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magenta / pink · warm

#eb189b

a balanced, electric magenta / pink · warm · closest name: Deep Pink

Token name suggestion: Atlas Fuchsia

RGB
235, 24, 155
HSL
323°, 84%, 51%
CMYK
0, 90, 34, 8
Luminance
0.2068

#eb189b is a balanced electric magenta / pink, 323° on the wheel and 37/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (5.14:1). As text it scores 4.09:1 on white — large text only. Nearest name is Deep Pink, nearest Tailwind family is pink.

hsl(323 84% 51%)rgb(235 24 155)Base step 600AA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #eb189b is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#eb189b
Hue
323°
magenta / pink
Saturation
84%
electric
Lightness
51%
balanced
Brightness
92%
HSV value
Perceived
55%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.2068
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
37/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
5.14:1
Closest name
Deep Pink
ΔE2000 5
Chroma
82.1
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.625
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
pink
500 · ΔE 5.4
Web-safe
#FF0099
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue323° of 360°
Saturation84%
Lightness51%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #eb189b.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool37% 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
Red85%
Green3%
Blue11%

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

Every format

HEX#eb189b
HEX (8-digit)#eb189bff
RGBrgb(235, 24, 155)
RGBArgba(235, 24, 155, 1)
HSLhsl(323, 84%, 51%)
HSV / HSBhsv(323, 90%, 92%)
HWBhwb(323 9% 8%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 90%, 34%, 8%)
LABlab(52.6 80.6 -15.9)
LCHlch(52.6 82.1 348.9)
OKLCHoklch(0.625 0.251 350.5)
XYZ (D65)xyz(40.51, 20.69, 32.86)
Decimal15407259
Display P3color(display-p3 0.922 0.094 0.608)
Web-safe#FF0099

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #eb189b;
background-color: #eb189b;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #eb189b;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#eb189b] bg-[#eb189b]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #eb189b;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.922, green: 0.094, blue: 0.608)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.922, green: 0.094, blue: 0.608, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#EB189B</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFEB189B)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFEB189B)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(155, 24, 235)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(235, 24, 155)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(235, 24, 155)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 235, 24, 155)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9216f, 0.0941f, 0.6078f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{235,24,155}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #eb189b 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #eb189b 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#750A4D, #EED3E4);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #eb189b 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: #FCF2F9;
  --brand-100: #FAE6F2;
  --brand-200: #F6C5E4;
  --brand-300: #F698D2;
  --brand-400: #F264BC;
  --brand-500: #ED30A6;
  --brand-600: #eb189b;
  --brand-700: #BC107B;
  --brand-800: #960D62;
  --brand-900: #6D0E49;
  --brand-950: #44092D;
  --brand: #eb189b;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF4F8;
  --brand-border: #EDC0DC;
  --brand-hover: #CE1287;
  --brand-pressed: #AD0F71;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #24141E;
    --brand-ink: #EED3E4;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FCF2F9',
        100: '#FAE6F2',
        200: '#F6C5E4',
        300: '#F698D2',
        400: '#F264BC',
        500: '#ED30A6',
        600: '#eb189b',
        700: '#BC107B',
        800: '#960D62',
        900: '#6D0E49',
        950: '#44092D',
        DEFAULT: '#eb189b',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FCF2F9,
  '100': #FAE6F2,
  '200': #F6C5E4,
  '300': #F698D2,
  '400': #F264BC,
  '500': #ED30A6,
  '600': #eb189b,
  '700': #BC107B,
  '800': #960D62,
  '900': #6D0E49,
  '950': #44092D,
);
$brand-base: #eb189b;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FCF2F9", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#FAE6F2", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#F6C5E4", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#F698D2", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#F264BC", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#ED30A6", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#eb189b", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#BC107B", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#960D62", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#6D0E49", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#44092D", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #eb189b · 5.14:1
Use #000000AA at every size, AAA for large text only.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 4.09:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 5.14:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #eb189b as text scores 4.09:1 on white and 5.14:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #750A4D at 2.69:1.

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
#DC1390 · 4.63:1
AA on white−4% L
#DC1390
The quick fox
#A80F6E · 7.10:1
AAA on white−15% L
#A80F6E
The quick fox
#eb189b · 5.14:1
AA on blackalready passes
#eb189b
The quick fox
#F15EBA · 7.05:1
AAA on black+15% L
#F15EBA

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #EB189B 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
#eb189b on white: 4.09:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#eb189b on black: 5.14:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #eb189b as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #eb189b.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White4.09:1AaAa
Slate 503.91:1AaAa
Slate 1003.73:1AaAa
Slate 2003.32:1AaAa
Slate 3002.75:1AaAa
Slate 4001.59:1AaAa
Slate 5001.16:1AaAa
Slate 6001.85:1AaAa
Slate 7002.53:1AaAa
Slate 8003.58:1AaAa
Slate 9004.37:1AaAa
Black5.14:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #4A679E
deuteranopia · #868A97
tritanopia · #FD005D

