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magenta / pink · neutral

#da73c3

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

Token name suggestion: Meadow Peony

RGB
218, 115, 195
HSL
313°, 58%, 65%
CMYK
0, 47, 11, 15
Luminance
0.3111

#da73c3 is a light vivid magenta / pink, 313° on the wheel and 43/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (7.22:1). As text it scores 2.91:1 on white — use #CA37A9 instead. Nearest name is Orchid, nearest Tailwind family is pink.

hsl(313 58% 65%)rgb(218 115 195)Base step 400AAA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #da73c3 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#da73c3
Hue
313°
magenta / pink
Saturation
58%
vivid
Lightness
65%
light
Brightness
85%
HSV value
Perceived
64%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.3111
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
43/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
7.22:1
Closest name
Orchid
ΔE2000 4
Chroma
56.0
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.698
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
pink
500 · ΔE 10.5
Web-safe
#CC66CC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue313° of 360°
Saturation58%
Lightness65%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #da73c3.

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
Red48%
Green39%
Blue13%

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

Every format

HEX#da73c3
HEX (8-digit)#da73c3ff
RGBrgb(218, 115, 195)
RGBArgba(218, 115, 195, 1)
HSLhsl(313, 58%, 65%)
HSV / HSBhsv(313, 47%, 85%)
HWBhwb(313 45% 15%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 47%, 11%, 15%)
LABlab(62.6 50.6 -24.0)
LCHlch(62.6 56.0 334.6)
OKLCHoklch(0.698 0.160 336.2)
XYZ (D65)xyz(44.89, 31.11, 55.26)
Decimal14316483
Display P3color(display-p3 0.855 0.451 0.765)
Web-safe#CC66CC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #da73c3;
background-color: #da73c3;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #da73c3;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#da73c3] bg-[#da73c3]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #da73c3;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.855, green: 0.451, blue: 0.765)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.855, green: 0.451, blue: 0.765, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#DA73C3</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFDA73C3)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFDA73C3)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(195, 115, 218)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(218, 115, 195)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(218, 115, 195)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 218, 115, 195)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.8549f, 0.4510f, 0.7647f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{218,115,195}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #da73c3 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #da73c3 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#651B54, #EED3E8);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #da73c3 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: #FBF4F9;
  --brand-100: #F7E9F4;
  --brand-200: #EFCDE7;
  --brand-300: #E8A6D9;
  --brand-400: #da73c3;
  --brand-500: #D04DB3;
  --brand-600: #C233A2;
  --brand-700: #A12B87;
  --brand-800: #81226C;
  --brand-900: #5E1C4F;
  --brand-950: #3B1232;
  --brand: #da73c3;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF4F9;
  --brand-border: #EDC0E3;
  --brand-hover: #D357B7;
  --brand-pressed: #CB3BAB;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #241421;
    --brand-ink: #EED3E8;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FBF4F9',
        100: '#F7E9F4',
        200: '#EFCDE7',
        300: '#E8A6D9',
        400: '#da73c3',
        500: '#D04DB3',
        600: '#C233A2',
        700: '#A12B87',
        800: '#81226C',
        900: '#5E1C4F',
        950: '#3B1232',
        DEFAULT: '#da73c3',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FBF4F9,
  '100': #F7E9F4,
  '200': #EFCDE7,
  '300': #E8A6D9,
  '400': #da73c3,
  '500': #D04DB3,
  '600': #C233A2,
  '700': #A12B87,
  '800': #81226C,
  '900': #5E1C4F,
  '950': #3B1232,
);
$brand-base: #da73c3;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FBF4F9", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F7E9F4", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#EFCDE7", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#E8A6D9", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#da73c3", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#D04DB3", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#C233A2", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#A12B87", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#81226C", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#5E1C4F", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#3B1232", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #da73c3 · 7.22:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 2.91:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 7.22:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #da73c3 as text scores 2.91:1 on white and 7.22:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #651B54 at 3.93:1.

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
#CA37A9 · 4.53:1
AA on white−15% L
#CA37A9
The quick fox
#96287E · 7.24:1
AAA on white−28% L
#96287E
The quick fox
#da73c3 · 7.22:1
AA on blackalready passes
#da73c3
The quick fox
#da73c3 · 7.22:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#da73c3

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #D96FC1 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
#da73c3 on white: 2.91:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#da73c3 on black: 7.22:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #da73c3 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #da73c3.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White2.91:1AaAa
Slate 502.78:1AaAa
Slate 1002.65:1AaAa
Slate 2002.36:1AaAa
Slate 3001.96:1AaAa
Slate 4001.13:1AaAa
Slate 5001.64:1AaAa
Slate 6002.61:1AaAa
Slate 7003.56:1AaAa
Slate 8005.03:1AaAa
Slate 9006.14:1AaAa
Black7.22:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #748EC6
deuteranopia · #909DC0
tritanopia · #E37792

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. #da73c3 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.

