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magenta / pink · warm

#df1472

a balanced, electric magenta / pink · warm · closest name: Deep Pink

Token name suggestion: Signal Fuchsia

RGB
223, 20, 114
HSL
332°, 84%, 48%
CMYK
0, 91, 49, 13
Luminance
0.1740

#df1472 is a balanced electric magenta / pink, 332° on the wheel and 32/100 on the cool side. Put white text on it (4.69:1). As text it scores 4.69:1 on white — safe at any size. Nearest name is Deep Pink, nearest Tailwind family is pink.

hsl(332 84% 48%)rgb(223 20 114)Base step 600AA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #df1472 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#df1472
Hue
332°
magenta / pink
Saturation
84%
electric
Lightness
48%
balanced
Brightness
87%
HSV value
Perceived
51%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.1740
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
32/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Electric
Best ink
White
4.69:1
Closest name
Deep Pink
ΔE2000 8.1
Chroma
74.8
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.589
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
pink
500 · ΔE 9.3
Web-safe
#CC0066
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue332° of 360°
Saturation84%
Lightness48%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #df1472.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool32% 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
Red90%
Green3%
Blue7%

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

Every format

HEX#df1472
HEX (8-digit)#df1472ff
RGBrgb(223, 20, 114)
RGBArgba(223, 20, 114, 1)
HSLhsl(332, 84%, 48%)
HSV / HSBhsv(332, 91%, 87%)
HWBhwb(332 8% 13%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 91%, 49%, 13%)
LABlab(48.8 74.8 2.9)
LCHlch(48.8 74.8 2.2)
OKLCHoklch(0.589 0.230 2.1)
XYZ (D65)xyz(33.72, 17.41, 17.50)
Decimal14619762
Display P3color(display-p3 0.875 0.078 0.447)
Web-safe#CC0066

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #df1472;
background-color: #df1472;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #df1472;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#df1472] bg-[#df1472]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #df1472;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.875, green: 0.078, blue: 0.447)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.875, green: 0.078, blue: 0.447, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#DF1472</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFDF1472)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFDF1472)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(114, 20, 223)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(223, 20, 114)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(223, 20, 114)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 223, 20, 114)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.8745f, 0.0784f, 0.4471f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{223,20,114}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #df1472 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #df1472 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#750B3C, #EED3DF);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #df1472 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: #FCF2F7;
  --brand-100: #FAE6EF;
  --brand-200: #F6C5DC;
  --brand-300: #F698C3;
  --brand-400: #F165A6;
  --brand-500: #EC3188;
  --brand-600: #df1472;
  --brand-700: #BB1160;
  --brand-800: #960D4D;
  --brand-900: #6C0E3A;
  --brand-950: #440924;
  --brand: #df1472;
  --brand-ink: #ffffff;
  --brand-surface: #FAF4F7;
  --brand-border: #EDC0D5;
  --brand-hover: #BE1161;
  --brand-pressed: #9D0E50;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #24141B;
    --brand-ink: #EED3DF;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FCF2F7',
        100: '#FAE6EF',
        200: '#F6C5DC',
        300: '#F698C3',
        400: '#F165A6',
        500: '#EC3188',
        600: '#df1472',
        700: '#BB1160',
        800: '#960D4D',
        900: '#6C0E3A',
        950: '#440924',
        DEFAULT: '#df1472',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FCF2F7,
  '100': #FAE6EF,
  '200': #F6C5DC,
  '300': #F698C3,
  '400': #F165A6,
  '500': #EC3188,
  '600': #df1472,
  '700': #BB1160,
  '800': #960D4D,
  '900': #6C0E3A,
  '950': #440924,
);
$brand-base: #df1472;
$brand-ink: #ffffff;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FCF2F7", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#FAE6EF", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#F6C5DC", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#F698C3", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#F165A6", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#EC3188", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#df1472", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#BB1160", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#960D4D", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#6C0E3A", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#440924", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#ffffff", "$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#ffffff on #df1472 · 4.69:1
Use #ffffffAA at every size, AAA for large text only.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 4.69:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 4.48:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #df1472 as text scores 4.69:1 on white and 4.48:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #FDE8F1 at 4.01:1.

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
#df1472 · 4.69:1
AA on whitealready passes
#df1472
The quick fox
#AB0F58 · 7.14:1
AAA on white−11% L
#AB0F58
The quick fox
#E31474 · 4.62:1
AA on black+1% L
#E31474
The quick fox
#F163A5 · 7.07:1
AAA on black+19% L
#F163A5

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #DF1472 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
#df1472 on white: 4.69:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#df1472 on black: 4.48:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #df1472 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #df1472.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White4.69:1AaAa
Slate 504.48:1AaAa
Slate 1004.28:1AaAa
Slate 2003.80:1AaAa
Slate 3003.16:1AaAa
Slate 4001.83:1AaAa
Slate 5001.02:1AaAa
Slate 6001.62:1AaAa
Slate 7002.21:1AaAa
Slate 8003.12:1AaAa
Slate 9003.81:1AaAa
Black4.48:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #525C74
deuteranopia · #86816E
tritanopia · #F30045

