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magenta / pink · neutral

#eb75f5

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

Token name suggestion: Linen Blossom

RGB
235, 117, 245
HSL
295°, 87%, 71%
CMYK
4, 52, 0, 4
Luminance
0.3698

#eb75f5 is a light electric magenta / pink, 295° on the wheel and 53/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (8.40:1). As text it scores 2.50:1 on white — use #CB10DB instead. Nearest name is Violet, nearest Tailwind family is fuchsia.

hsl(295 87% 71%)rgb(235 117 245)Base step 400AAA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #eb75f5 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#eb75f5
Hue
295°
magenta / pink
Saturation
87%
electric
Lightness
71%
light
Brightness
96%
HSV value
Perceived
69%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.3698
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
53/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
8.40:1
Closest name
Violet
ΔE2000 3.2
Chroma
77.1
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.744
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
fuchsia
500 · ΔE 9.2
Web-safe
#FF66FF
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue295° of 360°
Saturation87%
Lightness71%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #eb75f5.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool53% 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
Red48%
Green34%
Blue18%

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

Every format

HEX#eb75f5
HEX (8-digit)#eb75f5ff
RGBrgb(235, 117, 245)
RGBArgba(235, 117, 245, 1)
HSLhsl(295, 87%, 71%)
HSV / HSBhsv(295, 52%, 96%)
HWBhwb(295 46% 4%)
CMYKcmyk(4%, 52%, 0%, 4%)
LABlab(67.3 63.0 -44.5)
LCHlch(67.3 77.1 324.8)
OKLCHoklch(0.744 0.211 324.4)
XYZ (D65)xyz(57.10, 36.98, 90.50)
Decimal15431157
Display P3color(display-p3 0.922 0.459 0.961)
Web-safe#FF66FF

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #eb75f5;
background-color: #eb75f5;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #eb75f5;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#eb75f5] bg-[#eb75f5]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #eb75f5;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.922, green: 0.459, blue: 0.961)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.922, green: 0.459, blue: 0.961, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#EB75F5</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFEB75F5)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFEB75F5)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(245, 117, 235)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(235, 117, 245)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(235, 117, 245)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 235, 117, 245)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9216f, 0.4588f, 0.9608f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{235,117,245}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #eb75f5 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #eb75f5 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#6E0977, #ECD3EE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #eb75f5 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: #FCF2FD;
  --brand-100: #F9E5FA;
  --brand-200: #F3C4F7;
  --brand-300: #F096F7;
  --brand-400: #eb75f5;
  --brand-500: #E12EF0;
  --brand-600: #D411E4;
  --brand-700: #B00EBE;
  --brand-800: #8D0B98;
  --brand-900: #660C6E;
  --brand-950: #400845;
  --brand: #eb75f5;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF4FA;
  --brand-border: #E9C0ED;
  --brand-hover: #E654F3;
  --brand-pressed: #E133F0;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #231424;
    --brand-ink: #ECD3EE;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FCF2FD',
        100: '#F9E5FA',
        200: '#F3C4F7',
        300: '#F096F7',
        400: '#eb75f5',
        500: '#E12EF0',
        600: '#D411E4',
        700: '#B00EBE',
        800: '#8D0B98',
        900: '#660C6E',
        950: '#400845',
        DEFAULT: '#eb75f5',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FCF2FD,
  '100': #F9E5FA,
  '200': #F3C4F7,
  '300': #F096F7,
  '400': #eb75f5,
  '500': #E12EF0,
  '600': #D411E4,
  '700': #B00EBE,
  '800': #8D0B98,
  '900': #660C6E,
  '950': #400845,
);
$brand-base: #eb75f5;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FCF2FD", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F9E5FA", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#F3C4F7", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#F096F7", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#eb75f5", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#E12EF0", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#D411E4", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#B00EBE", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#8D0B98", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#660C6E", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#400845", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #eb75f5 · 8.40:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 2.50:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 8.40:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #eb75f5 as text scores 2.50:1 on white and 8.40:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #6E0977 at 4.26:1.

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
#CB10DB · 4.53:1
AA on white−25% L
#CB10DB
The quick fox
#9A0CA6 · 7.05:1
AAA on white−36% L
#9A0CA6
The quick fox
#eb75f5 · 8.40:1
AA on blackalready passes
#eb75f5
The quick fox
#eb75f5 · 8.40:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#eb75f5

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #E654F3 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
#eb75f5 on white: 2.50:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#eb75f5 on black: 8.40:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #eb75f5 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #eb75f5.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White2.50:1AaAa
Slate 502.39:1AaAa
Slate 1002.28:1AaAa
Slate 2002.03:1AaAa
Slate 3001.68:1AaAa
Slate 4001.03:1AaAa
Slate 5001.90:1AaAa
Slate 6003.03:1AaAa
Slate 7004.14:1AaAa
Slate 8005.85:1AaAa
Slate 9007.14:1AaAa
Black8.40:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #649BF9
deuteranopia · #89A9F1
tritanopia · #EF85AA

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. #eb75f5 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.

