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magenta / pink · neutral

#d7b2ce

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

Token name suggestion: Drift Ruby

RGB
215, 178, 206
HSL
315°, 32%, 77%
CMYK
0, 17, 4, 16
Luminance
0.5074

#d7b2ce is a light soft magenta / pink, 315° on the wheel and 43/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (11.15:1). As text it scores 1.88:1 on white — use #AA5B97 instead. Nearest name is Thistle, nearest Tailwind family is pink.

hsl(315 32% 77%)rgb(215 178 206)Base step 300AAA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #d7b2ce is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#d7b2ce
Hue
315°
magenta / pink
Saturation
32%
soft
Lightness
77%
light
Brightness
84%
HSV value
Perceived
76%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.5074
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
43/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
11.15:1
Closest name
Thistle
ΔE2000 4.3
Chroma
20.2
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.805
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
pink
500 · ΔE 23.7
Web-safe
#CC99CC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue315° of 360°
Saturation32%
Lightness77%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #d7b2ce.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool43% 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
Red28%
Green63%
Blue9%

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

Every format

HEX#d7b2ce
HEX (8-digit)#d7b2ceff
RGBrgb(215, 178, 206)
RGBArgba(215, 178, 206, 1)
HSLhsl(315, 32%, 77%)
HSV / HSBhsv(315, 17%, 84%)
HWBhwb(315 70% 16%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 17%, 4%, 16%)
LABlab(76.5 18.1 -9.1)
LCHlch(76.5 20.2 333.2)
OKLCHoklch(0.805 0.057 334.7)
XYZ (D65)xyz(55.08, 50.75, 65.27)
Decimal14136014
Display P3color(display-p3 0.843 0.698 0.808)
Web-safe#CC99CC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #d7b2ce;
background-color: #d7b2ce;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #d7b2ce;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#d7b2ce] bg-[#d7b2ce]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #d7b2ce;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.843, green: 0.698, blue: 0.808)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.843, green: 0.698, blue: 0.808, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#D7B2CE</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFD7B2CE)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFD7B2CE)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(206, 178, 215)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(215, 178, 206)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(215, 178, 206)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 215, 178, 206)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.8431f, 0.6980f, 0.8078f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{215,178,206}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #d7b2ce 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #d7b2ce 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#542C4A, #EAD7E5);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #d7b2ce 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: #F9F5F8;
  --brand-100: #F3ECF2;
  --brand-200: #E7D5E3;
  --brand-300: #d7b2ce;
  --brand-400: #C590B9;
  --brand-500: #B26BA1;
  --brand-600: #A1548E;
  --brand-700: #864677;
  --brand-800: #6B385F;
  --brand-900: #4F2B46;
  --brand-950: #311B2C;
  --brand: #d7b2ce;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF5F9;
  --brand-border: #E3C9DD;
  --brand-hover: #CB9BBF;
  --brand-pressed: #BF83B0;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #241420;
    --brand-ink: #EAD7E5;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F9F5F8',
        100: '#F3ECF2',
        200: '#E7D5E3',
        300: '#d7b2ce',
        400: '#C590B9',
        500: '#B26BA1',
        600: '#A1548E',
        700: '#864677',
        800: '#6B385F',
        900: '#4F2B46',
        950: '#311B2C',
        DEFAULT: '#d7b2ce',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F9F5F8,
  '100': #F3ECF2,
  '200': #E7D5E3,
  '300': #d7b2ce,
  '400': #C590B9,
  '500': #B26BA1,
  '600': #A1548E,
  '700': #864677,
  '800': #6B385F,
  '900': #4F2B46,
  '950': #311B2C,
);
$brand-base: #d7b2ce;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F9F5F8", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F3ECF2", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#E7D5E3", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#d7b2ce", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#C590B9", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#B26BA1", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#A1548E", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#864677", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#6B385F", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#4F2B46", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#311B2C", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #d7b2ce · 11.15:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.88:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 11.15:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #d7b2ce as text scores 1.88:1 on white and 11.15:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #542C4A at 6.07:1.

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
#AA5B97 · 4.51:1
AA on white−26% L
#AA5B97
The quick fox
#804271 · 7.15:1
AAA on white−39% L
#804271
The quick fox
#d7b2ce · 11.15:1
AA on blackalready passes
#d7b2ce
The quick fox
#d7b2ce · 11.15:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#d7b2ce

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #BD80AE 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
#d7b2ce on white: 1.88:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#d7b2ce on black: 11.15:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #d7b2ce as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #d7b2ce.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.88:1AaAa
Slate 501.80:1AaAa
Slate 1001.72:1AaAa
Slate 2001.53:1AaAa
Slate 3001.27:1AaAa
Slate 4001.36:1AaAa
Slate 5002.53:1AaAa
Slate 6004.02:1AaAa
Slate 7005.50:1AaAa
Slate 8007.77:1AaAa
Slate 9009.48:1AaAa
Black11.15:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #B2BACF
deuteranopia · #BABFCD
tritanopia · #DBB3BB

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. #d7b2ce 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.

