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magenta / pink · neutral

#dc6cdb

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

Token name suggestion: Atlas Fuchsia

RGB
220, 108, 219
HSL
301°, 62%, 64%
CMYK
0, 51, 1, 14
Luminance
0.3106

#dc6cdb is a balanced vivid magenta / pink, 301° on the wheel and 50/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (7.21:1). As text it scores 2.91:1 on white — use #C72FC6 instead. Nearest name is Orchid, nearest Tailwind family is fuchsia.

hsl(301 62% 64%)rgb(220 108 219)Base step 400AAA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #dc6cdb is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#dc6cdb
Hue
301°
magenta / pink
Saturation
62%
vivid
Lightness
64%
balanced
Brightness
86%
HSV value
Perceived
64%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.3106
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
50/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
7.21:1
Closest name
Orchid
ΔE2000 1.2
Chroma
69.6
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.702
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
fuchsia
500 · ΔE 7.5
Web-safe
#CC66CC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue301° of 360°
Saturation62%
Lightness64%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #dc6cdb.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool50% 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
Red49%
Green35%
Blue16%

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

Every format

HEX#dc6cdb
HEX (8-digit)#dc6cdbff
RGBrgb(220, 108, 219)
RGBArgba(220, 108, 219, 1)
HSLhsl(301, 62%, 64%)
HSV / HSBhsv(301, 51%, 86%)
HWBhwb(301 42% 14%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 51%, 1%, 14%)
LABlab(62.6 58.6 -37.6)
LCHlch(62.6 69.6 327.3)
OKLCHoklch(0.702 0.193 327.7)
XYZ (D65)xyz(47.66, 31.06, 70.49)
Decimal14445787
Display P3color(display-p3 0.863 0.424 0.859)
Web-safe#CC66CC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #dc6cdb;
background-color: #dc6cdb;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #dc6cdb;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#dc6cdb] bg-[#dc6cdb]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #dc6cdb;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.863, green: 0.424, blue: 0.859)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.863, green: 0.424, blue: 0.859, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#DC6CDB</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFDC6CDB)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFDC6CDB)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(219, 108, 220)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(220, 108, 219)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(220, 108, 219)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 220, 108, 219)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.8627f, 0.4235f, 0.8588f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{220,108,219}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #dc6cdb 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #dc6cdb 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#671966, #EED3EE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #dc6cdb 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: #FBF4FB;
  --brand-100: #F7E8F7;
  --brand-200: #F0CCEF;
  --brand-300: #E9A4E9;
  --brand-400: #dc6cdb;
  --brand-500: #D44AD3;
  --brand-600: #C62FC4;
  --brand-700: #A527A4;
  --brand-800: #841F83;
  --brand-900: #601B5F;
  --brand-950: #3C113C;
  --brand: #dc6cdb;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF4FA;
  --brand-border: #EDC0EC;
  --brand-hover: #D54FD4;
  --brand-pressed: #CE32CD;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #241424;
    --brand-ink: #EED3EE;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FBF4FB',
        100: '#F7E8F7',
        200: '#F0CCEF',
        300: '#E9A4E9',
        400: '#dc6cdb',
        500: '#D44AD3',
        600: '#C62FC4',
        700: '#A527A4',
        800: '#841F83',
        900: '#601B5F',
        950: '#3C113C',
        DEFAULT: '#dc6cdb',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FBF4FB,
  '100': #F7E8F7,
  '200': #F0CCEF,
  '300': #E9A4E9,
  '400': #dc6cdb,
  '500': #D44AD3,
  '600': #C62FC4,
  '700': #A527A4,
  '800': #841F83,
  '900': #601B5F,
  '950': #3C113C,
);
$brand-base: #dc6cdb;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FBF4FB", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F7E8F7", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#F0CCEF", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#E9A4E9", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#dc6cdb", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#D44AD3", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#C62FC4", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#A527A4", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#841F83", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#601B5F", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#3C113C", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #dc6cdb · 7.21:1
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 · 7.21:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #dc6cdb as text scores 2.91:1 on white and 7.21:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #671966 at 3.78:1.

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
#C72FC6 · 4.52:1
AA on white−16% L
#C72FC6
The quick fox
#952495 · 7.08:1
AAA on white−28% L
#952495
The quick fox
#dc6cdb · 7.21:1
AA on blackalready passes
#dc6cdb
The quick fox
#dc6cdb · 7.21:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#dc6cdb

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #DB68DA 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
#dc6cdb on white: 2.91:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#dc6cdb on black: 7.21:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #dc6cdb as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #dc6cdb.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White2.91:1AaAa
Slate 502.78:1AaAa
Slate 1002.66:1AaAa
Slate 2002.36:1AaAa
Slate 3001.96:1AaAa
Slate 4001.14:1AaAa
Slate 5001.63:1AaAa
Slate 6002.60:1AaAa
Slate 7003.56:1AaAa
Slate 8005.02:1AaAa
Slate 9006.13:1AaAa
Black7.21:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #628EDF
deuteranopia · #849DD8
tritanopia · #E2789A

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. #dc6cdb 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.

