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#d886db

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

Token name suggestion: Meadow Ruby

RGB
216, 134, 219
HSL
298°, 54%, 69%
CMYK
1, 39, 0, 14
Luminance
0.3676

#d886db is a light vivid magenta / pink, 298° on the wheel and 51/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (8.35:1). As text it scores 2.51:1 on white — use #BD3AC1 instead. Nearest name is Violet, nearest Tailwind family is fuchsia.

hsl(298 54% 69%)rgb(216 134 219)Base step 400AAA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #d886db is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#d886db
Hue
298°
magenta / pink
Saturation
54%
vivid
Lightness
69%
light
Brightness
86%
HSV value
Perceived
68%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.3676
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
51/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
8.35:1
Closest name
Violet
ΔE2000 4.2
Chroma
53.9
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.734
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
fuchsia
500 · ΔE 12.7
Web-safe
#CC99CC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue298° of 360°
Saturation54%
Lightness69%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #d886db.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool51% 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%
Green46%
Blue14%

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

Every format

HEX#d886db
HEX (8-digit)#d886dbff
RGBrgb(216, 134, 219)
RGBArgba(216, 134, 219, 1)
HSLhsl(298, 54%, 69%)
HSV / HSBhsv(298, 39%, 86%)
HWBhwb(298 53% 14%)
CMYKcmyk(1%, 39%, 0%, 14%)
LABlab(67.1 44.4 -30.6)
LCHlch(67.1 53.9 325.5)
OKLCHoklch(0.734 0.148 325.7)
XYZ (D65)xyz(49.63, 36.77, 71.49)
Decimal14190299
Display P3color(display-p3 0.847 0.525 0.859)
Web-safe#CC99CC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #d886db;
background-color: #d886db;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #d886db;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#d886db] bg-[#d886db]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #d886db;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.847, green: 0.525, blue: 0.859)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.847, green: 0.525, blue: 0.859, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#D886DB</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFD886DB)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFD886DB)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(219, 134, 216)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(216, 134, 219)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(216, 134, 219)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 216, 134, 219)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.8471f, 0.5255f, 0.8588f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{216,134,219}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #d886db 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #d886db 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#601D62, #EDD3EE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #d886db 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: #FAF4FB;
  --brand-100: #F6E9F6;
  --brand-200: #EDCEEE;
  --brand-300: #E3A9E5;
  --brand-400: #d886db;
  --brand-500: #C752CC;
  --brand-600: #B838BD;
  --brand-700: #992F9D;
  --brand-800: #7B257E;
  --brand-900: #5A1F5C;
  --brand-950: #381339;
  --brand: #d886db;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF4FA;
  --brand-border: #EBC0EC;
  --brand-hover: #CF6AD3;
  --brand-pressed: #C64FCB;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #241424;
    --brand-ink: #EDD3EE;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FAF4FB',
        100: '#F6E9F6',
        200: '#EDCEEE',
        300: '#E3A9E5',
        400: '#d886db',
        500: '#C752CC',
        600: '#B838BD',
        700: '#992F9D',
        800: '#7B257E',
        900: '#5A1F5C',
        950: '#381339',
        DEFAULT: '#d886db',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FAF4FB,
  '100': #F6E9F6,
  '200': #EDCEEE,
  '300': #E3A9E5,
  '400': #d886db,
  '500': #C752CC,
  '600': #B838BD,
  '700': #992F9D,
  '800': #7B257E,
  '900': #5A1F5C,
  '950': #381339,
);
$brand-base: #d886db;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FAF4FB", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F6E9F6", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#EDCEEE", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#E3A9E5", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#d886db", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#C752CC", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#B838BD", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#992F9D", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#7B257E", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#5A1F5C", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#381339", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #d886db · 8.35:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 2.51:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 8.35:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #d886db as text scores 2.51:1 on white and 8.35:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #601D62 at 4.52:1.

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
#BD3AC1 · 4.63:1
AA on white−20% L
#BD3AC1
The quick fox
#8F2C92 · 7.13:1
AAA on white−32% L
#8F2C92
The quick fox
#d886db · 8.35:1
AA on blackalready passes
#d886db
The quick fox
#d886db · 8.35:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#d886db

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #D06ED4 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
#d886db on white: 2.51:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#d886db on black: 8.35:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #d886db as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #d886db.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White2.51:1AaAa
Slate 502.40:1AaAa
Slate 1002.29:1AaAa
Slate 2002.04:1AaAa
Slate 3001.69:1AaAa
Slate 4001.02:1AaAa
Slate 5001.89:1AaAa
Slate 6003.01:1AaAa
Slate 7004.12:1AaAa
Slate 8005.82:1AaAa
Slate 9007.10:1AaAa
Black8.35:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #7E9DDE
deuteranopia · #94A7D8
tritanopia · #DC8FA6

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. #d886db 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.