#FBF4F9
#F7E9F4
#EFCDE7
#E8A6D9
#da73c3
#D04DB3
#C233A2
#A12B87
#81226C
#5E1C4F
#3B1232
Base = 400Lightest = 50 · #FBF4F9Darkest = 950 · #3B1232Text 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 0.040 336.2);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.064 336.2);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.096 336.2);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.125 336.2);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.148 336.2);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.160 336.2);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.160 336.2);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.151 336.2);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.135 336.2);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.112 336.2);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.088 336.2);
}

Colors that work with #da73c3

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#29A626
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#651B54
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FAEBF6
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#241421
Dark-mode background
Hover#D357B7
One step down in lightness
Pressed#CB3BAB
Two steps down
Disabled#E6D7E3
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#E67BCE
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 #da73c3

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 #651B54
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #D96FC1

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
  • Weight35/100
  • 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#73DA8A
Analogous left#BE73DA
Analogous right#DA7390
Split-complement 1#90DA73
Split-complement 2#73DABE
Triadic 1#C3DA73
Triadic 2#73C3DA
Tetradic#DABE73
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°313°

#da73c3 sits at 313°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red85.5%
Green45.1%
Blue76.5%
R · 0–255
218
0xda
G · 0–255
115
0x73
B · 0–255
195
0xc3

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta47.2%
Yellow10.6%
Key (black)14.5%

Total ink coverage is 72%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#da73c3 text on a black background

contrast 7.22:1

Card sample

#da73c3 text on a white background

contrast 2.91:1

Card sample

#da73c3 on grey

2.65:1

#da73c3 on its own surface

2.68:1

#da73c3 on its dark surface

6.03:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #da73c3;
Background color
Panel with #da73c3 background
background-color: #da73c3;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #da73c3;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(218, 115, 195, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(218, 115, 195, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #da73c3;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #da73c3, #DA737E);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #da73c3, #DA8173);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #da73c3;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #da73c3;
caret-color: #da73c3;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #da73c3;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FAEBF6;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #da73c3;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#da73c3 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #da73c3 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, 115, 195, 0.5)
rgb(218 115 195 / 50%)
#da73c380
hsl(313 58% 65% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #da73c3 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#da73c31a#FBF1F9
20%#da73c333#F8E3F3
40%#da73c366#F0C7E7
60%#da73c399#E9ABDB
80%#da73c3cc#E18FCF

Gradients from #da73c3

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, #E7A3D8, #da73c3 45%, #651B54);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #da73c3, #D45B5E);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #da73c3, #73DA8A);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #EDBCE2 0%, #da73c3 45%, #651B54 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%, #CA9BE5 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #E08B9C 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #651B54 0%, transparent 65%), #da73c3;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #da73c3

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.

#da73c3 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 7.22:1.

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.

#da73c3, answered

What color is #da73c3?

#da73c3 is a light vivid magenta / pink, closest to Orchid (ΔE2000 4). It sits at 313° on the hue wheel with 58% saturation and 65% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #da73c3?

rgb(218, 115, 195) — 218 red, 115 green and 195 blue out of 255, or 85.5% / 45.1% / 76.5% by channel.

What is #da73c3 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(313, 58%, 65%) and hsv(313, 47%, 85%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #da73c3 a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.3111 and perceived brightness is 64%, so black text on it reaches 7.22:1.

Should I use black or white text on #da73c3?

Black. It scores 7.22:1 against #da73c3, versus 2.91:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #da73c3 accessible on a white background?

#da73c3 on white scores 2.91:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #CA37A9 to reach 4.5:1, or #96287E for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #da73c3?

#73DA8A sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #90DA73 and #73DABE, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #da73c3?

For interface work: #FAF4F9 as the surface, #EDC0E3 for borders, #9B4B89 for secondary text, #29A626 as an accent and #651B54 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #BE73DA and #DA7390 stays calm, while #73DA8A is the loudest partner.

What is #da73c3 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 47%, 11%, 15%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #da73c3 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 #DA739D; nudged cooler, #CD71DC.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #da73c3?

The pink family — its 500 step is #ec4899, ΔE2000 10.5 away. That is a visible difference, so define #da73c3 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #da73c3 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#da73c3] or text-[#da73c3], 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 #da73c3 with 50% opacity?

rgba(218, 115, 195, 0.5), or #da73c380 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #EDB9E1; over black, #6D3A62.

Is #da73c3 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CC66CC, ΔE2000 5.6 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #da73c3 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 #da73c3?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #E7A3D8, #da73c3 45%, #651B54). For more colour, a short hue run to #D45B5E keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #da73c3 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #da73c3 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.