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magenta / pink · warm

#df98b4

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

Token name suggestion: Morning Fuchsia

RGB
223, 152, 180
HSL
336°, 53%, 74%
CMYK
0, 32, 19, 13
Luminance
0.4144

#df98b4 is a light vivid magenta / pink, 336° on the wheel and 30/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (9.29:1). As text it scores 2.26:1 on white — use #C64678 instead. Nearest name is Light Pink, nearest Tailwind family is pink.

hsl(336 53% 74%)rgb(223 152 180)Base step 300AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #df98b4 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#df98b4
Hue
336°
magenta / pink
Saturation
53%
vivid
Lightness
74%
light
Brightness
87%
HSV value
Perceived
70%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.4144
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
30/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
9.29:1
Closest name
Light Pink
ΔE2000 9.5
Chroma
30.8
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.757
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
pink
500 · ΔE 16.4
Web-safe
#CC99CC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue336° of 360°
Saturation53%
Lightness74%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #df98b4.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool30% 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
Red38%
Green54%
Blue8%

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

Every format

HEX#df98b4
HEX (8-digit)#df98b4ff
RGBrgb(223, 152, 180)
RGBArgba(223, 152, 180, 1)
HSLhsl(336, 53%, 74%)
HSV / HSBhsv(336, 32%, 87%)
HWBhwb(336 60% 13%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 32%, 19%, 13%)
LABlab(70.5 30.6 -3.7)
LCHlch(70.5 30.8 353.2)
OKLCHoklch(0.757 0.092 354.2)
XYZ (D65)xyz(49.90, 41.44, 48.54)
Decimal14653620
Display P3color(display-p3 0.875 0.596 0.706)
Web-safe#CC99CC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #df98b4;
background-color: #df98b4;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #df98b4;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#df98b4] bg-[#df98b4]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #df98b4;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.875, green: 0.596, blue: 0.706)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.875, green: 0.596, blue: 0.706, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#DF98B4</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFDF98B4)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFDF98B4)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(180, 152, 223)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(223, 152, 180)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(223, 152, 180)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 223, 152, 180)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.8745f, 0.5961f, 0.7059f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{223,152,180}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #df98b4 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #df98b4 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#611E39, #EED3DE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #df98b4 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: #FAF4F7;
  --brand-100: #F6E9EE;
  --brand-200: #EDCFDB;
  --brand-300: #df98b4;
  --brand-400: #D77FA2;
  --brand-500: #CA5482;
  --brand-600: #BB3A6D;
  --brand-700: #9C305B;
  --brand-800: #7D2749;
  --brand-900: #5B2037;
  --brand-950: #391422;
  --brand: #df98b4;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF4F7;
  --brand-border: #ECC1D2;
  --brand-hover: #D77DA0;
  --brand-pressed: #CE618C;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #24141A;
    --brand-ink: #EED3DE;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FAF4F7',
        100: '#F6E9EE',
        200: '#EDCFDB',
        300: '#df98b4',
        400: '#D77FA2',
        500: '#CA5482',
        600: '#BB3A6D',
        700: '#9C305B',
        800: '#7D2749',
        900: '#5B2037',
        950: '#391422',
        DEFAULT: '#df98b4',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FAF4F7,
  '100': #F6E9EE,
  '200': #EDCFDB,
  '300': #df98b4,
  '400': #D77FA2,
  '500': #CA5482,
  '600': #BB3A6D,
  '700': #9C305B,
  '800': #7D2749,
  '900': #5B2037,
  '950': #391422,
);
$brand-base: #df98b4;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FAF4F7", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F6E9EE", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#EDCFDB", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#df98b4", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#D77FA2", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#CA5482", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#BB3A6D", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#9C305B", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#7D2749", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#5B2037", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#391422", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #df98b4 · 9.29:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 2.26:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 9.29:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #df98b4 as text scores 2.26:1 on white and 9.29:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #611E39 at 5.30:1.

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
#C64678 · 4.62:1
AA on white−21% L
#C64678
The quick fox
#9A305A · 7.13:1
AAA on white−34% L
#9A305A
The quick fox
#df98b4 · 9.29:1
AA on blackalready passes
#df98b4
The quick fox
#df98b4 · 9.29:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#df98b4

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #D4759A 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
#df98b4 on white: 2.26:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#df98b4 on black: 9.29:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #df98b4 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #df98b4.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White2.26:1AaAa
Slate 502.16:1AaAa
Slate 1002.06:1AaAa
Slate 2001.83:1AaAa
Slate 3001.52:1AaAa
Slate 4001.13:1AaAa
Slate 5002.10:1AaAa
Slate 6003.35:1AaAa
Slate 7004.58:1AaAa
Slate 8006.47:1AaAa
Slate 9007.90:1AaAa
Black9.29:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #A0A5B5
deuteranopia · #B1B1B2
tritanopia · #EA95A2

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. #df98b4 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.

