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magenta / pink · warm

#dda7cb

a light, soft magenta / pink · warm · closest name: Plum

Token name suggestion: Meadow Peony

RGB
221, 167, 203
HSL
320°, 44%, 76%
CMYK
0, 24, 8, 13
Luminance
0.4732

#dda7cb is a light soft magenta / pink, 320° on the wheel and 39/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (10.46:1). As text it scores 2.01:1 on white — use #BA4B95 instead. Nearest name is Plum, nearest Tailwind family is pink.

hsl(320 44% 76%)rgb(221 167 203)Base step 300AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #dda7cb is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#dda7cb
Hue
320°
magenta / pink
Saturation
44%
soft
Lightness
76%
light
Brightness
87%
HSV value
Perceived
74%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.4732
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
39/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
10.46:1
Closest name
Plum
ΔE2000 6.2
Chroma
27.6
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.789
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
pink
500 · ΔE 20.3
Web-safe
#CC99CC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue320° of 360°
Saturation44%
Lightness76%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #dda7cb.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool39% 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
Red32%
Green58%
Blue9%

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

Every format

HEX#dda7cb
HEX (8-digit)#dda7cbff
RGBrgb(221, 167, 203)
RGBArgba(221, 167, 203, 1)
HSLhsl(320, 44%, 76%)
HSV / HSBhsv(320, 24%, 87%)
HWBhwb(320 65% 13%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 24%, 8%, 13%)
LABlab(74.4 25.5 -10.6)
LCHlch(74.4 27.6 337.5)
OKLCHoklch(0.789 0.079 339.2)
XYZ (D65)xyz(54.42, 47.32, 62.76)
Decimal14526411
Display P3color(display-p3 0.867 0.655 0.796)
Web-safe#CC99CC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #dda7cb;
background-color: #dda7cb;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #dda7cb;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#dda7cb] bg-[#dda7cb]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #dda7cb;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.867, green: 0.655, blue: 0.796)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.867, green: 0.655, blue: 0.796, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#DDA7CB</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFDDA7CB)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFDDA7CB)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(203, 167, 221)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(221, 167, 203)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(221, 167, 203)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 221, 167, 203)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.8667f, 0.6549f, 0.7961f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{221,167,203}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #dda7cb 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #dda7cb 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#5C2449, #EED3E5);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #dda7cb 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: #FAF5F8;
  --brand-100: #F5EAF1;
  --brand-200: #EBD1E2;
  --brand-300: #dda7cb;
  --brand-400: #D086B7;
  --brand-500: #C15D9F;
  --brand-600: #B1448C;
  --brand-700: #933975;
  --brand-800: #762D5E;
  --brand-900: #562446;
  --brand-950: #36172B;
  --brand: #dda7cb;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF4F8;
  --brand-border: #E8C4DC;
  --brand-hover: #D38DBC;
  --brand-pressed: #C974AD;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #24141F;
    --brand-ink: #EED3E5;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FAF5F8',
        100: '#F5EAF1',
        200: '#EBD1E2',
        300: '#dda7cb',
        400: '#D086B7',
        500: '#C15D9F',
        600: '#B1448C',
        700: '#933975',
        800: '#762D5E',
        900: '#562446',
        950: '#36172B',
        DEFAULT: '#dda7cb',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FAF5F8,
  '100': #F5EAF1,
  '200': #EBD1E2,
  '300': #dda7cb,
  '400': #D086B7,
  '500': #C15D9F,
  '600': #B1448C,
  '700': #933975,
  '800': #762D5E,
  '900': #562446,
  '950': #36172B,
);
$brand-base: #dda7cb;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FAF5F8", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F5EAF1", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#EBD1E2", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#dda7cb", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#D086B7", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#C15D9F", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#B1448C", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#933975", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#762D5E", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#562446", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#36172B", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #dda7cb · 10.46:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 2.01:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 10.46:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #dda7cb as text scores 2.01:1 on white and 10.46:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #5C2449 at 5.80:1.

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
#BA4B95 · 4.64:1
AA on white−25% L
#BA4B95
The quick fox
#903872 · 7.01:1
AAA on white−37% L
#903872
The quick fox
#dda7cb · 10.46:1
AA on blackalready passes
#dda7cb
The quick fox
#dda7cb · 10.46:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#dda7cb

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #CB77AF 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
#dda7cb on white: 2.01:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#dda7cb on black: 10.46:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #dda7cb as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #dda7cb.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White2.01:1AaAa
Slate 501.92:1AaAa
Slate 1001.83:1AaAa
Slate 2001.63:1AaAa
Slate 3001.35:1AaAa
Slate 4001.28:1AaAa
Slate 5002.37:1AaAa
Slate 6003.78:1AaAa
Slate 7005.16:1AaAa
Slate 8007.29:1AaAa
Slate 9008.90:1AaAa
Black10.46:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #A9B2CC
deuteranopia · #B5BAC9
tritanopia · #E3A8B3

