80%#d585cdcc#DD9DD7

Gradients from #d585cd

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, #E5B2E0, #d585cd 45%, #5F2159);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #d585cd, #CD6E7C);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #d585cd, #85D58D);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #ECC9E9 0%, #d585cd 45%, #5F2159 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%, #C7ABE2 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #DD9CB0 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #5F2159 0%, transparent 65%), #d585cd;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #d585cd

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.

#d585cd 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 8.07:1.

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.

#d585cd, answered

What color is #d585cd?

#d585cd is a light vivid magenta / pink, closest to Orchid (ΔE2000 5.5). It sits at 306° on the hue wheel with 49% saturation and 68% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #d585cd?

rgb(213, 133, 205) — 213 red, 133 green and 205 blue out of 255, or 83.5% / 52.2% / 80.4% by channel.

What is #d585cd in HSL and HSV?

hsl(306, 49%, 68%) and hsv(306, 38%, 84%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #d585cd a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.3533 and perceived brightness is 66%, so black text on it reaches 8.07:1.

Should I use black or white text on #d585cd?

Black. It scores 8.07:1 against #d585cd, versus 2.60:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #d585cd accessible on a white background?

#d585cd on white scores 2.60:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #BD41B1 to reach 4.5:1, or #8F3186 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #d585cd?

#85D58D sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #A5D585 and #85D5B5, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #d585cd?

For interface work: #FAF4FA as the surface, #EAC2E6 for borders, #9B4B93 for secondary text, #419B31 as an accent and #5F2159 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #B585D5 and #D585A5 stays calm, while #85D58D is the loudest partner.

What is #d585cd in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 38%, 4%, 17%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #d585cd warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 47 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #D585B0; nudged cooler, #C083D7.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #d585cd?

The fuchsia family — its 500 step is #d946ef, ΔE2000 13.8 away. That is a visible difference, so define #d585cd as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #d585cd in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#d585cd] or text-[#d585cd], 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 #d585cd with 50% opacity?

rgba(213, 133, 205, 0.5), or #d585cd80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #EAC2E6; over black, #6B4367.

Is #d585cd a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CC99CC, ΔE2000 6.1 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #d585cd 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 #d585cd?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #E5B2E0, #d585cd 45%, #5F2159). For more colour, a short hue run to #CD6E7C keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #d585cd in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #d585cd at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.