#FAF4F7
#F6E9EE
#EDCFDB
#df98b4
#D77FA2
#CA5482
#BB3A6D
#9C305B
#7D2749
#5B2037
#391422
Base = 300Lightest = 50 · #FAF4F7Darkest = 950 · #391422Text 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 0.023 354.2);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.037 354.2);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.055 354.2);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.072 354.2);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.084 354.2);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.092 354.2);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.092 354.2);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.086 354.2);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.077 354.2);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.064 354.2);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.050 354.2);
}

Colors that work with #df98b4

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#FAF4F7
Tinted page background
Border#ECC1D2
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B4B6A
Captions on the surface
Accent#2CA055
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#611E39
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F9ECF1
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#24141A
Dark-mode background
Hover#D77DA0
One step down in lightness
Pressed#CE618C
Two steps down
Disabled#F6F1F3
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#EAA2BE
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 #df98b4

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 #611E39
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #D4759A

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
  • Weight27/100
  • 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#98DFC3
Analogous left#DF98D8
Analogous right#DF9F98
Split-complement 1#98DF9F
Split-complement 2#98D8DF
Triadic 1#B4DF98
Triadic 2#98B4DF
Tetradic#D8DF98
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°336°

#df98b4 sits at 336°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red87.5%
Green59.6%
Blue70.6%
R · 0–255
223
0xdf
G · 0–255
152
0x98
B · 0–255
180
0xb4

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta31.8%
Yellow19.3%
Key (black)12.5%

Total ink coverage is 64%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#df98b4 text on a black background

contrast 9.29:1

Card sample

#df98b4 text on a white background

contrast 2.26:1

Card sample

#df98b4 on grey

2.06:1

#df98b4 on its own surface

2.08:1

#df98b4 on its dark surface

7.81:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #df98b4;
Background color
Panel with #df98b4 background
background-color: #df98b4;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #df98b4;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(223, 152, 180, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(223, 152, 180, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #df98b4;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #df98b4, #DFAB98);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #df98b4, #DFBD98);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #df98b4;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #df98b4;
caret-color: #df98b4;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #df98b4;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F9ECF1;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #df98b4;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#df98b4 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #df98b4 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, 152, 180, 0.5)
rgb(223 152 180 / 50%)
#df98b480
hsl(336 53% 74% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #df98b4 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#df98b41a#FCF5F8
20%#df98b433#F9EAF0
40%#df98b466#F2D6E1
60%#df98b499#ECC1D2
80%#df98b4cc#E5ADC3

Gradients from #df98b4

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, #EDC7D6, #df98b4 45%, #611E39);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #df98b4, #D89F81);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #df98b4, #98DFC3);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F5DEE7 0%, #df98b4 45%, #611E39 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%, #EBBFEA 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #E6BAAF 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #611E39 0%, transparent 65%), #df98b4;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #df98b4

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.

#df98b4 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 9.29:1.

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.

#df98b4, answered

What color is #df98b4?

#df98b4 is a light vivid magenta / pink, closest to Light Pink (ΔE2000 9.5). It sits at 336° on the hue wheel with 53% saturation and 74% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #df98b4?

rgb(223, 152, 180) — 223 red, 152 green and 180 blue out of 255, or 87.5% / 59.6% / 70.6% by channel.

What is #df98b4 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(336, 53%, 74%) and hsv(336, 32%, 87%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #df98b4 a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.4144 and perceived brightness is 70%, so black text on it reaches 9.29:1.

Should I use black or white text on #df98b4?

Black. It scores 9.29:1 against #df98b4, versus 2.26:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #df98b4 accessible on a white background?

#df98b4 on white scores 2.26:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #C64678 to reach 4.5:1, or #9A305A for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #df98b4?

#98DFC3 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #98DF9F and #98D8DF, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #df98b4?

For interface work: #FAF4F7 as the surface, #ECC1D2 for borders, #9B4B6A for secondary text, #2CA055 as an accent and #611E39 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #DF98D8 and #DF9F98 stays calm, while #98DFC3 is the loudest partner.

What is #df98b4 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 32%, 19%, 13%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #df98b4 warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 30 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #DF989A; nudged cooler, #E097CF.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #df98b4?

The pink family — its 500 step is #ec4899, ΔE2000 16.4 away. That is a visible difference, so define #df98b4 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #df98b4 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#df98b4] or text-[#df98b4], 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 #df98b4 with 50% opacity?

rgba(223, 152, 180, 0.5), or #df98b480 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #EFCCDA; over black, #704C5A.

Is #df98b4 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CC99CC, ΔE2000 9 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #df98b4 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 #df98b4?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #EDC7D6, #df98b4 45%, #611E39). For more colour, a short hue run to #D89F81 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #df98b4 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #df98b4 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.