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. #dda7cb is pinned to step 300; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#FAF5F8
#F5EAF1
#EBD1E2
#dda7cb
#D086B7
#C15D9F
#B1448C
#933975
#762D5E
#562446
#36172B
Base = 300Lightest = 50 · #FAF5F8Darkest = 950 · #36172BText 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 0.020 339.2);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.032 339.2);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.047 339.2);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.061 339.2);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.072 339.2);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.079 339.2);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.079 339.2);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.074 339.2);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.066 339.2);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.055 339.2);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.043 339.2);
}

Colors that work with #dda7cb

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#E8C4DC
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B4B80
Captions on the surface
Accent#36963E
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#5C2449
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F8EDF4
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#24141F
Dark-mode background
Hover#D38DBC
One step down in lightness
Pressed#C974AD
Two steps down
Disabled#F7F3F6
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#E8B1D5
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 #dda7cb

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Charts, tags and secondary surfaces
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • 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 #5C2449
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #CB77AF

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.

The muted chroma softens the association — it reads considered rather than loud, which suits long-form and data-heavy screens. 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
  • Weight24/100
  • 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#A7DDB9
Analogous left#D4A7DD
Analogous right#DDA7B0
Split-complement 1#B0DDA7
Split-complement 2#A7DDD4
Triadic 1#CBDDA7
Triadic 2#A7CBDD
Tetradic#DDD4A7
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°320°

#dda7cb sits at 320°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red86.7%
Green65.5%
Blue79.6%
R · 0–255
221
0xdd
G · 0–255
167
0xa7
B · 0–255
203
0xcb

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta24.4%
Yellow8.1%
Key (black)13.3%

Total ink coverage is 46%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#dda7cb text on a black background

contrast 10.46:1

Card sample

#dda7cb text on a white background

contrast 2.01:1

Card sample

#dda7cb on grey

1.83:1

#dda7cb on its own surface

1.85:1

#dda7cb on its dark surface

8.76:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #dda7cb;
Background color
Panel with #dda7cb background
background-color: #dda7cb;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #dda7cb;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(221, 167, 203, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(221, 167, 203, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #dda7cb;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dda7cb, #DDA7A7);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #dda7cb, #DDB5A7);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #dda7cb;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #dda7cb;
caret-color: #dda7cb;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #dda7cb;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F8EDF4;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #dda7cb;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#dda7cb 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #dda7cb 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(221, 167, 203, 0.5)
rgb(221 167 203 / 50%)
#dda7cb80
hsl(320 44% 76% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #dda7cb 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#dda7cb1a#FCF6FA
20%#dda7cb33#F8EDF5
40%#dda7cb66#F1DCEA
60%#dda7cb99#EBCAE0
80%#dda7cbcc#E4B9D5

Gradients from #dda7cb

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, #EED3E5, #dda7cb 45%, #5C2449);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #dda7cb, #D59791);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #dda7cb, #A7DDB9);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F7E9F2 0%, #dda7cb 45%, #5C2449 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%, #E3CCEB 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #E6BDC1 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #5C2449 0%, transparent 65%), #dda7cb;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #dda7cb

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.

#dda7cb 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 10.46:1.

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.

#dda7cb, answered

What color is #dda7cb?

#dda7cb is a light soft magenta / pink, closest to Plum (ΔE2000 6.2). It sits at 320° on the hue wheel with 44% saturation and 76% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #dda7cb?

rgb(221, 167, 203) — 221 red, 167 green and 203 blue out of 255, or 86.7% / 65.5% / 79.6% by channel.

What is #dda7cb in HSL and HSV?

hsl(320, 44%, 76%) and hsv(320, 24%, 87%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #dda7cb a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.4732 and perceived brightness is 74%, so black text on it reaches 10.46:1.

Should I use black or white text on #dda7cb?

Black. It scores 10.46:1 against #dda7cb, versus 2.01:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #dda7cb accessible on a white background?

#dda7cb on white scores 2.01:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #BA4B95 to reach 4.5:1, or #903872 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #dda7cb?

#A7DDB9 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #B0DDA7 and #A7DDD4, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #dda7cb?

For interface work: #FAF4F8 as the surface, #E8C4DC for borders, #9B4B80 for secondary text, #36963E as an accent and #5C2449 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #D4A7DD and #DDA7B0 stays calm, while #A7DDB9 is the loudest partner.

What is #dda7cb in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 24%, 8%, 13%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #dda7cb warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 39 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #DDA7B7; nudged cooler, #DCA6DE.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #dda7cb?

The pink family — its 500 step is #ec4899, ΔE2000 20.3 away. That is a visible difference, so define #dda7cb as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #dda7cb in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#dda7cb] or text-[#dda7cb], 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 #dda7cb with 50% opacity?

rgba(221, 167, 203, 0.5), or #dda7cb80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #EED3E5; over black, #6F5466.

Is #dda7cb a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CC99CC, ΔE2000 5.8 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #dda7cb 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 moderate chroma the association is present but not shouted.

What gradient works with #dda7cb?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #EED3E5, #dda7cb 45%, #5C2449). For more colour, a short hue run to #D59791 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #dda7cb in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #dda7cb at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.