#F9F5F8
#F3ECF2
#E7D5E3
#d7b2ce
#C590B9
#B26BA1
#A1548E
#864677
#6B385F
#4F2B46
#311B2C
Base = 300Lightest = 50 · #F9F5F8Darkest = 950 · #311B2CText 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 0.014 334.7);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.023 334.7);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.034 334.7);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.044 334.7);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.052 334.7);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.057 334.7);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.057 334.7);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.053 334.7);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.048 334.7);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.040 334.7);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.031 334.7);
}

Colors that work with #d7b2ce

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#FAF5F9
Tinted page background
Border#E3C9DD
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#974E85
Captions on the surface
Accent#428A42
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#542C4A
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F6EEF4
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#241420
Dark-mode background
Hover#CB9BBF
One step down in lightness
Pressed#BF83B0
Two steps down
Disabled#F7F3F6
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#E3BBD9
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 #d7b2ce

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 #542C4A
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #BD80AE

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
  • TemperatureNeutral
  • 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#B2D7BB
Analogous left#CEB2D7
Analogous right#D7B2BC
Split-complement 1#BCD7B2
Split-complement 2#B2D7CE
Triadic 1#CED7B2
Triadic 2#B2CED7
Tetradic#D7CEB2
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°315°

#d7b2ce sits at 315°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red84.3%
Green69.8%
Blue80.8%
R · 0–255
215
0xd7
G · 0–255
178
0xb2
B · 0–255
206
0xce

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta17.2%
Yellow4.2%
Key (black)15.7%

Total ink coverage is 37%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#d7b2ce text on a black background

contrast 11.15:1

Card sample

#d7b2ce text on a white background

contrast 1.88:1

Card sample

#d7b2ce on grey

1.72:1

#d7b2ce on its own surface

1.75:1

#d7b2ce on its dark surface

9.32:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #d7b2ce;
Background color
Panel with #d7b2ce background
background-color: #d7b2ce;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #d7b2ce;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(215, 178, 206, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(215, 178, 206, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #d7b2ce;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #d7b2ce, #D7B2B5);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #d7b2ce, #D7B8B2);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #d7b2ce;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #d7b2ce;
caret-color: #d7b2ce;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #d7b2ce;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F6EEF4;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #d7b2ce;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#d7b2ce 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #d7b2ce 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, 178, 206, 0.5)
rgb(215 178 206 / 50%)
#d7b2ce80
hsl(315 32% 77% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #d7b2ce 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#d7b2ce1a#FBF7FA
20%#d7b2ce33#F7F0F5
40%#d7b2ce66#EFE0EB
60%#d7b2ce99#E7D1E2
80%#d7b2cecc#DFC1D8

Gradients from #d7b2ce

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, #ECDAE8, #d7b2ce 45%, #542C4A);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #d7b2ce, #CD9E9E);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #d7b2ce, #B2D7BB);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F6EFF5 0%, #d7b2ce 45%, #542C4A 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAF5F9, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #E1D4E8 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #E2C6CB 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #542C4A 0%, transparent 65%), #d7b2ce;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #d7b2ce

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.

#d7b2ce 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 11.15:1.

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.

#d7b2ce, answered

What color is #d7b2ce?

#d7b2ce is a light soft magenta / pink, closest to Thistle (ΔE2000 4.3). It sits at 315° on the hue wheel with 32% saturation and 77% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #d7b2ce?

rgb(215, 178, 206) — 215 red, 178 green and 206 blue out of 255, or 84.3% / 69.8% / 80.8% by channel.

What is #d7b2ce in HSL and HSV?

hsl(315, 32%, 77%) and hsv(315, 17%, 84%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #d7b2ce a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.5074 and perceived brightness is 76%, so black text on it reaches 11.15:1.

Should I use black or white text on #d7b2ce?

Black. It scores 11.15:1 against #d7b2ce, versus 1.88:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #d7b2ce accessible on a white background?

#d7b2ce on white scores 1.88:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #AA5B97 to reach 4.5:1, or #804271 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #d7b2ce?

#B2D7BB sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #BCD7B2 and #B2D7CE, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #d7b2ce?

For interface work: #FAF5F9 as the surface, #E3C9DD for borders, #974E85 for secondary text, #428A42 as an accent and #542C4A for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #CEB2D7 and #D7B2BC stays calm, while #B2D7BB is the loudest partner.

What is #d7b2ce in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 17%, 4%, 16%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #d7b2ce warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 43 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #D7B2C1; nudged cooler, #D3B1D8.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #d7b2ce?

The pink family — its 500 step is #ec4899, ΔE2000 23.7 away. That is a visible difference, so define #d7b2ce as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #d7b2ce in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#d7b2ce] or text-[#d7b2ce], 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 #d7b2ce with 50% opacity?

rgba(215, 178, 206, 0.5), or #d7b2ce80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #EBD9E7; over black, #6C5967.

Is #d7b2ce a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CC99CC, ΔE2000 8.3 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #d7b2ce 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 #d7b2ce?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #ECDAE8, #d7b2ce 45%, #542C4A). For more colour, a short hue run to #CD9E9E keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #d7b2ce in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #d7b2ce at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.