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magenta / pink · neutral

#df27fc

a balanced, electric magenta / pink · neutral · closest name: Magenta

Token name suggestion: True Peony

RGB
223, 39, 252
HSL
292°, 97%, 57%
CMYK
12, 85, 0, 1
Luminance
0.2417

#df27fc is a balanced electric magenta / pink, 292° on the wheel and 55/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (5.83:1). As text it scores 3.60:1 on white — large text only. Nearest name is Magenta, nearest Tailwind family is fuchsia.

hsl(292 97% 57%)rgb(223 39 252)Base step 500AA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #df27fc is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#df27fc
Hue
292°
magenta / pink
Saturation
97%
electric
Lightness
57%
balanced
Brightness
99%
HSV value
Perceived
59%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.2417
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
55/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
5.83:1
Closest name
Magenta
ΔE2000 4.9
Chroma
110.5
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.663
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
fuchsia
500 · ΔE 2.8
Web-safe
#CC33FF
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue292° of 360°
Saturation97%
Lightness57%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #df27fc.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool55% 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
Red65%
Green6%
Blue29%

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

Every format

HEX#df27fc
HEX (8-digit)#df27fcff
RGBrgb(223, 39, 252)
RGBArgba(223, 39, 252, 1)
HSLhsl(292, 97%, 57%)
HSV / HSBhsv(292, 85%, 99%)
HWBhwb(292 15% 1%)
CMYKcmyk(12%, 85%, 0%, 1%)
LABlab(56.3 88.7 -66.0)
LCHlch(56.3 110.5 323.4)
OKLCHoklch(0.663 0.297 321.4)
XYZ (D65)xyz(48.73, 24.17, 94.18)
Decimal14624764
Display P3color(display-p3 0.875 0.153 0.988)
Web-safe#CC33FF

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #df27fc;
background-color: #df27fc;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #df27fc;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#df27fc] bg-[#df27fc]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #df27fc;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.875, green: 0.153, blue: 0.988)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.875, green: 0.153, blue: 0.988, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#DF27FC</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFDF27FC)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFDF27FC)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(252, 39, 223)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(223, 39, 252)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(223, 39, 252)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 223, 39, 252)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.8745f, 0.1529f, 0.9882f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{223,39,252}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #df27fc 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #df27fc 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#6D027E, #EAD3EE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #df27fc 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: #FCF1FD;
  --brand-100: #F9E4FC;
  --brand-200: #F3C1FB;
  --brand-300: #EF90FD;
  --brand-400: #E659FD;
  --brand-500: #df27fc;
  --brand-600: #D103F1;
  --brand-700: #AE03C9;
  --brand-800: #8B02A1;
  --brand-900: #650674;
  --brand-950: #3F0448;
  --brand: #df27fc;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF4FA;
  --brand-border: #E7C0ED;
  --brand-hover: #DA04FC;
  --brand-pressed: #BC03D9;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #221424;
    --brand-ink: #EAD3EE;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FCF1FD',
        100: '#F9E4FC',
        200: '#F3C1FB',
        300: '#EF90FD',
        400: '#E659FD',
        500: '#df27fc',
        600: '#D103F1',
        700: '#AE03C9',
        800: '#8B02A1',
        900: '#650674',
        950: '#3F0448',
        DEFAULT: '#df27fc',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FCF1FD,
  '100': #F9E4FC,
  '200': #F3C1FB,
  '300': #EF90FD,
  '400': #E659FD,
  '500': #df27fc,
  '600': #D103F1,
  '700': #AE03C9,
  '800': #8B02A1,
  '900': #650674,
  '950': #3F0448,
);
$brand-base: #df27fc;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FCF1FD", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F9E4FC", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#F3C1FB", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#EF90FD", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#E659FD", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#df27fc", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#D103F1", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#AE03C9", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#8B02A1", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#650674", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#3F0448", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #df27fc · 5.83:1
Use #000000AA at every size, AAA for large text only.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 3.60:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 5.83:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #df27fc as text scores 3.60:1 on white and 5.83:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #6D027E at 2.98:1.

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
#C903E8 · 4.50:1
AA on white−11% L
#C903E8
The quick fox
#9902B1 · 7.00:1
AAA on white−22% L
#9902B1
The quick fox
#df27fc · 5.83:1
AA on blackalready passes
#df27fc
The quick fox
#E654FD · 7.05:1
AAA on black+9% L
#E654FD

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #DF27FC 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
#df27fc on white: 3.60:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#df27fc on black: 5.83:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #df27fc as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #df27fc.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White3.60:1AaAa
Slate 503.44:1AaAa
Slate 1003.29:1AaAa
Slate 2002.92:1AaAa
Slate 3002.42:1AaAa
Slate 4001.40:1AaAa
Slate 5001.32:1AaAa
Slate 6002.10:1AaAa
Slate 7002.88:1AaAa
Slate 8004.06:1AaAa
Slate 9004.96:1AaAa
Black5.83:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #007BFF
deuteranopia · #498DF8
tritanopia · #E15B98

