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magenta / pink · warm

#e693af

a light, vivid magenta / pink · warm · closest name: Pale Violet Red

Token name suggestion: Meadow Peony

RGB
230, 147, 175
HSL
340°, 62%, 74%
CMYK
0, 36, 24, 10
Luminance
0.4079

#e693af is a light vivid magenta / pink, 340° on the wheel and 28/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (9.16:1). As text it scores 2.29:1 on white — use #D23C6E instead. Nearest name is Pale Violet Red, nearest Tailwind family is pink.

hsl(340 62% 74%)rgb(230 147 175)Base step 300AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #e693af is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#e693af
Hue
340°
magenta / pink
Saturation
62%
vivid
Lightness
74%
light
Brightness
90%
HSV value
Perceived
70%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.4079
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
28/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
9.16:1
Closest name
Pale Violet Red
ΔE2000 8.7
Chroma
35.0
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.755
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
pink
500 · ΔE 15.2
Web-safe
#FF9999
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue340° of 360°
Saturation62%
Lightness74%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #e693af.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool28% 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
Red41%
Green51%
Blue8%

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

Every format

HEX#e693af
HEX (8-digit)#e693afff
RGBrgb(230, 147, 175)
RGBArgba(230, 147, 175, 1)
HSLhsl(340, 62%, 74%)
HSV / HSBhsv(340, 36%, 90%)
HWBhwb(340 58% 10%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 36%, 24%, 10%)
LABlab(70.0 35.0 -1.5)
LCHlch(70.0 35.0 357.6)
OKLCHoklch(0.755 0.105 358.2)
XYZ (D65)xyz(50.81, 40.79, 45.75)
Decimal15111087
Display P3color(display-p3 0.902 0.576 0.686)
Web-safe#FF9999

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #e693af;
background-color: #e693af;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #e693af;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#e693af] bg-[#e693af]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #e693af;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.902, green: 0.576, blue: 0.686)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.902, green: 0.576, blue: 0.686, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#E693AF</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFE693AF)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFE693AF)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(175, 147, 230)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(230, 147, 175)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(230, 147, 175)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 230, 147, 175)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9020f, 0.5765f, 0.6863f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{230,147,175}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #e693af 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #e693af 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#681833, #EED3DC);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #e693af 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: #FBF4F6;
  --brand-100: #F7E8ED;
  --brand-200: #F0CCD8;
  --brand-300: #e693af;
  --brand-400: #DF769A;
  --brand-500: #D54978;
  --brand-600: #C72E61;
  --brand-700: #A62651;
  --brand-800: #851F41;
  --brand-900: #601A32;
  --brand-950: #3C101F;
  --brand: #e693af;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF4F6;
  --brand-border: #EDC0CF;
  --brand-hover: #DF7699;
  --brand-pressed: #D95984;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #241419;
    --brand-ink: #EED3DC;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FBF4F6',
        100: '#F7E8ED',
        200: '#F0CCD8',
        300: '#e693af',
        400: '#DF769A',
        500: '#D54978',
        600: '#C72E61',
        700: '#A62651',
        800: '#851F41',
        900: '#601A32',
        950: '#3C101F',
        DEFAULT: '#e693af',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FBF4F6,
  '100': #F7E8ED,
  '200': #F0CCD8,
  '300': #e693af,
  '400': #DF769A,
  '500': #D54978,
  '600': #C72E61,
  '700': #A62651,
  '800': #851F41,
  '900': #601A32,
  '950': #3C101F,
);
$brand-base: #e693af;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FBF4F6", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F7E8ED", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#F0CCD8", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#e693af", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#DF769A", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#D54978", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#C72E61", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#A62651", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#851F41", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#601A32", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#3C101F", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #e693af · 9.16:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 2.29:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 9.16:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #e693af as text scores 2.29:1 on white and 9.16:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #681833 at 5.18:1.

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
#D23C6E · 4.55:1
AA on white−21% L
#D23C6E
The quick fox
#A52651 · 7.01:1
AAA on white−34% L
#A52651
The quick fox
#e693af · 9.16:1
AA on blackalready passes
#e693af
The quick fox
#e693af · 9.16:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#e693af

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #DE7296 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
#e693af on white: 2.29:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#e693af on black: 9.16:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #e693af as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #e693af.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White2.29:1AaAa
Slate 502.19:1AaAa
Slate 1002.09:1AaAa
Slate 2001.86:1AaAa
Slate 3001.54:1AaAa
Slate 4001.12:1AaAa
Slate 5002.08:1AaAa
Slate 6003.30:1AaAa
Slate 7004.52:1AaAa
Slate 8006.38:1AaAa
Slate 9007.78:1AaAa
Black9.16:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #9EA2B0
deuteranopia · #B2B1AD
tritanopia · #F38F9D

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. #e693af 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.

