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magenta / pink · warm

#db92af

a light, vivid magenta / pink · warm · closest name: Pale Violet Red

Token name suggestion: Meadow Ruby

RGB
219, 146, 175
HSL
336°, 50%, 72%
CMYK
0, 33, 20, 14
Luminance
0.3871

#db92af is a light vivid magenta / pink, 336° on the wheel and 30/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (8.74:1). As text it scores 2.40:1 on white — use #C3497A instead. Nearest name is Pale Violet Red, nearest Tailwind family is pink.

hsl(336 50% 72%)rgb(219 146 175)Base step 400AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #db92af is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#db92af
Hue
336°
magenta / pink
Saturation
50%
vivid
Lightness
72%
light
Brightness
86%
HSV value
Perceived
68%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.3871
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
30/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
8.74:1
Closest name
Pale Violet Red
ΔE2000 8.7
Chroma
31.9
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.741
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
pink
500 · ΔE 15.1
Web-safe
#CC9999
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue336° of 360°
Saturation50%
Lightness72%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #db92af.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool30% cool

Reads warm. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red39%
Green53%
Blue8%

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

Every format

HEX#db92af
HEX (8-digit)#db92afff
RGBrgb(219, 146, 175)
RGBArgba(219, 146, 175, 1)
HSLhsl(336, 50%, 72%)
HSV / HSBhsv(336, 33%, 86%)
HWBhwb(336 57% 14%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 33%, 20%, 14%)
LABlab(68.5 31.6 -3.8)
LCHlch(68.5 31.9 353.1)
OKLCHoklch(0.741 0.095 354.2)
XYZ (D65)xyz(47.23, 38.72, 45.53)
Decimal14389935
Display P3color(display-p3 0.859 0.573 0.686)
Web-safe#CC9999

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #db92af;
background-color: #db92af;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #db92af;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#db92af] bg-[#db92af]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #db92af;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.859, green: 0.573, blue: 0.686)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.859, green: 0.573, blue: 0.686, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#DB92AF</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFDB92AF)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFDB92AF)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(175, 146, 219)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(219, 146, 175)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(219, 146, 175)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 219, 146, 175)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.8588f, 0.5725f, 0.6863f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{219,146,175}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #db92af 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #db92af 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#602039, #EED3DE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #db92af 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: #FAF4F7;
  --brand-100: #F6EAEE;
  --brand-200: #EDCFDB;
  --brand-300: #E3ABC1;
  --brand-400: #db92af;
  --brand-500: #C75683;
  --brand-600: #B83D6E;
  --brand-700: #99335B;
  --brand-800: #7B2949;
  --brand-900: #5A2137;
  --brand-950: #381523;
  --brand: #db92af;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF4F7;
  --brand-border: #EBC2D2;
  --brand-hover: #D2779B;
  --brand-pressed: #C95C88;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #24141A;
    --brand-ink: #EED3DE;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FAF4F7',
        100: '#F6EAEE',
        200: '#EDCFDB',
        300: '#E3ABC1',
        400: '#db92af',
        500: '#C75683',
        600: '#B83D6E',
        700: '#99335B',
        800: '#7B2949',
        900: '#5A2137',
        950: '#381523',
        DEFAULT: '#db92af',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FAF4F7,
  '100': #F6EAEE,
  '200': #EDCFDB,
  '300': #E3ABC1,
  '400': #db92af,
  '500': #C75683,
  '600': #B83D6E,
  '700': #99335B,
  '800': #7B2949,
  '900': #5A2137,
  '950': #381523,
);
$brand-base: #db92af;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FAF4F7", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F6EAEE", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#EDCFDB", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#E3ABC1", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#db92af", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#C75683", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#B83D6E", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#99335B", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#7B2949", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#5A2137", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#381523", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #db92af · 8.74:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 2.40:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 8.74:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #db92af as text scores 2.40:1 on white and 8.74:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #602039 at 4.96:1.

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
#C3497A · 4.61:1
AA on white−19% L
#C3497A
The quick fox
#98325A · 7.15:1
AAA on white−32% L
#98325A
The quick fox
#db92af · 8.74:1
AA on blackalready passes
#db92af
The quick fox
#db92af · 8.74:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#db92af

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #D2779B 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
#db92af on white: 2.40:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#db92af on black: 8.74:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #db92af as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #db92af.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White2.40:1AaAa
Slate 502.30:1AaAa
Slate 1002.19:1AaAa
Slate 2001.95:1AaAa
Slate 3001.62:1AaAa
Slate 4001.07:1AaAa
Slate 5001.98:1AaAa
Slate 6003.15:1AaAa
Slate 7004.31:1AaAa
Slate 8006.09:1AaAa
Slate 9007.43:1AaAa
Black8.74:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #9AA0B0
deuteranopia · #ABACAD
tritanopia · #E68F9C

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. #db92af 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.