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. #df1472 is pinned to step 600; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#FCF2F7
#FAE6EF
#F6C5DC
#F698C3
#F165A6
#EC3188
#df1472
#BB1160
#960D4D
#6C0E3A
#440924
Base = 600Lightest = 50 · #FCF2F7Darkest = 950 · #440924Text 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 0.058 2.1);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.092 2.1);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.138 2.1);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.180 2.1);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.212 2.1);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.230 2.1);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.230 2.1);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.216 2.1);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.193 2.1);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.161 2.1);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.127 2.1);
}

Colors that work with #df1472

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#ffffff
White wins here
Surface#FAF4F7
Tinted page background
Border#EDC0D5
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B4B70
Captions on the surface
Accent#0DBF40
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#750B3C
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FDE8F1
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#24141B
Dark-mode background
Hover#BE1161
One step down in lightness
Pressed#9D0E50
Two steps down
Disabled#C3A0B0
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#F7107B
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 #df1472

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

Works well for
  • Body text and links on white
  • 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
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Any size
Safe as a fill behind white type
Yes
Safe as a 1px border on white
Yes

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.

At this chroma the association is amplified — it will dominate anything placed beside it, so give it space and use it sparingly. 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
  • FormalityLow
  • EnergyHigh
  • Weight52/100
  • 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#14DF81
Analogous left#DF14D7
Analogous right#DF1B14
Split-complement 1#14DF1B
Split-complement 2#14D7DF
Triadic 1#72DF14
Triadic 2#1472DF
Tetradic#D7DF14
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°332°

#df1472 sits at 332°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red87.5%
Green7.8%
Blue44.7%
R · 0–255
223
0xdf
G · 0–255
20
0x14
B · 0–255
114
0x72

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta91.0%
Yellow48.9%
Key (black)12.5%

Total ink coverage is 152%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#df1472 text on a black background

contrast 4.48:1

Card sample

#df1472 text on a white background

contrast 4.69:1

Card sample

#df1472 on grey

4.28:1

#df1472 on its own surface

4.32:1

#df1472 on its dark surface

3.76:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #df1472;
Background color
Panel with #df1472 background
background-color: #df1472;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #df1472;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(223, 20, 114, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(223, 20, 114, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #df1472;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #df1472, #DF3D14);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #df1472, #DF7014);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #df1472;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #df1472;
caret-color: #df1472;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #df1472;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FDE8F1;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #df1472;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#df1472 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #df1472 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(223, 20, 114, 0.5)
rgb(223 20 114 / 50%)
#df147280
hsl(332 84% 48% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #df1472 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#df14721a#FCE8F1
20%#df147233#F9D0E3
40%#df147266#F2A1C7
60%#df147299#EC72AA
80%#df1472cc#E5438E

Gradients from #df1472

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, #EE4292, #df1472 45%, #750B3C);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #df1472, #C34412);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #df1472, #14DF81);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F15EA2 0%, #df1472 45%, #750B3C 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%, #E539ED 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #EB3E26 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #750B3C 0%, transparent 65%), #df1472;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #df1472

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.

#df1472 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

Sits outside most CMYK gamuts — expect a duller press result, or specify a spot ink.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Too dim on dark surfaces at 4.48:1 — lift it to #E31474 for body text, or reserve it for fills.

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.

#df1472, answered

What color is #df1472?

#df1472 is a balanced electric magenta / pink, closest to Deep Pink (ΔE2000 8.1). It sits at 332° on the hue wheel with 84% saturation and 48% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #df1472?

rgb(223, 20, 114) — 223 red, 20 green and 114 blue out of 255, or 87.5% / 7.8% / 44.7% by channel.

What is #df1472 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(332, 84%, 48%) and hsv(332, 91%, 87%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #df1472 a light or a dark color?

It is a dark color. Relative luminance is 0.1740 and perceived brightness is 51%, so white text on it reaches 4.69:1.

Should I use black or white text on #df1472?

White. It scores 4.69:1 against #df1472, versus 4.48:1 for black — AA at any size.

Is #df1472 accessible on a white background?

#df1472 on white scores 4.69:1, which clears AA at every size but not AAA.

What is the complementary color of #df1472?

#14DF81 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #14DF1B and #14D7DF, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #df1472?

For interface work: #FAF4F7 as the surface, #EDC0D5 for borders, #9B4B70 for secondary text, #0DBF40 as an accent and #750B3C for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #DF14D7 and #DF1B14 stays calm, while #14DF81 is the loudest partner.

What is #df1472 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 91%, 49%, 13%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — a color this saturated sits outside most CMYK gamuts and will print duller than it looks here.

Is #df1472 warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 32 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #DF1428; nudged cooler, #E112BE.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #df1472?

The pink family — its 500 step is #ec4899, ΔE2000 9.3 away. That is a visible difference, so define #df1472 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #df1472 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#df1472] or text-[#df1472], 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 #df1472 with 50% opacity?

rgba(223, 20, 114, 0.5), or #df147280 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #EF8AB9; over black, #700A39.

Is #df1472 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CC0066, ΔE2000 4.7 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #df1472 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 #df1472?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #EE4292, #df1472 45%, #750B3C). For more colour, a short hue run to #C34412 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #df1472 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #df1472 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.