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magenta / pink · warm

#dc7daf

a light, vivid magenta / pink · warm · closest name: Hot Pink

Token name suggestion: Meadow Blossom

RGB
220, 125, 175
HSL
328°, 58%, 68%
CMYK
0, 43, 21, 14
Luminance
0.3298

#dc7daf is a light vivid magenta / pink, 328° on the wheel and 34/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (7.60:1). As text it scores 2.76:1 on white — use #CB3C87 instead. Nearest name is Hot Pink, nearest Tailwind family is pink.

hsl(328 58% 68%)rgb(220 125 175)Base step 400AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #dc7daf is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#dc7daf
Hue
328°
magenta / pink
Saturation
58%
vivid
Lightness
68%
light
Brightness
86%
HSV value
Perceived
65%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.3298
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
34/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
7.60:1
Closest name
Hot Pink
ΔE2000 6.4
Chroma
44.3
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.708
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
pink
500 · ΔE 9.9
Web-safe
#CC6699
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue328° of 360°
Saturation58%
Lightness68%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #dc7daf.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool34% 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
Red46%
Green44%
Blue9%

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

Every format

HEX#dc7daf
HEX (8-digit)#dc7dafff
RGBrgb(220, 125, 175)
RGBArgba(220, 125, 175, 1)
HSLhsl(328, 58%, 68%)
HSV / HSBhsv(328, 43%, 86%)
HWBhwb(328 49% 14%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 43%, 21%, 14%)
LABlab(64.2 43.0 -10.3)
LCHlch(64.2 44.3 346.5)
OKLCHoklch(0.708 0.131 348.2)
XYZ (D65)xyz(44.59, 32.98, 44.57)
Decimal14450095
Display P3color(display-p3 0.863 0.490 0.686)
Web-safe#CC6699

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #dc7daf;
background-color: #dc7daf;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #dc7daf;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#dc7daf] bg-[#dc7daf]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #dc7daf;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.863, green: 0.490, blue: 0.686)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.863, green: 0.490, blue: 0.686, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#DC7DAF</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFDC7DAF)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFDC7DAF)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(175, 125, 220)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(220, 125, 175)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(220, 125, 175)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 220, 125, 175)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.8627f, 0.4902f, 0.6863f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{220,125,175}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #dc7daf 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #dc7daf 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#641B42, #EED3E1);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #dc7daf 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: #FBF4F8;
  --brand-100: #F7E9F0;
  --brand-200: #EFCDDF;
  --brand-300: #E7A7C9;
  --brand-400: #dc7daf;
  --brand-500: #CF4E92;
  --brand-600: #C1347E;
  --brand-700: #A12B69;
  --brand-800: #812354;
  --brand-900: #5E1D3F;
  --brand-950: #3B1227;
  --brand: #dc7daf;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF4F8;
  --brand-border: #EDC0D7;
  --brand-hover: #D4619E;
  --brand-pressed: #CD458C;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #24141C;
    --brand-ink: #EED3E1;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FBF4F8',
        100: '#F7E9F0',
        200: '#EFCDDF',
        300: '#E7A7C9',
        400: '#dc7daf',
        500: '#CF4E92',
        600: '#C1347E',
        700: '#A12B69',
        800: '#812354',
        900: '#5E1D3F',
        950: '#3B1227',
        DEFAULT: '#dc7daf',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FBF4F8,
  '100': #F7E9F0,
  '200': #EFCDDF,
  '300': #E7A7C9,
  '400': #dc7daf,
  '500': #CF4E92,
  '600': #C1347E,
  '700': #A12B69,
  '800': #812354,
  '900': #5E1D3F,
  '950': #3B1227,
);
$brand-base: #dc7daf;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FBF4F8", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F7E9F0", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#EFCDDF", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#E7A7C9", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#dc7daf", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#CF4E92", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#C1347E", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#A12B69", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#812354", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#5E1D3F", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#3B1227", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #dc7daf · 7.60:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 2.76:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 7.60:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #dc7daf as text scores 2.76:1 on white and 7.60:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #641B42 at 4.27:1.

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
#CB3C87 · 4.63:1
AA on white−16% L
#CB3C87
The quick fox
#9B2A65 · 7.21:1
AAA on white−29% L
#9B2A65
The quick fox
#dc7daf · 7.60:1
AA on blackalready passes
#dc7daf
The quick fox
#dc7daf · 7.60:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#dc7daf

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #D971A8 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
#dc7daf on white: 2.76:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#dc7daf on black: 7.60:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #dc7daf as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #dc7daf.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White2.76:1AaAa
Slate 502.64:1AaAa
Slate 1002.52:1AaAa
Slate 2002.24:1AaAa
Slate 3001.86:1AaAa
Slate 4001.08:1AaAa
Slate 5001.72:1AaAa
Slate 6002.74:1AaAa
Slate 7003.75:1AaAa
Slate 8005.29:1AaAa
Slate 9006.46:1AaAa
Black7.60:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #8692B1
deuteranopia · #9EA1AD
tritanopia · #E87B8F

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. #dc7daf 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.

