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magenta / pink · warm

#d7b0ba

a light, soft magenta / pink · warm · closest name: Thistle

Token name suggestion: Drift Fuchsia

RGB
215, 176, 186
HSL
345°, 33%, 77%
CMYK
0, 18, 14, 16
Luminance
0.4904

#d7b0ba is a light soft magenta / pink, 345° on the wheel and 27/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (10.81:1). As text it scores 1.94:1 on white — use #AC5B70 instead. Nearest name is Thistle, nearest Tailwind family is pink.

hsl(345 33% 77%)rgb(215 176 186)Base step 300AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #d7b0ba is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#d7b0ba
Hue
345°
magenta / pink
Saturation
33%
soft
Lightness
77%
light
Brightness
84%
HSV value
Perceived
74%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.4904
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
27/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
10.81:1
Closest name
Thistle
ΔE2000 7.6
Chroma
15.7
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.795
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
pink
500 · ΔE 23.9
Web-safe
#CC99CC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue345° of 360°
Saturation33%
Lightness77%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #d7b0ba.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool27% 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
Red29%
Green63%
Blue7%

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

Every format

HEX#d7b0ba
HEX (8-digit)#d7b0baff
RGBrgb(215, 176, 186)
RGBArgba(215, 176, 186, 1)
HSLhsl(345, 33%, 77%)
HSV / HSBhsv(345, 18%, 84%)
HWBhwb(345 69% 16%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 18%, 14%, 16%)
LABlab(75.5 15.7 0.3)
LCHlch(75.5 15.7 0.9)
OKLCHoklch(0.795 0.047 1.1)
XYZ (D65)xyz(52.41, 49.04, 53.15)
Decimal14135482
Display P3color(display-p3 0.843 0.690 0.729)
Web-safe#CC99CC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #d7b0ba;
background-color: #d7b0ba;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #d7b0ba;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#d7b0ba] bg-[#d7b0ba]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #d7b0ba;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.843, green: 0.690, blue: 0.729)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.843, green: 0.690, blue: 0.729, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#D7B0BA</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFD7B0BA)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFD7B0BA)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(186, 176, 215)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(215, 176, 186)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(215, 176, 186)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 215, 176, 186)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.8431f, 0.6902f, 0.7294f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{215,176,186}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #d7b0ba 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #d7b0ba 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#552B36, #EAD6DC);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #d7b0ba 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: #F9F5F6;
  --brand-100: #F4ECEE;
  --brand-200: #E7D4D9;
  --brand-300: #d7b0ba;
  --brand-400: #C68F9D;
  --brand-500: #B46A7D;
  --brand-600: #A35267;
  --brand-700: #874556;
  --brand-800: #6C3745;
  --brand-900: #502B34;
  --brand-950: #321B21;
  --brand: #d7b0ba;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF5F6;
  --brand-border: #E4C9D0;
  --brand-hover: #CB98A5;
  --brand-pressed: #BF8191;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #241418;
    --brand-ink: #EAD6DC;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F9F5F6',
        100: '#F4ECEE',
        200: '#E7D4D9',
        300: '#d7b0ba',
        400: '#C68F9D',
        500: '#B46A7D',
        600: '#A35267',
        700: '#874556',
        800: '#6C3745',
        900: '#502B34',
        950: '#321B21',
        DEFAULT: '#d7b0ba',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F9F5F6,
  '100': #F4ECEE,
  '200': #E7D4D9,
  '300': #d7b0ba,
  '400': #C68F9D,
  '500': #B46A7D,
  '600': #A35267,
  '700': #874556,
  '800': #6C3745,
  '900': #502B34,
  '950': #321B21,
);
$brand-base: #d7b0ba;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F9F5F6", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F4ECEE", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#E7D4D9", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#d7b0ba", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#C68F9D", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#B46A7D", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#A35267", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#874556", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#6C3745", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#502B34", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#321B21", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #d7b0ba · 10.81:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.94:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 10.81:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #d7b0ba as text scores 1.94:1 on white and 10.81:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #552B36 at 6.05:1.

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
#AC5B70 · 4.68:1
AA on white−25% L
#AC5B70
The quick fox
#864455 · 7.07:1
AAA on white−37% L
#864455
The quick fox
#d7b0ba · 10.81:1
AA on blackalready passes
#d7b0ba
The quick fox
#d7b0ba · 10.81:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#d7b0ba

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #C18494 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
#d7b0ba on white: 1.94:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#d7b0ba on black: 10.81:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #d7b0ba as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #d7b0ba.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.94:1AaAa
Slate 501.86:1AaAa
Slate 1001.77:1AaAa
Slate 2001.58:1AaAa
Slate 3001.31:1AaAa
Slate 4001.32:1AaAa
Slate 5002.45:1AaAa
Slate 6003.90:1AaAa
Slate 7005.33:1AaAa
Slate 8007.53:1AaAa
Slate 9009.19:1AaAa
Black10.81:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #B5B6BA
deuteranopia · #BDBCB9
tritanopia · #DEAEB3

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. #d7b0ba 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.