#FAF4F7
#F6EAEE
#EDCFDB
#E3ABC1
#db92af
#C75683
#B83D6E
#99335B
#7B2949
#5A2137
#381523
Base = 400Lightest = 50 · #FAF4F7Darkest = 950 · #381523Text 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 0.024 354.2);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.038 354.2);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.057 354.2);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.074 354.2);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.087 354.2);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.095 354.2);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.095 354.2);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.089 354.2);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.080 354.2);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.067 354.2);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.052 354.2);
}

Colors that work with #db92af

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#FAF4F7
Tinted page background
Border#EBC2D2
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B4B6A
Captions on the surface
Accent#2E9E56
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#602039
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F9ECF1
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#24141A
Dark-mode background
Hover#D2779B
One step down in lightness
Pressed#C95C88
Two steps down
Disabled#F2EBEE
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#E69BB9
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
Your export is ready

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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #db92af

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 #602039
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #D2779B

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
  • Weight28/100
  • TemperatureWarm
  • 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#92DBBE
Analogous left#DB92D3
Analogous right#DB9A92
Split-complement 1#92DB9A
Split-complement 2#92D3DB
Triadic 1#AFDB92
Triadic 2#92AFDB
Tetradic#D3DB92
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°336°

#db92af sits at 336°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red85.9%
Green57.3%
Blue68.6%
R · 0–255
219
0xdb
G · 0–255
146
0x92
B · 0–255
175
0xaf

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta33.3%
Yellow20.1%
Key (black)14.1%

Total ink coverage is 68%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#db92af text on a black background

contrast 8.74:1

Card sample

#db92af text on a white background

contrast 2.40:1

Card sample

#db92af on grey

2.19:1

#db92af on its own surface

2.21:1

#db92af on its dark surface

7.35:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #db92af;
Background color
Panel with #db92af background
background-color: #db92af;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #db92af;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(219, 146, 175, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(219, 146, 175, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #db92af;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #db92af, #DBA692);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #db92af, #DBB892);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #db92af;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #db92af;
caret-color: #db92af;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #db92af;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F9ECF1;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #db92af;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#db92af 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #db92af 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(219, 146, 175, 0.5)
rgb(219 146 175 / 50%)
#db92af80
hsl(336 50% 72% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #db92af 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#db92af1a#FBF4F7
20%#db92af33#F8E9EF
40%#db92af66#F1D3DF
60%#db92af99#E9BECF
80%#db92afcc#E2A8BF

Gradients from #db92af

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, #EAC0D1, #db92af 45%, #602039);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #db92af, #D39A7B);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #db92af, #92DBBE);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F2D7E2 0%, #db92af 45%, #602039 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAF4F7, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #E8B8E7 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #E3B4A9 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #602039 0%, transparent 65%), #db92af;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #db92af

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.

#db92af 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 8.74:1.

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.

#db92af, answered

What color is #db92af?

#db92af is a light vivid magenta / pink, closest to Pale Violet Red (ΔE2000 8.7). It sits at 336° on the hue wheel with 50% saturation and 72% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #db92af?

rgb(219, 146, 175) — 219 red, 146 green and 175 blue out of 255, or 85.9% / 57.3% / 68.6% by channel.

What is #db92af in HSL and HSV?

hsl(336, 50%, 72%) and hsv(336, 33%, 86%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #db92af a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.3871 and perceived brightness is 68%, so black text on it reaches 8.74:1.

Should I use black or white text on #db92af?

Black. It scores 8.74:1 against #db92af, versus 2.40:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #db92af accessible on a white background?

#db92af on white scores 2.40:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #C3497A to reach 4.5:1, or #98325A for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #db92af?

#92DBBE sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #92DB9A and #92D3DB, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #db92af?

For interface work: #FAF4F7 as the surface, #EBC2D2 for borders, #9B4B6A for secondary text, #2E9E56 as an accent and #602039 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #DB92D3 and #DB9A92 stays calm, while #92DBBE is the loudest partner.

What is #db92af in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 33%, 20%, 14%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #db92af warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 30 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #DB9294; nudged cooler, #DC91CB.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #db92af?

The pink family — its 500 step is #ec4899, ΔE2000 15.1 away. That is a visible difference, so define #db92af as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #db92af in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#db92af] or text-[#db92af], 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 #db92af with 50% opacity?

rgba(219, 146, 175, 0.5), or #db92af80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #EDC9D7; over black, #6E4958.

Is #db92af a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CC9999, ΔE2000 9.9 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #db92af 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 #db92af?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #EAC0D1, #db92af 45%, #602039). For more colour, a short hue run to #D39A7B keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #db92af in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #db92af at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.