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magenta / pink · neutral

#e191eb

a light, vivid magenta / pink · neutral · closest name: Violet

Token name suggestion: Meadow Blossom

RGB
225, 145, 235
HSL
293°, 69%, 75%
CMYK
4, 38, 0, 8
Luminance
0.4226

#e191eb is a light vivid magenta / pink, 293° on the wheel and 54/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (9.45:1). As text it scores 2.22:1 on white — use #C227D6 instead. Nearest name is Violet, nearest Tailwind family is fuchsia.

hsl(293 69% 75%)rgb(225 145 235)Base step 300AAA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #e191eb is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#e191eb
Hue
293°
magenta / pink
Saturation
69%
vivid
Lightness
75%
light
Brightness
92%
HSV value
Perceived
72%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.4226
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
54/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
9.45:1
Closest name
Violet
ΔE2000 3.8
Chroma
55.4
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.768
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
fuchsia
500 · ΔE 14.6
Web-safe
#CC99FF
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue293° of 360°
Saturation69%
Lightness75%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #e191eb.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool54% 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
Red38%
Green48%
Blue14%

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

Every format

HEX#e191eb
HEX (8-digit)#e191ebff
RGBrgb(225, 145, 235)
RGBArgba(225, 145, 235, 1)
HSLhsl(293, 69%, 75%)
HSV / HSBhsv(293, 38%, 92%)
HWBhwb(293 57% 8%)
CMYKcmyk(4%, 38%, 0%, 8%)
LABlab(71.0 44.4 -33.2)
LCHlch(71.0 55.4 323.2)
OKLCHoklch(0.768 0.150 322.9)
XYZ (D65)xyz(56.17, 42.26, 83.78)
Decimal14782955
Display P3color(display-p3 0.882 0.569 0.922)
Web-safe#CC99FF

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #e191eb;
background-color: #e191eb;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #e191eb;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#e191eb] bg-[#e191eb]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #e191eb;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.882, green: 0.569, blue: 0.922)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.882, green: 0.569, blue: 0.922, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#E191EB</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFE191EB)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFE191EB)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(235, 145, 225)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(225, 145, 235)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(225, 145, 235)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 225, 145, 235)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.8824f, 0.5686f, 0.9216f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{225,145,235}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #e191eb 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #e191eb 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#62146C, #EBD3EE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #e191eb 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: #FBF3FB;
  --brand-100: #F6E7F8;
  --brand-200: #EECAF2;
  --brand-300: #e191eb;
  --brand-400: #D871E5;
  --brand-500: #CB41DC;
  --brand-600: #BC26CF;
  --brand-700: #9D1FAD;
  --brand-800: #7D198A;
  --brand-900: #5B1664;
  --brand-950: #390E3F;
  --brand: #e191eb;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF4FA;
  --brand-border: #E8C0ED;
  --brand-hover: #D973E5;
  --brand-pressed: #D055E0;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #231424;
    --brand-ink: #EBD3EE;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FBF3FB',
        100: '#F6E7F8',
        200: '#EECAF2',
        300: '#e191eb',
        400: '#D871E5',
        500: '#CB41DC',
        600: '#BC26CF',
        700: '#9D1FAD',
        800: '#7D198A',
        900: '#5B1664',
        950: '#390E3F',
        DEFAULT: '#e191eb',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FBF3FB,
  '100': #F6E7F8,
  '200': #EECAF2,
  '300': #e191eb,
  '400': #D871E5,
  '500': #CB41DC,
  '600': #BC26CF,
  '700': #9D1FAD,
  '800': #7D198A,
  '900': #5B1664,
  '950': #390E3F,
);
$brand-base: #e191eb;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FBF3FB", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F6E7F8", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#EECAF2", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#e191eb", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#D871E5", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#CB41DC", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#BC26CF", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#9D1FAD", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#7D198A", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#5B1664", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#390E3F", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #e191eb · 9.45:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 2.22:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 9.45:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #e191eb as text scores 2.22:1 on white and 9.45:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #62146C at 5.15:1.

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
#C227D6 · 4.61:1
AA on white−25% L
#C227D6
The quick fox
#931DA2 · 7.15:1
AAA on white−37% L
#931DA2
The quick fox
#e191eb · 9.45:1
AA on blackalready passes
#e191eb
The quick fox
#e191eb · 9.45:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#e191eb

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #D566E3 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
#e191eb on white: 2.22:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#e191eb on black: 9.45:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #e191eb as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #e191eb.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White2.22:1AaAa
Slate 502.12:1AaAa
Slate 1002.03:1AaAa
Slate 2001.80:1AaAa
Slate 3001.50:1AaAa
Slate 4001.15:1AaAa
Slate 5002.14:1AaAa
Slate 6003.41:1AaAa
Slate 7004.66:1AaAa
Slate 8006.58:1AaAa
Slate 9008.03:1AaAa
Black9.45:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #87A8EE
deuteranopia · #9CB1E8
tritanopia · #E49BB3

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. #e191eb 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.

