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magenta / pink · neutral

#d910ad

a balanced, electric magenta / pink · neutral · closest name: Medium Violet Red

Token name suggestion: Studio Fuchsia

RGB
217, 16, 173
HSL
313°, 86%, 46%
CMYK
0, 93, 20, 15
Luminance
0.1814

#d910ad is a balanced electric magenta / pink, 313° on the wheel and 43/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (4.63:1). As text it scores 4.54:1 on white — safe at any size. Nearest name is Medium Violet Red, nearest Tailwind family is pink.

hsl(313 86% 46%)rgb(217 16 173)Base step 600AA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #d910ad is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#d910ad
Hue
313°
magenta / pink
Saturation
86%
electric
Lightness
46%
balanced
Brightness
85%
HSV value
Perceived
52%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.1814
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
43/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
4.63:1
Closest name
Medium Violet Red
ΔE2000 7.3
Chroma
85.8
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.600
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
pink
500 · ΔE 10.7
Web-safe
#CC0099
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue313° of 360°
Saturation86%
Lightness46%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #d910ad.

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
Red81%
Green2%
Blue17%

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

Every format

HEX#d910ad
HEX (8-digit)#d910adff
RGBrgb(217, 16, 173)
RGBArgba(217, 16, 173, 1)
HSLhsl(313, 86%, 46%)
HSV / HSBhsv(313, 93%, 85%)
HWBhwb(313 6% 15%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 93%, 20%, 15%)
LABlab(49.7 79.9 -31.3)
LCHlch(49.7 85.8 338.6)
OKLCHoklch(0.600 0.254 340.5)
XYZ (D65)xyz(36.34, 18.14, 41.12)
Decimal14225581
Display P3color(display-p3 0.851 0.063 0.678)
Web-safe#CC0099

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #d910ad;
background-color: #d910ad;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #d910ad;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#d910ad] bg-[#d910ad]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #d910ad;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.851, green: 0.063, blue: 0.678)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.851, green: 0.063, blue: 0.678, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#D910AD</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFD910AD)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFD910AD)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(173, 16, 217)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(217, 16, 173)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(217, 16, 173)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 217, 16, 173)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.8510f, 0.0627f, 0.6784f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{217,16,173}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #d910ad 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #d910ad 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#77095F, #EED3E8);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #d910ad 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: #FDF2FA;
  --brand-100: #FAE5F6;
  --brand-200: #F7C5EC;
  --brand-300: #F796E2;
  --brand-400: #F362D4;
  --brand-500: #F02EC5;
  --brand-600: #d910ad;
  --brand-700: #BE0E98;
  --brand-800: #980B79;
  --brand-900: #6E0D59;
  --brand-950: #450837;
  --brand: #d910ad;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF4F9;
  --brand-border: #EDC0E3;
  --brand-hover: #B80E93;
  --brand-pressed: #970B78;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #241421;
    --brand-ink: #EED3E8;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FDF2FA',
        100: '#FAE5F6',
        200: '#F7C5EC',
        300: '#F796E2',
        400: '#F362D4',
        500: '#F02EC5',
        600: '#d910ad',
        700: '#BE0E98',
        800: '#980B79',
        900: '#6E0D59',
        950: '#450837',
        DEFAULT: '#d910ad',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FDF2FA,
  '100': #FAE5F6,
  '200': #F7C5EC,
  '300': #F796E2,
  '400': #F362D4,
  '500': #F02EC5,
  '600': #d910ad,
  '700': #BE0E98,
  '800': #980B79,
  '900': #6E0D59,
  '950': #450837,
);
$brand-base: #d910ad;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FDF2FA", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#FAE5F6", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#F7C5EC", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#F796E2", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#F362D4", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#F02EC5", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#d910ad", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#BE0E98", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#980B79", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#6E0D59", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#450837", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #d910ad · 4.63:1
Use #000000AA at every size, AAA for large text only.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 4.54:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 4.63:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #d910ad as text scores 4.54:1 on white and 4.63:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #77095F at 2.33:1.

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
#d910ad · 4.54:1
AA on whitealready passes
#d910ad
The quick fox
#A50C84 · 7.03:1
AAA on white−11% L
#A50C84
The quick fox
#d910ad · 4.63:1
AA on blackalready passes
#d910ad
The quick fox
#F357D1 · 7.09:1
AAA on black+19% L
#F357D1

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #D910AD 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
#d910ad on white: 4.54:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#d910ad on black: 4.63:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #d910ad as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #d910ad.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White4.54:1AaAa
Slate 504.34:1AaAa
Slate 1004.14:1AaAa
Slate 2003.68:1AaAa
Slate 3003.06:1AaAa
Slate 4001.77:1AaAa
Slate 5001.05:1AaAa
Slate 6001.67:1AaAa
Slate 7002.28:1AaAa
Slate 8003.22:1AaAa
Slate 9003.93:1AaAa
Black4.63:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #2C63B0
deuteranopia · #7180A9
tritanopia · #E71D66