#FCF2FD
#F9E5FA
#F3C4F7
#F096F7
#eb75f5
#E12EF0
#D411E4
#B00EBE
#8D0B98
#660C6E
#400845
Base = 400Lightest = 50 · #FCF2FDDarkest = 950 · #400845Text 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 0.053 324.4);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.084 324.4);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.127 324.4);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.165 324.4);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.194 324.4);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.211 324.4);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.211 324.4);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.198 324.4);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.177 324.4);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.148 324.4);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.116 324.4);
}

Colors that work with #eb75f5

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#E9C0ED
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#954B9B
Captions on the surface
Accent#46C20A
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#6E0977
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FCE7FD
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#231424
Dark-mode background
Hover#E654F3
One step down in lightness
Pressed#E133F0
Two steps down
Disabled#F0E9F1
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#F382FD
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 #eb75f5

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 #6E0977
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #E654F3

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
  • Weight29/100
  • 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#7FF575
Analogous left#AB75F5
Analogous right#F575BF
Split-complement 1#BFF575
Split-complement 2#75F5AB
Triadic 1#F5EB75
Triadic 2#75F5EB
Tetradic#F5AB75
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°295°

#eb75f5 sits at 295°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red92.2%
Green45.9%
Blue96.1%
R · 0–255
235
0xeb
G · 0–255
117
0x75
B · 0–255
245
0xf5

CMYK percentages

Cyan4.1%
Magenta52.2%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)3.9%

Total ink coverage is 60%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#eb75f5 text on a black background

contrast 8.40:1

Card sample

#eb75f5 text on a white background

contrast 2.50:1

Card sample

#eb75f5 on grey

2.28:1

#eb75f5 on its own surface

2.31:1

#eb75f5 on its dark surface

7.01:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #eb75f5;
Background color
Panel with #eb75f5 background
background-color: #eb75f5;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #eb75f5;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(235, 117, 245, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(235, 117, 245, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #eb75f5;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eb75f5, #F575AA);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #eb75f5, #F5758A);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #eb75f5;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #eb75f5;
caret-color: #eb75f5;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #eb75f5;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FCE7FD;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #eb75f5;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#eb75f5 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #eb75f5 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, 117, 245, 0.5)
rgb(235 117 245 / 50%)
#eb75f580
hsl(295 87% 71% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #eb75f5 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#eb75f51a#FDF1FE
20%#eb75f533#FBE3FD
40%#eb75f566#F7C8FB
60%#eb75f599#F3ACF9
80%#eb75f5cc#EF91F7

Gradients from #eb75f5

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, #F3AEF9, #eb75f5 45%, #6E0977);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #eb75f5, #F3598B);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #eb75f5, #7FF575);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F7CBFB 0%, #eb75f5 45%, #6E0977 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%, #C1A5F8 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #F792C4 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #6E0977 0%, transparent 65%), #eb75f5;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #eb75f5

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.

#eb75f5 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 8.40:1.

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.

#eb75f5, answered

What color is #eb75f5?

#eb75f5 is a light electric magenta / pink, closest to Violet (ΔE2000 3.2). It sits at 295° on the hue wheel with 87% saturation and 71% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #eb75f5?

rgb(235, 117, 245) — 235 red, 117 green and 245 blue out of 255, or 92.2% / 45.9% / 96.1% by channel.

What is #eb75f5 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(295, 87%, 71%) and hsv(295, 52%, 96%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #eb75f5 a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.3698 and perceived brightness is 69%, so black text on it reaches 8.40:1.

Should I use black or white text on #eb75f5?

Black. It scores 8.40:1 against #eb75f5, versus 2.50:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #eb75f5 accessible on a white background?

#eb75f5 on white scores 2.50:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #CB10DB to reach 4.5:1, or #9A0CA6 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #eb75f5?

#7FF575 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #BFF575 and #75F5AB, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #eb75f5?

For interface work: #FAF4FA as the surface, #E9C0ED for borders, #954B9B for secondary text, #46C20A as an accent and #6E0977 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #AB75F5 and #F575BF stays calm, while #7FF575 is the loudest partner.

What is #eb75f5 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(4%, 52%, 0%, 4%). 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 #eb75f5 warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 53 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #F575D0; nudged cooler, #BC74F6.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #eb75f5?

The fuchsia family — its 500 step is #d946ef, ΔE2000 9.2 away. That is a visible difference, so define #eb75f5 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #eb75f5 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#eb75f5] or text-[#eb75f5], 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 #eb75f5 with 50% opacity?

rgba(235, 117, 245, 0.5), or #eb75f580 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #F5BAFA; over black, #763B7B.

Is #eb75f5 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FF66FF, ΔE2000 3.2 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #eb75f5 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 #eb75f5?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #F3AEF9, #eb75f5 45%, #6E0977). For more colour, a short hue run to #F3598B keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #eb75f5 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #eb75f5 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.