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. #df27fc is pinned to step 500; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#FCF1FD
#F9E4FC
#F3C1FB
#EF90FD
#E659FD
#df27fc
#D103F1
#AE03C9
#8B02A1
#650674
#3F0448
Base = 500Lightest = 50 · #FCF1FDDarkest = 950 · #3F0448Text step on white = 700
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 0.074 321.4);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.119 321.4);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.178 321.4);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.232 321.4);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.273 321.4);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.297 321.4);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.297 321.4);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.279 321.4);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.249 321.4);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.208 321.4);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.163 321.4);
}

Colors that work with #df27fc

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#E7C0ED
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#904B9B
Captions on the surface
Accent#4FCC00
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#6D027E
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FBE6FF
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#221424
Dark-mode background
Hover#DA04FC
One step down in lightness
Pressed#BC03D9
Two steps down
Disabled#D2BED5
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#E439FF
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 #df27fc

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

Works well for
  • Headings from 24px up on white
  • 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
  • Small text on white — under 4.5:1
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
24px / 18.66px bold
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #6D027E
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
  • Weight43/100
  • 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#44FC27
Analogous left#7527FC
Analogous right#FC27AF
Split-complement 1#AFFC27
Split-complement 2#27FC75
Triadic 1#FCDF27
Triadic 2#27FCDF
Tetradic#FC7527
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°292°

#df27fc sits at 292°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red87.5%
Green15.3%
Blue98.8%
R · 0–255
223
0xdf
G · 0–255
39
0x27
B · 0–255
252
0xfc

CMYK percentages

Cyan11.5%
Magenta84.5%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)1.2%

Total ink coverage is 97%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#df27fc text on a black background

contrast 5.83:1

Card sample

#df27fc text on a white background

contrast 3.60:1

Card sample

#df27fc on grey

3.29:1

#df27fc on its own surface

3.32:1

#df27fc on its dark surface

4.89:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #df27fc;
Background color
Panel with #df27fc background
background-color: #df27fc;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #df27fc;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(223, 39, 252, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(223, 39, 252, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #df27fc;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #df27fc, #FC278B);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #df27fc, #FC2756);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #df27fc;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #df27fc;
caret-color: #df27fc;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #df27fc;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FBE6FF;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #df27fc;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#df27fc 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #df27fc 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, 39, 252, 0.5)
rgb(223 39 252 / 50%)
#df27fc80
hsl(292 97% 57% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #df27fc 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#df27fc1a#FCE9FF
20%#df27fc33#F9D4FE
40%#df27fc66#F2A9FE
60%#df27fc99#EC7DFD
80%#df27fccc#E552FD

Gradients from #df27fc

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, #E864FD, #df27fc 45%, #6D027E);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #df27fc, #FC0967);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #df27fc, #44FC27);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #EC82FD 0%, #df27fc 45%, #6D027E 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%, #8759FD 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #FC45AB 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #6D027E 0%, transparent 65%), #df27fc;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #df27fc

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.

#df27fc 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

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 5.83:1.

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.

#df27fc, answered

What color is #df27fc?

#df27fc is a balanced electric magenta / pink, closest to Magenta (ΔE2000 4.9). It sits at 292° on the hue wheel with 97% saturation and 57% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #df27fc?

rgb(223, 39, 252) — 223 red, 39 green and 252 blue out of 255, or 87.5% / 15.3% / 98.8% by channel.

What is #df27fc in HSL and HSV?

hsl(292, 97%, 57%) and hsv(292, 85%, 99%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #df27fc a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.2417 and perceived brightness is 59%, so black text on it reaches 5.83:1.

Should I use black or white text on #df27fc?

Black. It scores 5.83:1 against #df27fc, versus 3.60:1 for white — AA at any size.

Is #df27fc accessible on a white background?

#df27fc on white scores 3.60:1, which only clears AA for large text — 18.66px bold or 24px regular and up. Darken it to #C903E8 to reach 4.5:1, or #9902B1 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #df27fc?

#44FC27 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #AFFC27 and #27FC75, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #df27fc?

For interface work: #FAF4FA as the surface, #E7C0ED for borders, #904B9B for secondary text, #4FCC00 as an accent and #6D027E for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #7527FC and #FC27AF stays calm, while #44FC27 is the loudest partner.

What is #df27fc in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(12%, 85%, 0%, 1%). 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 #df27fc warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 55 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #FC27CB; nudged cooler, #9125FE.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #df27fc?

The fuchsia family — its 500 step is #d946ef, ΔE2000 2.8 away. That is close enough to swap in without anyone noticing.

How do I use #df27fc in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#df27fc] or text-[#df27fc], 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 #df27fc with 50% opacity?

rgba(223, 39, 252, 0.5), or #df27fc80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #EF93FE; over black, #70147E.

Is #df27fc a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CC33FF, ΔE2000 3.1 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #df27fc 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 #df27fc?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #E864FD, #df27fc 45%, #6D027E). For more colour, a short hue run to #FC0967 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #df27fc in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #df27fc at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.