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magenta / pink · neutral

#e250fe

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

Token name suggestion: Drift Fuchsia

RGB
226, 80, 254
HSL
290°, 99%, 66%
CMYK
11, 69, 0, 0
Luminance
0.2906

#e250fe is a light electric magenta / pink, 290° on the wheel and 55/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (6.81:1). As text it scores 3.08:1 on white — large text only. Nearest name is Magenta, nearest Tailwind family is fuchsia.

hsl(290 99% 66%)rgb(226 80 254)Base step 400AA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #e250fe is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#e250fe
Hue
290°
magenta / pink
Saturation
99%
electric
Lightness
66%
light
Brightness
100%
HSV value
Perceived
64%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.2906
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
55/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
6.81:1
Closest name
Magenta
ΔE2000 4.7
Chroma
98.3
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.697
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
fuchsia
500 · ΔE 3.1
Web-safe
#CC66FF
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue290° of 360°
Saturation99%
Lightness66%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #e250fe.

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
Red56%
Green20%
Blue25%

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

Every format

HEX#e250fe
HEX (8-digit)#e250feff
RGBrgb(226, 80, 254)
RGBArgba(226, 80, 254, 1)
HSLhsl(290, 99%, 66%)
HSV / HSBhsv(290, 69%, 100%)
HWBhwb(290 31% 0%)
CMYKcmyk(11%, 69%, 0%, 0%)
LABlab(60.8 78.0 -59.7)
LCHlch(60.8 98.3 322.6)
OKLCHoklch(0.697 0.264 320.7)
XYZ (D65)xyz(52.12, 29.06, 96.61)
Decimal14831870
Display P3color(display-p3 0.886 0.314 0.996)
Web-safe#CC66FF

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #e250fe;
background-color: #e250fe;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #e250fe;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#e250fe] bg-[#e250fe]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #e250fe;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.886, green: 0.314, blue: 0.996)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.886, green: 0.314, blue: 0.996, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#E250FE</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFE250FE)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFE250FE)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(254, 80, 226)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(226, 80, 254)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(226, 80, 254)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 226, 80, 254)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.8863f, 0.3137f, 0.9961f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{226,80,254}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #e250fe 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #e250fe 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#6A017F, #EAD3EE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #e250fe 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: #FCF1FE;
  --brand-100: #F8E3FC;
  --brand-200: #F2C0FB;
  --brand-300: #EC8FFE;
  --brand-400: #e250fe;
  --brand-500: #DA20FE;
  --brand-600: #CC01F3;
  --brand-700: #AA01CB;
  --brand-800: #8801A2;
  --brand-900: #630675;
  --brand-950: #3E0349;
  --brand: #e250fe;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F9F4FA;
  --brand-border: #E5C0ED;
  --brand-hover: #DC2DFE;
  --brand-pressed: #D609FE;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #221424;
    --brand-ink: #EAD3EE;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FCF1FE',
        100: '#F8E3FC',
        200: '#F2C0FB',
        300: '#EC8FFE',
        400: '#e250fe',
        500: '#DA20FE',
        600: '#CC01F3',
        700: '#AA01CB',
        800: '#8801A2',
        900: '#630675',
        950: '#3E0349',
        DEFAULT: '#e250fe',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FCF1FE,
  '100': #F8E3FC,
  '200': #F2C0FB,
  '300': #EC8FFE,
  '400': #e250fe,
  '500': #DA20FE,
  '600': #CC01F3,
  '700': #AA01CB,
  '800': #8801A2,
  '900': #630675,
  '950': #3E0349,
);
$brand-base: #e250fe;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FCF1FE", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F8E3FC", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#F2C0FB", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#EC8FFE", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#e250fe", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#DA20FE", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#CC01F3", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#AA01CB", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#8801A2", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#630675", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#3E0349", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #e250fe · 6.81:1
Use #000000AA at every size, AAA for large text only.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 3.08:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 6.81:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #e250fe as text scores 3.08:1 on white and 6.81:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #6A017F at 3.54:1.

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
#C601EC · 4.55:1
AA on white−19% L
#C601EC
The quick fox
#9701B4 · 7.05:1
AAA on white−30% L
#9701B4
The quick fox
#e250fe · 6.81:1
AA on blackalready passes
#e250fe
The quick fox
#E355FE · 7.00:1
AAA on black+1% L
#E355FE

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #E250FE 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
#e250fe on white: 3.08:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#e250fe on black: 6.81:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #e250fe as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #e250fe.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White3.08:1AaAa
Slate 502.95:1AaAa
Slate 1002.81:1AaAa
Slate 2002.50:1AaAa
Slate 3002.08:1AaAa
Slate 4001.20:1AaAa
Slate 5001.54:1AaAa
Slate 6002.46:1AaAa
Slate 7003.36:1AaAa
Slate 8004.75:1AaAa
Slate 9005.79:1AaAa
Black6.81:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #0089FF
deuteranopia · #6298FA
tritanopia · #E370A2

