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magenta / pink · neutral

#da02af

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

Token name suggestion: Slate Ruby

RGB
218, 2, 175
HSL
312°, 98%, 43%
CMYK
0, 99, 20, 15
Luminance
0.1804

#da02af is a dark electric magenta / pink, 312° on the wheel and 43/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (4.61:1). As text it scores 4.56:1 on white — safe at any size. Nearest name is Medium Violet Red, nearest Tailwind family is pink.

hsl(312 98% 43%)rgb(218 2 175)Base step 700AA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #da02af is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#da02af
Hue
312°
magenta / pink
Saturation
98%
electric
Lightness
43%
dark
Brightness
85%
HSV value
Perceived
52%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.1804
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
43/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
4.61:1
Closest name
Medium Violet Red
ΔE2000 7.6
Chroma
87.8
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.600
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
pink
500 · ΔE 11.1
Web-safe
#CC0099
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue312° of 360°
Saturation98%
Lightness43%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #da02af.

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
Red83%
Green0%
Blue17%

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

Every format

HEX#da02af
HEX (8-digit)#da02afff
RGBrgb(218, 2, 175)
RGBArgba(218, 2, 175, 1)
HSLhsl(312, 98%, 43%)
HSV / HSBhsv(312, 99%, 85%)
HWBhwb(312 1% 15%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 99%, 20%, 15%)
LABlab(49.5 81.5 -32.7)
LCHlch(49.5 87.8 338.1)
OKLCHoklch(0.600 0.260 340.1)
XYZ (D65)xyz(36.67, 18.05, 42.10)
Decimal14287535
Display P3color(display-p3 0.855 0.008 0.686)
Web-safe#CC0099

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #da02af;
background-color: #da02af;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #da02af;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#da02af] bg-[#da02af]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #da02af;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.855, green: 0.008, blue: 0.686)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.855, green: 0.008, blue: 0.686, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#DA02AF</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFDA02AF)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFDA02AF)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(175, 2, 218)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(218, 2, 175)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(218, 2, 175)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 218, 2, 175)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.8549f, 0.0078f, 0.6863f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{218,2,175}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #da02af 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #da02af 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#7E0166, #EED3E9);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #da02af 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: #FDF1FB;
  --brand-100: #FCE3F7;
  --brand-200: #FBC1EF;
  --brand-300: #FE90E8;
  --brand-400: #FD58DD;
  --brand-500: #FD21D1;
  --brand-600: #F302C3;
  --brand-700: #da02af;
  --brand-800: #A20182;
  --brand-900: #74065F;
  --brand-950: #49043B;
  --brand: #da02af;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF4F9;
  --brand-border: #EDC0E4;
  --brand-hover: #B60293;
  --brand-pressed: #930176;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #241421;
    --brand-ink: #EED3E9;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FDF1FB',
        100: '#FCE3F7',
        200: '#FBC1EF',
        300: '#FE90E8',
        400: '#FD58DD',
        500: '#FD21D1',
        600: '#F302C3',
        700: '#da02af',
        800: '#A20182',
        900: '#74065F',
        950: '#49043B',
        DEFAULT: '#da02af',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FDF1FB,
  '100': #FCE3F7,
  '200': #FBC1EF,
  '300': #FE90E8,
  '400': #FD58DD,
  '500': #FD21D1,
  '600': #F302C3,
  '700': #da02af,
  '800': #A20182,
  '900': #74065F,
  '950': #49043B,
);
$brand-base: #da02af;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FDF1FB", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#FCE3F7", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#FBC1EF", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#FE90E8", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#FD58DD", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#FD21D1", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#F302C3", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#da02af", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#A20182", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#74065F", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#49043B", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #da02af · 4.61:1
Use #000000AA at every size, AAA for large text only.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 4.56:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 4.61:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #da02af as text scores 4.56:1 on white and 4.61:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #7E0166 at 2.21:1.

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
#da02af · 4.56:1
AA on whitealready passes
#da02af
The quick fox
#A70286 · 7.01:1
AAA on white−10% L
#A70286
The quick fox
#da02af · 4.61:1
AA on blackalready passes
#da02af
The quick fox
#FD45D9 · 7.03:1
AAA on black+20% L
#FD45D9

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #DA02AF 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
#da02af on white: 4.56:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#da02af on black: 4.61:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #da02af as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #da02af.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White4.56:1AaAa
Slate 504.35:1AaAa
Slate 1004.16:1AaAa
Slate 2003.70:1AaAa
Slate 3003.07:1AaAa
Slate 4001.78:1AaAa
Slate 5001.04:1AaAa
Slate 6001.66:1AaAa
Slate 7002.27:1AaAa
Slate 8003.21:1AaAa
Slate 9003.92:1AaAa
Black4.61:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #2662B3
deuteranopia · #6F80AB
tritanopia · #E81866