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. #eb189b is pinned to step 600; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#FCF2F9
#FAE6F2
#F6C5E4
#F698D2
#F264BC
#ED30A6
#eb189b
#BC107B
#960D62
#6D0E49
#44092D
Base = 600Lightest = 50 · #FCF2F9Darkest = 950 · #44092DText 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 0.063 350.5);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.100 350.5);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.151 350.5);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.196 350.5);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.231 350.5);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.251 350.5);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.251 350.5);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.236 350.5);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.211 350.5);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.176 350.5);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.138 350.5);
}

Colors that work with #eb189b

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#FAF4F8
Tinted page background
Border#EDC0DC
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B4B7D
Captions on the surface
Accent#0CC023
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#750A4D
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FDE8F5
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#24141E
Dark-mode background
Hover#CE1287
One step down in lightness
Pressed#AD0F71
Two steps down
Disabled#C9AABD
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#F81FA6
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 #eb189b

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 #750A4D
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
  • Weight49/100
  • 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#18EB68
Analogous left#D118EB
Analogous right#EB1832
Split-complement 1#32EB18
Split-complement 2#18EBD1
Triadic 1#9BEB18
Triadic 2#189BEB
Tetradic#EBD118
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°323°

#eb189b sits at 323°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red92.2%
Green9.4%
Blue60.8%
R · 0–255
235
0xeb
G · 0–255
24
0x18
B · 0–255
155
0x9b

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta89.8%
Yellow34.0%
Key (black)7.8%

Total ink coverage is 132%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#eb189b text on a black background

contrast 5.14:1

Card sample

#eb189b text on a white background

contrast 4.09:1

Card sample

#eb189b on grey

3.73:1

#eb189b on its own surface

3.77:1

#eb189b on its dark surface

4.30:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #eb189b;
Background color
Panel with #eb189b background
background-color: #eb189b;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #eb189b;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(235, 24, 155, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(235, 24, 155, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #eb189b;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eb189b, #EB2218);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #eb189b, #EB5618);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #eb189b;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #eb189b;
caret-color: #eb189b;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #eb189b;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FDE8F5;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #eb189b;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#eb189b 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #eb189b 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(235, 24, 155, 0.5)
rgb(235 24 155 / 50%)
#eb189b80
hsl(323 84% 51% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #eb189b 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#eb189b1a#FDE8F5
20%#eb189b33#FBD1EB
40%#eb189b66#F7A3D7
60%#eb189b99#F374C3
80%#eb189bcc#EF46AF

Gradients from #eb189b

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, #F050B4, #eb189b 45%, #750A4D);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #eb189b, #D22B12);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #eb189b, #18EB68);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F26DC0 0%, #eb189b 45%, #750A4D 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAF4F8, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #CD47EF 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #ED343B 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #750A4D 0%, transparent 65%), #eb189b;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #eb189b

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.

#eb189b 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 5.14:1.

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.

#eb189b, answered

What color is #eb189b?

#eb189b is a balanced electric magenta / pink, closest to Deep Pink (ΔE2000 5). It sits at 323° on the hue wheel with 84% saturation and 51% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #eb189b?

rgb(235, 24, 155) — 235 red, 24 green and 155 blue out of 255, or 92.2% / 9.4% / 60.8% by channel.

What is #eb189b in HSL and HSV?

hsl(323, 84%, 51%) and hsv(323, 90%, 92%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #eb189b a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.2068 and perceived brightness is 55%, so black text on it reaches 5.14:1.

Should I use black or white text on #eb189b?

Black. It scores 5.14:1 against #eb189b, versus 4.09:1 for white — AA at any size.

Is #eb189b accessible on a white background?

#eb189b on white scores 4.09:1, which only clears AA for large text — 18.66px bold or 24px regular and up. Darken it to #DC1390 to reach 4.5:1, or #A80F6E for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #eb189b?

#18EB68 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #32EB18 and #18EBD1, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #eb189b?

For interface work: #FAF4F8 as the surface, #EDC0DC for borders, #9B4B7D for secondary text, #0CC023 as an accent and #750A4D for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #D118EB and #EB1832 stays calm, while #18EB68 is the loudest partner.

What is #eb189b in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 90%, 34%, 8%). 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 #eb189b warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 37 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #EB184E; nudged cooler, #EE16EB.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #eb189b?

The pink family — its 500 step is #ec4899, ΔE2000 5.4 away. That is a visible difference, so define #eb189b as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #eb189b in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#eb189b] or text-[#eb189b], 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 #eb189b with 50% opacity?

rgba(235, 24, 155, 0.5), or #eb189b80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #F58CCD; over black, #760C4E.

Is #eb189b a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FF0099, ΔE2000 4 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #eb189b 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 #eb189b?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #F050B4, #eb189b 45%, #750A4D). For more colour, a short hue run to #D22B12 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #eb189b in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #eb189b at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.