#F9F5F6
#F4ECEE
#E7D4D9
#d7b0ba
#C68F9D
#B46A7D
#A35267
#874556
#6C3745
#502B34
#321B21
Base = 300Lightest = 50 · #F9F5F6Darkest = 950 · #321B21Text 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 0.012 1.1);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.019 1.1);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.028 1.1);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.037 1.1);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.043 1.1);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.047 1.1);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.047 1.1);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.044 1.1);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.039 1.1);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.033 1.1);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.026 1.1);
}

Colors that work with #d7b0ba

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#FAF5F6
Tinted page background
Border#E4C9D0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#984D60
Captions on the surface
Accent#418B65
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#552B36
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F6EEF0
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#241418
Dark-mode background
Hover#CB98A5
One step down in lightness
Pressed#BF8191
Two steps down
Disabled#F7F3F4
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#E3B9C4
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 #d7b0ba

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Charts, tags and secondary surfaces
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • 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 #552B36
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #C18494

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.

The muted chroma softens the association — it reads considered rather than loud, which suits long-form and data-heavy screens. 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
  • Weight23/100
  • 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#B0D7CD
Analogous left#D7B0CE
Analogous right#D7BAB0
Split-complement 1#B0D7BA
Split-complement 2#B0CED7
Triadic 1#BAD7B0
Triadic 2#B0BAD7
Tetradic#CED7B0
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°345°

#d7b0ba sits at 345°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red84.3%
Green69.0%
Blue72.9%
R · 0–255
215
0xd7
G · 0–255
176
0xb0
B · 0–255
186
0xba

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta18.1%
Yellow13.5%
Key (black)15.7%

Total ink coverage is 47%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#d7b0ba text on a black background

contrast 10.81:1

Card sample

#d7b0ba text on a white background

contrast 1.94:1

Card sample

#d7b0ba on grey

1.77:1

#d7b0ba on its own surface

1.80:1

#d7b0ba on its dark surface

9.10:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #d7b0ba;
Background color
Panel with #d7b0ba background
background-color: #d7b0ba;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #d7b0ba;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(215, 176, 186, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(215, 176, 186, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #d7b0ba;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #d7b0ba, #D7C0B0);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #d7b0ba, #D7CAB0);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #d7b0ba;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #d7b0ba;
caret-color: #d7b0ba;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #d7b0ba;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F6EEF0;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #d7b0ba;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#d7b0ba 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #d7b0ba 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(215, 176, 186, 0.5)
rgb(215 176 186 / 50%)
#d7b0ba80
hsl(345 33% 77% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #d7b0ba 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#d7b0ba1a#FBF7F8
20%#d7b0ba33#F7EFF1
40%#d7b0ba66#EFDFE3
60%#d7b0ba99#E7D0D6
80%#d7b0bacc#DFC0C8

Gradients from #d7b0ba

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, #ECD9DE, #d7b0ba 45%, #552B36);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #d7b0ba, #CDB49C);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #d7b0ba, #B0D7CD);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F6EDEF 0%, #d7b0ba 45%, #552B36 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAF5F6, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #E8D2E5 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #E1CEC4 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #552B36 0%, transparent 65%), #d7b0ba;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #d7b0ba

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.

#d7b0ba 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 10.81:1.

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.

#d7b0ba, answered

What color is #d7b0ba?

#d7b0ba is a light soft magenta / pink, closest to Thistle (ΔE2000 7.6). It sits at 345° on the hue wheel with 33% saturation and 77% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #d7b0ba?

rgb(215, 176, 186) — 215 red, 176 green and 186 blue out of 255, or 84.3% / 69% / 72.9% by channel.

What is #d7b0ba in HSL and HSV?

hsl(345, 33%, 77%) and hsv(345, 18%, 84%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #d7b0ba a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.4904 and perceived brightness is 74%, so black text on it reaches 10.81:1.

Should I use black or white text on #d7b0ba?

Black. It scores 10.81:1 against #d7b0ba, versus 1.94:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #d7b0ba accessible on a white background?

#d7b0ba on white scores 1.94:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #AC5B70 to reach 4.5:1, or #864455 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #d7b0ba?

#B0D7CD sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #B0D7BA and #B0CED7, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #d7b0ba?

For interface work: #FAF5F6 as the surface, #E4C9D0 for borders, #984D60 for secondary text, #418B65 as an accent and #552B36 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #D7B0CE and #D7BAB0 stays calm, while #B0D7CD is the loudest partner.

What is #d7b0ba in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 18%, 14%, 16%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #d7b0ba warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 27 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #D7B4B0; nudged cooler, #D8AFC9.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #d7b0ba?

The pink family — its 500 step is #ec4899, ΔE2000 23.9 away. That is a visible difference, so define #d7b0ba as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #d7b0ba in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#d7b0ba] or text-[#d7b0ba], 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 #d7b0ba with 50% opacity?

rgba(215, 176, 186, 0.5), or #d7b0ba80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #EBD8DD; over black, #6C585D.

Is #d7b0ba a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CC99CC, ΔE2000 12.9 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #d7b0ba 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 moderate chroma the association is present but not shouted.

What gradient works with #d7b0ba?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #ECD9DE, #d7b0ba 45%, #552B36). For more colour, a short hue run to #CDB49C keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #d7b0ba in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #d7b0ba at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.