#FBF4F8
#F7E9F0
#EFCDDF
#E7A7C9
#dc7daf
#CF4E92
#C1347E
#A12B69
#812354
#5E1D3F
#3B1227
Base = 400Lightest = 50 · #FBF4F8Darkest = 950 · #3B1227Text 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 0.033 348.2);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.053 348.2);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.079 348.2);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.102 348.2);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.121 348.2);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.131 348.2);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.131 348.2);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.123 348.2);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.110 348.2);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.092 348.2);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.072 348.2);
}

Colors that work with #dc7daf

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#FAF4F8
Tinted page background
Border#EDC0D7
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B4B75
Captions on the surface
Accent#27A544
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#641B42
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FAEBF3
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#24141C
Dark-mode background
Hover#D4619E
One step down in lightness
Pressed#CD458C
Two steps down
Disabled#EADFE5
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#E886B9
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 #dc7daf

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 #641B42
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #D971A8

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
  • Weight32/100
  • 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#7DDCAA
Analogous left#D97DDC
Analogous right#DC7D7F
Split-complement 1#7FDC7D
Split-complement 2#7DDCD9
Triadic 1#AFDC7D
Triadic 2#7DAFDC
Tetradic#DCD97D
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°328°

#dc7daf sits at 328°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red86.3%
Green49.0%
Blue68.6%
R · 0–255
220
0xdc
G · 0–255
125
0x7d
B · 0–255
175
0xaf

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta43.2%
Yellow20.5%
Key (black)13.7%

Total ink coverage is 77%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#dc7daf text on a black background

contrast 7.60:1

Card sample

#dc7daf text on a white background

contrast 2.76:1

Card sample

#dc7daf on grey

2.52:1

#dc7daf on its own surface

2.55:1

#dc7daf on its dark surface

6.37:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #dc7daf;
Background color
Panel with #dc7daf background
background-color: #dc7daf;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #dc7daf;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(220, 125, 175, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(220, 125, 175, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #dc7daf;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dc7daf, #DC8A7D);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #dc7daf, #DCA27D);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #dc7daf;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #dc7daf;
caret-color: #dc7daf;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #dc7daf;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FAEBF3;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #dc7daf;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#dc7daf 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #dc7daf 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, 125, 175, 0.5)
rgb(220 125 175 / 50%)
#dc7daf80
hsl(328 58% 68% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #dc7daf 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#dc7daf1a#FCF2F7
20%#dc7daf33#F8E5EF
40%#dc7daf66#F1CBDF
60%#dc7daf99#EAB1CF
80%#dc7dafcc#E397BF

Gradients from #dc7daf

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, #E9ADCD, #dc7daf 45%, #641B42);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #dc7daf, #D57E65);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #dc7daf, #7DDCAA);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #EFC5DB 0%, #dc7daf 45%, #641B42 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAF4F8, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #E0A5E7 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #E29995 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #641B42 0%, transparent 65%), #dc7daf;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #dc7daf

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.

#dc7daf 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 7.60:1.

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.

#dc7daf, answered

What color is #dc7daf?

#dc7daf is a light vivid magenta / pink, closest to Hot Pink (ΔE2000 6.4). It sits at 328° on the hue wheel with 58% saturation and 68% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #dc7daf?

rgb(220, 125, 175) — 220 red, 125 green and 175 blue out of 255, or 86.3% / 49% / 68.6% by channel.

What is #dc7daf in HSL and HSV?

hsl(328, 58%, 68%) and hsv(328, 43%, 86%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #dc7daf a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.3298 and perceived brightness is 65%, so black text on it reaches 7.60:1.

Should I use black or white text on #dc7daf?

Black. It scores 7.60:1 against #dc7daf, versus 2.76:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #dc7daf accessible on a white background?

#dc7daf on white scores 2.76:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #CB3C87 to reach 4.5:1, or #9B2A65 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #dc7daf?

#7DDCAA sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #7FDC7D and #7DDCD9, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #dc7daf?

For interface work: #FAF4F8 as the surface, #EDC0D7 for borders, #9B4B75 for secondary text, #27A544 as an accent and #641B42 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #D97DDC and #DC7D7F stays calm, while #7DDCAA is the loudest partner.

What is #dc7daf in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 43%, 21%, 14%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #dc7daf warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 34 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #DC7D8C; nudged cooler, #DE7BD3.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #dc7daf?

The pink family — its 500 step is #ec4899, ΔE2000 9.9 away. That is a visible difference, so define #dc7daf as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #dc7daf in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#dc7daf] or text-[#dc7daf], 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 #dc7daf with 50% opacity?

rgba(220, 125, 175, 0.5), or #dc7daf80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #EEBED7; over black, #6E3F58.

Is #dc7daf a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CC6699, ΔE2000 6.6 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #dc7daf 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 #dc7daf?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #E9ADCD, #dc7daf 45%, #641B42). For more colour, a short hue run to #D57E65 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #dc7daf in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #dc7daf at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.