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magenta / pink · warm

#d58cac

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

Token name suggestion: Morning Fuchsia

RGB
213, 140, 172
HSL
334°, 47%, 69%
CMYK
0, 34, 19, 17
Luminance
0.3588

#d58cac is a light vivid magenta / pink, 334° on the wheel and 31/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (8.18:1). As text it scores 2.57:1 on white — use #BE4C7E instead. Nearest name is Pale Violet Red, nearest Tailwind family is pink.

hsl(334 47% 69%)rgb(213 140 172)Base step 400AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #d58cac is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#d58cac
Hue
334°
magenta / pink
Saturation
47%
vivid
Lightness
69%
light
Brightness
84%
HSV value
Perceived
66%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.3588
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
31/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
8.18:1
Closest name
Pale Violet Red
ΔE2000 7.7
Chroma
32.7
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.723
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
pink
500 · ΔE 13.9
Web-safe
#CC9999
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue334° of 360°
Saturation47%
Lightness69%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #d58cac.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool31% 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
Red39%
Green52%
Blue8%

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

Every format

HEX#d58cac
HEX (8-digit)#d58cacff
RGBrgb(213, 140, 172)
RGBArgba(213, 140, 172, 1)
HSLhsl(334, 47%, 69%)
HSV / HSBhsv(334, 34%, 84%)
HWBhwb(334 55% 16%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 34%, 19%, 17%)
LABlab(66.4 32.3 -5.3)
LCHlch(66.4 32.7 350.7)
OKLCHoklch(0.723 0.097 351.9)
XYZ (D65)xyz(44.27, 35.88, 43.62)
Decimal13995180
Display P3color(display-p3 0.835 0.549 0.675)
Web-safe#CC9999

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #d58cac;
background-color: #d58cac;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #d58cac;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#d58cac] bg-[#d58cac]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #d58cac;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.835, green: 0.549, blue: 0.675)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.835, green: 0.549, blue: 0.675, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#D58CAC</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFD58CAC)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFD58CAC)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(172, 140, 213)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(213, 140, 172)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(213, 140, 172)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 213, 140, 172)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.8353f, 0.5490f, 0.6745f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{213,140,172}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #d58cac 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #d58cac 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#5D223C, #EED3DF);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #d58cac 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: #FAF5F7;
  --brand-100: #F5EAEF;
  --brand-200: #EBD0DC;
  --brand-300: #E1ADC4;
  --brand-400: #d58cac;
  --brand-500: #C35B88;
  --brand-600: #B34173;
  --brand-700: #953760;
  --brand-800: #782C4D;
  --brand-900: #57233A;
  --brand-950: #371624;
  --brand: #d58cac;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF4F7;
  --brand-border: #E9C3D4;
  --brand-hover: #CB7299;
  --brand-pressed: #C25886;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #24141B;
    --brand-ink: #EED3DF;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FAF5F7',
        100: '#F5EAEF',
        200: '#EBD0DC',
        300: '#E1ADC4',
        400: '#d58cac',
        500: '#C35B88',
        600: '#B34173',
        700: '#953760',
        800: '#782C4D',
        900: '#57233A',
        950: '#371624',
        DEFAULT: '#d58cac',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FAF5F7,
  '100': #F5EAEF,
  '200': #EBD0DC,
  '300': #E1ADC4,
  '400': #d58cac,
  '500': #C35B88,
  '600': #B34173,
  '700': #953760,
  '800': #782C4D,
  '900': #57233A,
  '950': #371624,
);
$brand-base: #d58cac;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FAF5F7", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F5EAEF", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#EBD0DC", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#E1ADC4", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#d58cac", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#C35B88", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#B34173", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#953760", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#782C4D", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#57233A", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#371624", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #d58cac · 8.18:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 2.57:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 8.18:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #d58cac as text scores 2.57:1 on white and 8.18:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #5D223C at 4.65:1.

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
#BE4C7E · 4.64:1
AA on white−17% L
#BE4C7E
The quick fox
#92355E · 7.26:1
AAA on white−30% L
#92355E
The quick fox
#d58cac · 8.18:1
AA on blackalready passes
#d58cac
The quick fox
#d58cac · 8.18:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#d58cac

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #CE799E 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
#d58cac on white: 2.57:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#d58cac on black: 8.18:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #d58cac as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #d58cac.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White2.57:1AaAa
Slate 502.45:1AaAa
Slate 1002.34:1AaAa
Slate 2002.08:1AaAa
Slate 3001.73:1AaAa
Slate 4001.00:1AaAa
Slate 5001.85:1AaAa
Slate 6002.95:1AaAa
Slate 7004.03:1AaAa
Slate 8005.70:1AaAa
Slate 9006.95:1AaAa
Black8.18:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #939AAD
deuteranopia · #A5A6AA
tritanopia · #DF8A97

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. #d58cac 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.