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. #da02af is pinned to step 700; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#FDF1FB
#FCE3F7
#FBC1EF
#FE90E8
#FD58DD
#FD21D1
#F302C3
#da02af
#A20182
#74065F
#49043B
Base = 700Lightest = 50 · #FDF1FBDarkest = 950 · #49043BText step on white = 700
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 0.065 340.1);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.104 340.1);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.156 340.1);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.203 340.1);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.239 340.1);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.260 340.1);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.260 340.1);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.244 340.1);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.218 340.1);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.182 340.1);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.143 340.1);
}

Colors that work with #da02af

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#EDC0E4
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B4B8B
Captions on the surface
Accent#0ACC00
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#7E0166
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FFE6FA
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#241421
Dark-mode background
Hover#B60293
One step down in lightness
Pressed#930176
Two steps down
Disabled#BA92B2
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#F000C1
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 #da02af

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
  • Headers, footers and dark-mode surfaces
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • Black text placed on it
  • 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 low lightness adds weight and formality.

Worth knowing

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

Reads as
  • FormalityHigh
  • EnergyHigh
  • Weight57/100
  • 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#02DA2D
Analogous left#9902DA
Analogous right#DA0243
Split-complement 1#43DA02
Split-complement 2#02DA99
Triadic 1#AFDA02
Triadic 2#02AFDA
Tetradic#DA9902
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°312°

#da02af sits at 312°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red85.5%
Green0.8%
Blue68.6%
R · 0–255
218
0xda
G · 0–255
2
0x02
B · 0–255
175
0xaf

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta99.1%
Yellow19.7%
Key (black)14.5%

Total ink coverage is 133%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#da02af text on a black background

contrast 4.61:1

Card sample

#da02af text on a white background

contrast 4.56:1

Card sample

#da02af on grey

4.16:1

#da02af on its own surface

4.20:1

#da02af on its dark surface

3.85:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #da02af;
Background color
Panel with #da02af background
background-color: #da02af;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #da02af;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(218, 2, 175, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(218, 2, 175, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #da02af;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #da02af, #DA021F);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #da02af, #DA1B02);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #da02af;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #da02af;
caret-color: #da02af;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #da02af;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FFE6FA;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #da02af;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#da02af 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #da02af 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(218, 2, 175, 0.5)
rgb(218 2 175 / 50%)
#da02af80
hsl(312 98% 43% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #da02af 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#da02af1a#FBE6F7
20%#da02af33#F8CCEF
40%#da02af66#F09ADF
60%#da02af99#E967CF
80%#da02afcc#E135BF

Gradients from #da02af

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, #FD1CD0, #da02af 45%, #7E0166);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #da02af, #BC020B);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #da02af, #02DA2D);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #FD3AD7 0%, #da02af 45%, #7E0166 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%, #A212FD 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #F80238 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #7E0166 0%, transparent 65%), #da02af;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #da02af

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.

#da02af 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 4.61:1.

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.

#da02af, answered

What color is #da02af?

#da02af is a dark electric magenta / pink, closest to Medium Violet Red (ΔE2000 7.6). It sits at 312° on the hue wheel with 98% saturation and 43% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #da02af?

rgb(218, 2, 175) — 218 red, 2 green and 175 blue out of 255, or 85.5% / 0.8% / 68.6% by channel.

What is #da02af in HSL and HSV?

hsl(312, 98%, 43%) and hsv(312, 99%, 85%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #da02af a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.1804 and perceived brightness is 52%, so black text on it reaches 4.61:1.

Should I use black or white text on #da02af?

Black. It scores 4.61:1 against #da02af, versus 4.56:1 for white — AA at any size.

Is #da02af accessible on a white background?

#da02af on white scores 4.56:1, which clears AA at every size but not AAA.

What is the complementary color of #da02af?

#02DA2D sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #43DA02 and #02DA99, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #da02af?

For interface work: #FAF4F9 as the surface, #EDC0E4 for borders, #9B4B8B for secondary text, #0ACC00 as an accent and #7E0166 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #9902DA and #DA0243 stays calm, while #02DA2D is the loudest partner.

What is #da02af in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 99%, 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 #da02af 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 #DA0260; nudged cooler, #B700DC.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #da02af?

The pink family — its 500 step is #ec4899, ΔE2000 11.1 away. That is a visible difference, so define #da02af as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #da02af in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#da02af] or text-[#da02af], 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 #da02af with 50% opacity?

rgba(218, 2, 175, 0.5), or #da02af80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #ED81D7; over black, #6D0158.

Is #da02af a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CC0099, ΔE2000 4.3 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #da02af 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 #da02af?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #FD1CD0, #da02af 45%, #7E0166). For more colour, a short hue run to #BC020B keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #da02af in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #da02af at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.