#FBF4F6
#F7E8ED
#F0CCD8
#e693af
#DF769A
#D54978
#C72E61
#A62651
#851F41
#601A32
#3C101F
Base = 300Lightest = 50 · #FBF4F6Darkest = 950 · #3C101FText 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 0.026 358.2);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.042 358.2);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.063 358.2);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.082 358.2);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.097 358.2);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.105 358.2);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.105 358.2);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.099 358.2);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.088 358.2);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.074 358.2);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.058 358.2);
}

Colors that work with #e693af

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#FAF4F6
Tinted page background
Border#EDC0CF
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B4B66
Captions on the surface
Accent#22AA5A
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#681833
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FAEAF0
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#241419
Dark-mode background
Hover#DF7699
One step down in lightness
Pressed#D95984
Two steps down
Disabled#F7F2F4
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#EF9EB9
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

The file stays available for seven days. Download it before it expires.

NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #e693af

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 #681833
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #DE7296

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
  • 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#93E6CA
Analogous left#E693D8
Analogous right#E6A093
Split-complement 1#93E6A0
Split-complement 2#93D8E6
Triadic 1#AFE693
Triadic 2#93AFE6
Tetradic#D8E693
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°340°

#e693af sits at 340°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red90.2%
Green57.6%
Blue68.6%
R · 0–255
230
0xe6
G · 0–255
147
0x93
B · 0–255
175
0xaf

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta36.1%
Yellow23.9%
Key (black)9.8%

Total ink coverage is 70%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#e693af text on a black background

contrast 9.16:1

Card sample

#e693af text on a white background

contrast 2.29:1

Card sample

#e693af on grey

2.09:1

#e693af on its own surface

2.11:1

#e693af on its dark surface

7.70:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #e693af;
Background color
Panel with #e693af background
background-color: #e693af;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #e693af;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(230, 147, 175, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(230, 147, 175, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #e693af;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e693af, #E6AE93);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #e693af, #E6C393);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #e693af;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #e693af;
caret-color: #e693af;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #e693af;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FAEAF0;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #e693af;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#e693af 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #e693af 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(230, 147, 175, 0.5)
rgb(230 147 175 / 50%)
#e693af80
hsl(340 62% 74% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #e693af 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#e693af1a#FDF4F7
20%#e693af33#FAE9EF
40%#e693af66#F5D4DF
60%#e693af99#F0BECF
80%#e693afcc#EBA9BF

Gradients from #e693af

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, #F1C5D4, #e693af 45%, #681833);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #e693af, #E0A47A);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #e693af, #93E6CA);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F7DDE6 0%, #e693af 45%, #681833 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAF4F6, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #F0BCEB 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #ECBCAC 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #681833 0%, transparent 65%), #e693af;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #e693af

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.

#e693af 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 9.16:1.

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.

#e693af, answered

What color is #e693af?

#e693af is a light vivid magenta / pink, closest to Pale Violet Red (ΔE2000 8.7). It sits at 340° on the hue wheel with 62% saturation and 74% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #e693af?

rgb(230, 147, 175) — 230 red, 147 green and 175 blue out of 255, or 90.2% / 57.6% / 68.6% by channel.

What is #e693af in HSL and HSV?

hsl(340, 62%, 74%) and hsv(340, 36%, 90%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #e693af a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.4079 and perceived brightness is 70%, so black text on it reaches 9.16:1.

Should I use black or white text on #e693af?

Black. It scores 9.16:1 against #e693af, versus 2.29:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #e693af accessible on a white background?

#e693af on white scores 2.29:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #D23C6E to reach 4.5:1, or #A52651 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #e693af?

#93E6CA sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #93E6A0 and #93D8E6, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #e693af?

For interface work: #FAF4F6 as the surface, #EDC0CF for borders, #9B4B66 for secondary text, #22AA5A as an accent and #681833 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #E693D8 and #E6A093 stays calm, while #93E6CA is the loudest partner.

What is #e693af in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 36%, 24%, 10%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #e693af warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 28 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #E69593; nudged cooler, #E792CE.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #e693af?

The pink family — its 500 step is #ec4899, ΔE2000 15.2 away. That is a visible difference, so define #e693af as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #e693af in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#e693af] or text-[#e693af], 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 #e693af with 50% opacity?

rgba(230, 147, 175, 0.5), or #e693af80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #F3C9D7; over black, #734A58.

Is #e693af a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FF9999, ΔE2000 10.9 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #e693af 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 #e693af?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #F1C5D4, #e693af 45%, #681833). For more colour, a short hue run to #E0A47A keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #e693af in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #e693af at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.