#FBF4FB
#F7E8F7
#F0CCEF
#E9A4E9
#dc6cdb
#D44AD3
#C62FC4
#A527A4
#841F83
#601B5F
#3C113C
Base = 400Lightest = 50 · #FBF4FBDarkest = 950 · #3C113CText 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 0.048 327.7);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.077 327.7);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.116 327.7);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.151 327.7);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.178 327.7);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.193 327.7);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.193 327.7);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.182 327.7);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.162 327.7);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.135 327.7);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.106 327.7);
}

Colors that work with #dc6cdb

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#EDC0EC
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B4B9A
Captions on the surface
Accent#43A923
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#671966
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FAEAFA
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#241424
Dark-mode background
Hover#D54FD4
One step down in lightness
Pressed#CE32CD
Two steps down
Disabled#E4D4E4
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#E874E7
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 #dc6cdb

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
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
  • Chart series and data categories
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • 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 #671966
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #DB68DA

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 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
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium-high
  • Weight36/100
  • 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#6CDC6D
Analogous left#A56CDC
Analogous right#DC6CA3
Split-complement 1#A3DC6C
Split-complement 2#6CDCA5
Triadic 1#DBDC6C
Triadic 2#6CDBDC
Tetradic#DCA56C
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°301°

#dc6cdb sits at 301°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red86.3%
Green42.4%
Blue85.9%
R · 0–255
220
0xdc
G · 0–255
108
0x6c
B · 0–255
219
0xdb

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta50.9%
Yellow0.5%
Key (black)13.7%

Total ink coverage is 65%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#dc6cdb text on a black background

contrast 7.21:1

Card sample

#dc6cdb text on a white background

contrast 2.91:1

Card sample

#dc6cdb on grey

2.66:1

#dc6cdb on its own surface

2.69:1

#dc6cdb on its dark surface

6.01:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #dc6cdb;
Background color
Panel with #dc6cdb background
background-color: #dc6cdb;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #dc6cdb;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(220, 108, 219, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(220, 108, 219, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #dc6cdb;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dc6cdb, #DC6C90);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #dc6cdb, #DC6C74);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #dc6cdb;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #dc6cdb;
caret-color: #dc6cdb;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #dc6cdb;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FAEAFA;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #dc6cdb;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#dc6cdb 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #dc6cdb 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(220, 108, 219, 0.5)
rgb(220 108 219 / 50%)
#dc6cdb80
hsl(301 62% 64% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #dc6cdb 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#dc6cdb1a#FCF0FB
20%#dc6cdb33#F8E2F8
40%#dc6cdb66#F1C4F1
60%#dc6cdb99#EAA7E9
80%#dc6cdbcc#E389E2

Gradients from #dc6cdb

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, #E89DE7, #dc6cdb 45%, #671966);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #dc6cdb, #D65373);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #dc6cdb, #6CDC6D);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #EEB6ED 0%, #dc6cdb 45%, #671966 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%, #B795E6 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #E285AB 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #671966 0%, transparent 65%), #dc6cdb;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #dc6cdb

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.

#dc6cdb 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

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 7.21:1.

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.

#dc6cdb, answered

What color is #dc6cdb?

#dc6cdb is a balanced vivid magenta / pink, closest to Orchid (ΔE2000 1.2). It sits at 301° on the hue wheel with 62% saturation and 64% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #dc6cdb?

rgb(220, 108, 219) — 220 red, 108 green and 219 blue out of 255, or 86.3% / 42.4% / 85.9% by channel.

What is #dc6cdb in HSL and HSV?

hsl(301, 62%, 64%) and hsv(301, 51%, 86%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #dc6cdb a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.3106 and perceived brightness is 64%, so black text on it reaches 7.21:1.

Should I use black or white text on #dc6cdb?

Black. It scores 7.21:1 against #dc6cdb, versus 2.91:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #dc6cdb accessible on a white background?

#dc6cdb on white scores 2.91:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #C72FC6 to reach 4.5:1, or #952495 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #dc6cdb?

#6CDC6D sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #A3DC6C and #6CDCA5, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #dc6cdb?

For interface work: #FAF4FA as the surface, #EDC0EC for borders, #9B4B9A for secondary text, #43A923 as an accent and #671966 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #A56CDC and #DC6CA3 stays calm, while #6CDC6D is the loudest partner.

What is #dc6cdb in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 51%, 1%, 14%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #dc6cdb warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 50 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #DC6CB2; nudged cooler, #B46ADE.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #dc6cdb?

The fuchsia family — its 500 step is #d946ef, ΔE2000 7.5 away. That is a visible difference, so define #dc6cdb as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #dc6cdb in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#dc6cdb] or text-[#dc6cdb], 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 #dc6cdb with 50% opacity?

rgba(220, 108, 219, 0.5), or #dc6cdb80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #EEB6ED; over black, #6E366E.

Is #dc6cdb a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CC66CC, ΔE2000 3.6 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #dc6cdb 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 #dc6cdb?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #E89DE7, #dc6cdb 45%, #671966). For more colour, a short hue run to #D65373 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #dc6cdb in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #dc6cdb at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.