#FBF3FB
#F6E7F8
#EECAF2
#e191eb
#D871E5
#CB41DC
#BC26CF
#9D1FAD
#7D198A
#5B1664
#390E3F
Base = 300Lightest = 50 · #FBF3FBDarkest = 950 · #390E3FText 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 0.038 322.9);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.060 322.9);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.090 322.9);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.117 322.9);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.138 322.9);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.150 322.9);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.150 322.9);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.141 322.9);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.126 322.9);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.105 322.9);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.083 322.9);
}

Colors that work with #e191eb

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#E8C0ED
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#924B9B
Captions on the surface
Accent#52B11B
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#62146C
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F9E9FB
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#231424
Dark-mode background
Hover#D973E5
One step down in lightness
Pressed#D055E0
Two steps down
Disabled#F7F3F7
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#EA9DF4
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 #e191eb

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 #62146C
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #D566E3

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
  • Weight26/100
  • 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#9BEB91
Analogous left#B491EB
Analogous right#EB91C8
Split-complement 1#C8EB91
Split-complement 2#91EBB4
Triadic 1#EBE191
Triadic 2#91EBE1
Tetradic#EBB491
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°293°

#e191eb sits at 293°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red88.2%
Green56.9%
Blue92.2%
R · 0–255
225
0xe1
G · 0–255
145
0x91
B · 0–255
235
0xeb

CMYK percentages

Cyan4.3%
Magenta38.3%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)7.8%

Total ink coverage is 50%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#e191eb text on a black background

contrast 9.45:1

Card sample

#e191eb text on a white background

contrast 2.22:1

Card sample

#e191eb on grey

2.03:1

#e191eb on its own surface

2.05:1

#e191eb on its dark surface

7.90:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #e191eb;
Background color
Panel with #e191eb background
background-color: #e191eb;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #e191eb;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(225, 145, 235, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(225, 145, 235, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #e191eb;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e191eb, #EB91B9);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #e191eb, #EB91A3);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #e191eb;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #e191eb;
caret-color: #e191eb;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #e191eb;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F9E9FB;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #e191eb;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#e191eb 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #e191eb 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(225, 145, 235, 0.5)
rgb(225 145 235 / 50%)
#e191eb80
hsl(293 69% 75% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #e191eb 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#e191eb1a#FCF4FD
20%#e191eb33#F9E9FB
40%#e191eb66#F3D3F7
60%#e191eb99#EDBDF3
80%#e191ebcc#E7A7EF

Gradients from #e191eb

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, #EFC5F4, #e191eb 45%, #62146C);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #e191eb, #E6779F);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #e191eb, #9BEB91);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F6DFF9 0%, #e191eb 45%, #62146C 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%, #CDBCF3 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #F0ABCF 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #62146C 0%, transparent 65%), #e191eb;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #e191eb

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.

#e191eb 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 9.45:1.

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.

#e191eb, answered

What color is #e191eb?

#e191eb is a light vivid magenta / pink, closest to Violet (ΔE2000 3.8). It sits at 293° on the hue wheel with 69% saturation and 75% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #e191eb?

rgb(225, 145, 235) — 225 red, 145 green and 235 blue out of 255, or 88.2% / 56.9% / 92.2% by channel.

What is #e191eb in HSL and HSV?

hsl(293, 69%, 75%) and hsv(293, 38%, 92%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #e191eb a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.4226 and perceived brightness is 72%, so black text on it reaches 9.45:1.

Should I use black or white text on #e191eb?

Black. It scores 9.45:1 against #e191eb, versus 2.22:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #e191eb accessible on a white background?

#e191eb on white scores 2.22:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #C227D6 to reach 4.5:1, or #931DA2 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #e191eb?

#9BEB91 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #C8EB91 and #91EBB4, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #e191eb?

For interface work: #FAF4FA as the surface, #E8C0ED for borders, #924B9B for secondary text, #52B11B as an accent and #62146C for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #B491EB and #EB91C8 stays calm, while #9BEB91 is the loudest partner.

What is #e191eb in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(4%, 38%, 0%, 8%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #e191eb warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 54 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #EB91D4; nudged cooler, #C090EC.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #e191eb?

The fuchsia family — its 500 step is #d946ef, ΔE2000 14.6 away. That is a visible difference, so define #e191eb as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #e191eb in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#e191eb] or text-[#e191eb], 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 #e191eb with 50% opacity?

rgba(225, 145, 235, 0.5), or #e191eb80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #F0C8F5; over black, #714976.

Is #e191eb a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CC99FF, ΔE2000 6.8 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #e191eb 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 #e191eb?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #EFC5F4, #e191eb 45%, #62146C). For more colour, a short hue run to #E6779F keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #e191eb in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #e191eb at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.