#FAF4FB
#F6E9F6
#EDCEEE
#E3A9E5
#d886db
#C752CC
#B838BD
#992F9D
#7B257E
#5A1F5C
#381339
Base = 400Lightest = 50 · #FAF4FBDarkest = 950 · #381339Text 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 0.037 325.7);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.059 325.7);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.089 325.7);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.115 325.7);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.136 325.7);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.148 325.7);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.148 325.7);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.139 325.7);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.124 325.7);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.104 325.7);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.081 325.7);
}

Colors that work with #d886db

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#EBC0EC
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#984B9B
Captions on the surface
Accent#4DA12B
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#601D62
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F9EBF9
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#241424
Dark-mode background
Hover#CF6AD3
One step down in lightness
Pressed#C64FCB
Two steps down
Disabled#EDE4ED
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#E38FE6
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 #d886db

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 #601D62
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #D06ED4

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
  • 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#89DB86
Analogous left#AD86DB
Analogous right#DB86B3
Split-complement 1#B3DB86
Split-complement 2#86DBAD
Triadic 1#DBD886
Triadic 2#86DBD8
Tetradic#DBAD86
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°298°

#d886db sits at 298°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red84.7%
Green52.5%
Blue85.9%
R · 0–255
216
0xd8
G · 0–255
134
0x86
B · 0–255
219
0xdb

CMYK percentages

Cyan1.4%
Magenta38.8%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)14.1%

Total ink coverage is 54%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#d886db text on a black background

contrast 8.35:1

Card sample

#d886db text on a white background

contrast 2.51:1

Card sample

#d886db on grey

2.29:1

#d886db on its own surface

2.32:1

#d886db on its dark surface

6.96:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #d886db;
Background color
Panel with #d886db background
background-color: #d886db;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #d886db;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(216, 134, 219, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(216, 134, 219, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #d886db;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #d886db, #DB86A5);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #d886db, #DB8690);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #d886db;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #d886db;
caret-color: #d886db;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #d886db;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F9EBF9;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #d886db;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#d886db 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #d886db 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(216, 134, 219, 0.5)
rgb(216 134 219 / 50%)
#d886db80
hsl(298 54% 69% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #d886db 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#d886db1a#FBF3FB
20%#d886db33#F7E7F8
40%#d886db66#EFCFF1
60%#d886db99#E8B6E9
80%#d886dbcc#E09EE2

Gradients from #d886db

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, #E7B5E9, #d886db 45%, #601D62);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #d886db, #D46E8B);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #d886db, #89DB86);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #EFCDF0 0%, #d886db 45%, #601D62 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%, #C3ADE7 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #E29EBC 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #601D62 0%, transparent 65%), #d886db;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #d886db

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.

#d886db 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 8.35:1.

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.

#d886db, answered

What color is #d886db?

#d886db is a light vivid magenta / pink, closest to Violet (ΔE2000 4.2). It sits at 298° on the hue wheel with 54% saturation and 69% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #d886db?

rgb(216, 134, 219) — 216 red, 134 green and 219 blue out of 255, or 84.7% / 52.5% / 85.9% by channel.

What is #d886db in HSL and HSV?

hsl(298, 54%, 69%) and hsv(298, 39%, 86%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #d886db a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.3676 and perceived brightness is 68%, so black text on it reaches 8.35:1.

Should I use black or white text on #d886db?

Black. It scores 8.35:1 against #d886db, versus 2.51:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #d886db accessible on a white background?

#d886db on white scores 2.51:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #BD3AC1 to reach 4.5:1, or #8F2C92 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #d886db?

#89DB86 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #B3DB86 and #86DBAD, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #d886db?

For interface work: #FAF4FA as the surface, #EBC0EC for borders, #984B9B for secondary text, #4DA12B as an accent and #601D62 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #AD86DB and #DB86B3 stays calm, while #89DB86 is the loudest partner.

What is #d886db in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(1%, 39%, 0%, 14%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #d886db warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 51 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #DB86BF; nudged cooler, #B984DD.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #d886db?

The fuchsia family — its 500 step is #d946ef, ΔE2000 12.7 away. That is a visible difference, so define #d886db as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #d886db in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#d886db] or text-[#d886db], 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 #d886db with 50% opacity?

rgba(216, 134, 219, 0.5), or #d886db80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #ECC3ED; over black, #6C436E.

Is #d886db a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CC99CC, ΔE2000 7.2 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #d886db 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 #d886db?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #E7B5E9, #d886db 45%, #601D62). For more colour, a short hue run to #D46E8B keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #d886db in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #d886db at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.