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. #d910ad is pinned to step 600; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#FDF2FA
#FAE5F6
#F7C5EC
#F796E2
#F362D4
#F02EC5
#d910ad
#BE0E98
#980B79
#6E0D59
#450837
Base = 600Lightest = 50 · #FDF2FADarkest = 950 · #450837Text 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 0.064 340.5);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.102 340.5);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.153 340.5);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.198 340.5);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.234 340.5);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.254 340.5);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.254 340.5);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.239 340.5);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.214 340.5);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.178 340.5);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.140 340.5);
}

Colors that work with #d910ad

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#FAF4F9
Tinted page background
Border#EDC0E3
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B4B89
Captions on the surface
Accent#10C20A
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#77095F
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FDE7F8
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#241421
Dark-mode background
Hover#B80E93
One step down in lightness
Pressed#970B78
Two steps down
Disabled#BF9BB7
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#F905C3
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 #d910ad

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

Works well for
  • Body text and links on white
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
  • Chart series and data categories
Use with care
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Any size
Safe as a fill behind white type
Yes
Safe as a 1px border on white
Yes

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.

At this chroma the association is amplified — it will dominate anything placed beside it, so give it space and use it sparingly. The mid lightness keeps it versatile in both themes.

Worth knowing

Strong gendered associations in some markets — test it with the audience you actually have.

Reads as
  • FormalityLow
  • EnergyHigh
  • Weight54/100
  • 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#10D93C
Analogous left#A010D9
Analogous right#D91049
Split-complement 1#49D910
Split-complement 2#10D9A0
Triadic 1#ADD910
Triadic 2#10ADD9
Tetradic#D9A010
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°313°

#d910ad sits at 313°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red85.1%
Green6.3%
Blue67.8%
R · 0–255
217
0xd9
G · 0–255
16
0x10
B · 0–255
173
0xad

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta92.6%
Yellow20.3%
Key (black)14.9%

Total ink coverage is 128%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#d910ad text on a black background

contrast 4.63:1

Card sample

#d910ad text on a white background

contrast 4.54:1

Card sample

#d910ad on grey

4.14:1

#d910ad on its own surface

4.19:1

#d910ad on its dark surface

3.87:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #d910ad;
Background color
Panel with #d910ad background
background-color: #d910ad;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #d910ad;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(217, 16, 173, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(217, 16, 173, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #d910ad;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #d910ad, #D91027);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #d910ad, #D92B10);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #d910ad;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #d910ad;
caret-color: #d910ad;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #d910ad;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FDE7F8;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #d910ad;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#d910ad 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #d910ad 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(217, 16, 173, 0.5)
rgb(217 16 173 / 50%)
#d910ad80
hsl(313 86% 46% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #d910ad 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#d910ad1a#FBE7F7
20%#d910ad33#F7CFEF
40%#d910ad66#F09FDE
60%#d910ad99#E870CE
80%#d910adcc#E140BD

Gradients from #d910ad

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, #F036C8, #d910ad 45%, #77095F);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #d910ad, #BD0E13);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #d910ad, #10D93C);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F253CF 0%, #d910ad 45%, #77095F 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAF4F9, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #A82DF0 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #EE1A44 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #77095F 0%, transparent 65%), #d910ad;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #d910ad

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.

#d910ad 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
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Sits outside most CMYK gamuts — expect a duller press result, or specify a spot ink.

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 4.63:1.

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.

#d910ad, answered

What color is #d910ad?

#d910ad is a balanced electric magenta / pink, closest to Medium Violet Red (ΔE2000 7.3). It sits at 313° on the hue wheel with 86% saturation and 46% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #d910ad?

rgb(217, 16, 173) — 217 red, 16 green and 173 blue out of 255, or 85.1% / 6.3% / 67.8% by channel.

What is #d910ad in HSL and HSV?

hsl(313, 86%, 46%) and hsv(313, 93%, 85%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #d910ad a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.1814 and perceived brightness is 52%, so black text on it reaches 4.63:1.

Should I use black or white text on #d910ad?

Black. It scores 4.63:1 against #d910ad, versus 4.54:1 for white — AA at any size.

Is #d910ad accessible on a white background?

#d910ad on white scores 4.54:1, which clears AA at every size but not AAA.

What is the complementary color of #d910ad?

#10D93C sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #49D910 and #10D9A0, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #d910ad?

For interface work: #FAF4F9 as the surface, #EDC0E3 for borders, #9B4B89 for secondary text, #10C20A as an accent and #77095F for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #A010D9 and #D91049 stays calm, while #10D93C is the loudest partner.

What is #d910ad in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 93%, 20%, 15%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — a color this saturated sits outside most CMYK gamuts and will print duller than it looks here.

Is #d910ad 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 #D91063; nudged cooler, #BD0EDB.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #d910ad?

The pink family — its 500 step is #ec4899, ΔE2000 10.7 away. That is a visible difference, so define #d910ad as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #d910ad in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#d910ad] or text-[#d910ad], 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 #d910ad with 50% opacity?

rgba(217, 16, 173, 0.5), or #d910ad80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #EC88D6; over black, #6D0857.

Is #d910ad a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CC0099, ΔE2000 4.2 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #d910ad 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 #d910ad?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #F036C8, #d910ad 45%, #77095F). For more colour, a short hue run to #BD0E13 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #d910ad in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #d910ad at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.