#FAF5F7
#F5EAEF
#EBD0DC
#E1ADC4
#d58cac
#C35B88
#B34173
#953760
#782C4D
#57233A
#371624
Base = 400Lightest = 50 · #FAF5F7Darkest = 950 · #371624Text 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 0.024 351.9);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.039 351.9);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.058 351.9);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.076 351.9);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.089 351.9);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.097 351.9);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.097 351.9);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.091 351.9);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.082 351.9);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.068 351.9);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.053 351.9);
}

Colors that work with #d58cac

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#FAF4F7
Tinted page background
Border#E9C3D4
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B4B6E
Captions on the surface
Accent#339953
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#5D223C
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F8ECF2
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#24141B
Dark-mode background
Hover#CB7299
One step down in lightness
Pressed#C25886
Two steps down
Disabled#EDE4E8
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#E194B6
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 #d58cac

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 #5D223C
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #CE799E

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
  • 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#8CD5B5
Analogous left#D58CD0
Analogous right#D5908C
Split-complement 1#8CD590
Split-complement 2#8CD0D5
Triadic 1#ACD58C
Triadic 2#8CACD5
Tetradic#D0D58C
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°334°

#d58cac sits at 334°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red83.5%
Green54.9%
Blue67.5%
R · 0–255
213
0xd5
G · 0–255
140
0x8c
B · 0–255
172
0xac

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta34.3%
Yellow19.2%
Key (black)16.5%

Total ink coverage is 70%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#d58cac text on a black background

contrast 8.18:1

Card sample

#d58cac text on a white background

contrast 2.57:1

Card sample

#d58cac on grey

2.34:1

#d58cac on its own surface

2.37:1

#d58cac on its dark surface

6.87:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #d58cac;
Background color
Panel with #d58cac background
background-color: #d58cac;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #d58cac;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(213, 140, 172, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(213, 140, 172, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #d58cac;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #d58cac, #D59D8C);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #d58cac, #D5AF8C);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #d58cac;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #d58cac;
caret-color: #d58cac;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #d58cac;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F8ECF2;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #d58cac;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#d58cac 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #d58cac 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, 140, 172, 0.5)
rgb(213 140 172 / 50%)
#d58cac80
hsl(334 47% 69% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #d58cac 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#d58cac1a#FBF4F7
20%#d58cac33#F7E8EE
40%#d58cac66#EED1DE
60%#d58cac99#E6BACD
80%#d58caccc#DDA3BD

Gradients from #d58cac

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, #E5B9CC, #d58cac 45%, #5D223C);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #d58cac, #CD9176);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #d58cac, #8CD5B5);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #EECFDC 0%, #d58cac 45%, #5D223C 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAF4F7, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #E2B1E3 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #DDABA2 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #5D223C 0%, transparent 65%), #d58cac;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #d58cac

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.

#d58cac 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 8.18:1.

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.

#d58cac, answered

What color is #d58cac?

#d58cac is a light vivid magenta / pink, closest to Pale Violet Red (ΔE2000 7.7). It sits at 334° on the hue wheel with 47% saturation and 69% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #d58cac?

rgb(213, 140, 172) — 213 red, 140 green and 172 blue out of 255, or 83.5% / 54.9% / 67.5% by channel.

What is #d58cac in HSL and HSV?

hsl(334, 47%, 69%) and hsv(334, 34%, 84%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #d58cac a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.3588 and perceived brightness is 66%, so black text on it reaches 8.18:1.

Should I use black or white text on #d58cac?

Black. It scores 8.18:1 against #d58cac, versus 2.57:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #d58cac accessible on a white background?

#d58cac on white scores 2.57:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #BE4C7E to reach 4.5:1, or #92355E for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #d58cac?

#8CD5B5 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #8CD590 and #8CD0D5, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #d58cac?

For interface work: #FAF4F7 as the surface, #E9C3D4 for borders, #9B4B6E for secondary text, #339953 as an accent and #5D223C for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #D58CD0 and #D5908C stays calm, while #8CD5B5 is the loudest partner.

What is #d58cac in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 34%, 19%, 17%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #d58cac warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 31 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #D58C91; nudged cooler, #D78AC8.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #d58cac?

The pink family — its 500 step is #ec4899, ΔE2000 13.9 away. That is a visible difference, so define #d58cac as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #d58cac in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#d58cac] or text-[#d58cac], 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 #d58cac with 50% opacity?

rgba(213, 140, 172, 0.5), or #d58cac80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #EAC6D6; over black, #6B4656.

Is #d58cac a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CC9999, ΔE2000 10.8 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #d58cac 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 #d58cac?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #E5B9CC, #d58cac 45%, #5D223C). For more colour, a short hue run to #CD9176 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #d58cac in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #d58cac at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.