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. #e250fe is pinned to step 400; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#FCF1FE
#F8E3FC
#F2C0FB
#EC8FFE
#e250fe
#DA20FE
#CC01F3
#AA01CB
#8801A2
#630675
#3E0349
Base = 400Lightest = 50 · #FCF1FEDarkest = 950 · #3E0349Text 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 0.066 320.7);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.106 320.7);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.158 320.7);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.206 320.7);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.243 320.7);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.264 320.7);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.264 320.7);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.248 320.7);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.222 320.7);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.185 320.7);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.145 320.7);
}

Colors that work with #e250fe

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#F9F4FA
Tinted page background
Border#E5C0ED
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#8E4B9B
Captions on the surface
Accent#53CC00
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#6A017F
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FBE6FF
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#221424
Dark-mode background
Hover#DC2DFE
One step down in lightness
Pressed#D609FE
Two steps down
Disabled#E4D8E6
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#E663FF
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 #e250fe

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
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Small text on white — under 4.5:1
  • 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
24px / 18.66px bold
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #6A017F
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 lightness keeps it airy and approachable.

Worth knowing

Strong gendered associations in some markets — test it with the audience you actually have.

Reads as
  • FormalityLow
  • EnergyHigh
  • Weight35/100
  • 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#6CFE50
Analogous left#8B50FE
Analogous right#FE50C3
Split-complement 1#C3FE50
Split-complement 2#50FE8B
Triadic 1#FEE250
Triadic 2#50FEE2
Tetradic#FE8B50
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°290°

#e250fe sits at 290°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red88.6%
Green31.4%
Blue99.6%
R · 0–255
226
0xe2
G · 0–255
80
0x50
B · 0–255
254
0xfe

CMYK percentages

Cyan11.0%
Magenta68.5%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)0.4%

Total ink coverage is 80%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#e250fe text on a black background

contrast 6.81:1

Card sample

#e250fe text on a white background

contrast 3.08:1

Card sample

#e250fe on grey

2.81:1

#e250fe on its own surface

2.84:1

#e250fe on its dark surface

5.71:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #e250fe;
Background color
Panel with #e250fe background
background-color: #e250fe;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #e250fe;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(226, 80, 254, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(226, 80, 254, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #e250fe;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e250fe, #FE50A6);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #e250fe, #FE507B);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #e250fe;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #e250fe;
caret-color: #e250fe;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #e250fe;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FBE6FF;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #e250fe;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#e250fe 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #e250fe 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(226, 80, 254, 0.5)
rgb(226 80 254 / 50%)
#e250fe80
hsl(290 99% 66% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #e250fe 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#e250fe1a#FCEEFF
20%#e250fe33#F9DCFF
40%#e250fe66#F3B9FF
60%#e250fe99#EE96FE
80%#e250fecc#E873FE

Gradients from #e250fe

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, #EC8DFE, #e250fe 45%, #6A017F);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #e250fe, #FE3286);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #e250fe, #6CFE50);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F1ABFF 0%, #e250fe 45%, #6A017F 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F9F4FA, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #A283FE 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #FE6EC2 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #6A017F 0%, transparent 65%), #e250fe;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #e250fe

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.

#e250fe 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

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 6.81:1.

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.

#e250fe, answered

What color is #e250fe?

#e250fe is a light electric magenta / pink, closest to Magenta (ΔE2000 4.7). It sits at 290° on the hue wheel with 99% saturation and 66% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #e250fe?

rgb(226, 80, 254) — 226 red, 80 green and 254 blue out of 255, or 88.6% / 31.4% / 99.6% by channel.

What is #e250fe in HSL and HSV?

hsl(290, 99%, 66%) and hsv(290, 69%, 100%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #e250fe a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.2906 and perceived brightness is 64%, so black text on it reaches 6.81:1.

Should I use black or white text on #e250fe?

Black. It scores 6.81:1 against #e250fe, versus 3.08:1 for white — AA at any size.

Is #e250fe accessible on a white background?

#e250fe on white scores 3.08:1, which only clears AA for large text — 18.66px bold or 24px regular and up. Darken it to #C601EC to reach 4.5:1, or #9701B4 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #e250fe?

#6CFE50 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #C3FE50 and #50FE8B, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #e250fe?

For interface work: #F9F4FA as the surface, #E5C0ED for borders, #8E4B9B for secondary text, #53CC00 as an accent and #6A017F for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #8B50FE and #FE50C3 stays calm, while #6CFE50 is the loudest partner.

What is #e250fe in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(11%, 69%, 0%, 0%). 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 #e250fe 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 #FE50DA; nudged cooler, #A24FFF.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #e250fe?

The fuchsia family — its 500 step is #d946ef, ΔE2000 3.1 away. That is a visible difference, so define #e250fe as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #e250fe in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#e250fe] or text-[#e250fe], 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 #e250fe with 50% opacity?

rgba(226, 80, 254, 0.5), or #e250fe80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #F1A8FF; over black, #71287F.

Is #e250fe a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CC66FF, ΔE2000 4.2 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #e250fe 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 #e250fe?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #EC8DFE, #e250fe 45%, #6A017F). For more colour, a short hue run to #FE3286 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #e250fe in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #e250fe at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.