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magenta / pink · warm

#eb8eb5

a light, vivid magenta / pink · warm · closest name: Hot Pink

Token name suggestion: Linen Ruby

RGB
235, 142, 181
HSL
335°, 70%, 74%
CMYK
0, 40, 23, 8
Luminance
0.4034

#eb8eb5 is a light vivid magenta / pink, 335° on the wheel and 31/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (9.07:1). As text it scores 2.32:1 on white — use #DA2F77 instead. Nearest name is Hot Pink, nearest Tailwind family is pink.

hsl(335 70% 74%)rgb(235 142 181)Base step 300AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #eb8eb5 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#eb8eb5
Hue
335°
magenta / pink
Saturation
70%
vivid
Lightness
74%
light
Brightness
92%
HSV value
Perceived
70%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.4034
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
31/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
9.07:1
Closest name
Hot Pink
ΔE2000 8.1
Chroma
40.5
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.755
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
pink
500 · ΔE 13.6
Web-safe
#FF99CC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue335° of 360°
Saturation70%
Lightness74%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #eb8eb5.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool31% 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
Red44%
Green48%
Blue8%

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

Every format

HEX#eb8eb5
HEX (8-digit)#eb8eb5ff
RGBrgb(235, 142, 181)
RGBArgba(235, 142, 181, 1)
HSLhsl(335, 70%, 74%)
HSV / HSBhsv(335, 40%, 92%)
HWBhwb(335 56% 8%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 40%, 23%, 8%)
LABlab(69.7 40.2 -5.2)
LCHlch(69.7 40.5 352.6)
OKLCHoklch(0.755 0.121 353.7)
XYZ (D65)xyz(52.28, 40.35, 48.74)
Decimal15437493
Display P3color(display-p3 0.922 0.557 0.710)
Web-safe#FF99CC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #eb8eb5;
background-color: #eb8eb5;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #eb8eb5;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#eb8eb5] bg-[#eb8eb5]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #eb8eb5;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.922, green: 0.557, blue: 0.710)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.922, green: 0.557, blue: 0.710, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#EB8EB5</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFEB8EB5)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFEB8EB5)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(181, 142, 235)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(235, 142, 181)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(235, 142, 181)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 235, 142, 181)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9216f, 0.5569f, 0.7098f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{235,142,181}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #eb8eb5 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #eb8eb5 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#6C1339, #EED3DE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #eb8eb5 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: #FCF3F7;
  --brand-100: #F8E7EE;
  --brand-200: #F2C9DB;
  --brand-300: #eb8eb5;
  --brand-400: #E670A1;
  --brand-500: #DD4082;
  --brand-600: #D0256D;
  --brand-700: #AD1F5B;
  --brand-800: #8B1948;
  --brand-900: #651637;
  --brand-950: #3F0E22;
  --brand: #eb8eb5;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF4F7;
  --brand-border: #EDC0D3;
  --brand-hover: #E670A1;
  --brand-pressed: #E0518D;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #24141B;
    --brand-ink: #EED3DE;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FCF3F7',
        100: '#F8E7EE',
        200: '#F2C9DB',
        300: '#eb8eb5',
        400: '#E670A1',
        500: '#DD4082',
        600: '#D0256D',
        700: '#AD1F5B',
        800: '#8B1948',
        900: '#651637',
        950: '#3F0E22',
        DEFAULT: '#eb8eb5',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FCF3F7,
  '100': #F8E7EE,
  '200': #F2C9DB,
  '300': #eb8eb5,
  '400': #E670A1,
  '500': #DD4082,
  '600': #D0256D,
  '700': #AD1F5B,
  '800': #8B1948,
  '900': #651637,
  '950': #3F0E22,
);
$brand-base: #eb8eb5;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FCF3F7", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F8E7EE", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#F2C9DB", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#eb8eb5", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#E670A1", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#DD4082", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#D0256D", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#AD1F5B", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#8B1948", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#651637", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#3F0E22", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #eb8eb5 · 9.07:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 2.32:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 9.07:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #eb8eb5 as text scores 2.32:1 on white and 9.07:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #6C1339 at 5.07:1.

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
#DA2F77 · 4.51:1
AA on white−22% L
#DA2F77
The quick fox
#A41D56 · 7.27:1
AAA on white−36% L
#A41D56
The quick fox
#eb8eb5 · 9.07:1
AA on blackalready passes
#eb8eb5
The quick fox
#eb8eb5 · 9.07:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#eb8eb5

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #E56B9E 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
#eb8eb5 on white: 2.32:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#eb8eb5 on black: 9.07:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #eb8eb5 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #eb8eb5.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White2.32:1AaAa
Slate 502.21:1AaAa
Slate 1002.11:1AaAa
Slate 2001.88:1AaAa
Slate 3001.56:1AaAa
Slate 4001.11:1AaAa
Slate 5002.06:1AaAa
Slate 6003.27:1AaAa
Slate 7004.47:1AaAa
Slate 8006.32:1AaAa
Slate 9007.71:1AaAa
Black9.07:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #99A0B6
deuteranopia · #B0B0B3
tritanopia · #F88A9C

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. #eb8eb5 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.

#FCF3F7
#F8E7EE
#F2C9DB
#eb8eb5
#E670A1
#DD4082
#D0256D
#AD1F5B
#8B1948
#651637
#3F0E22
Base = 300Lightest = 50 · #FCF3F7Darkest = 950 · #3F0E22Text 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 0.030 353.7);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.049 353.7);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.073 353.7);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.095 353.7);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.112 353.7);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.121 353.7);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.121 353.7);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.114 353.7);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.102 353.7);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.085 353.7);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.067 353.7);
}

Colors that work with #eb8eb5

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#FAF4F7
Tinted page background
Border#EDC0D3
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B4B6C
Captions on the surface
Accent#1AB24D
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#6C1339
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FBE9F1
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#24141B
Dark-mode background
Hover#E670A1
One step down in lightness
Pressed#E0518D
Two steps down
Disabled#F7F2F4
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#F49ABF
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 #eb8eb5

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 #6C1339
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #E56B9E

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#8EEBC4
Analogous left#EB8EE4
Analogous right#EB958E
Split-complement 1#8EEB95
Split-complement 2#8EE4EB
Triadic 1#B5EB8E
Triadic 2#8EB5EB
Tetradic#E4EB8E
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°335°

#eb8eb5 sits at 335°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red92.2%
Green55.7%
Blue71.0%
R · 0–255
235
0xeb
G · 0–255
142
0x8e
B · 0–255
181
0xb5

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta39.6%
Yellow23.0%
Key (black)7.8%

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

Color previews

#eb8eb5 text on a black background

contrast 9.07:1

Card sample

#eb8eb5 text on a white background

contrast 2.32:1

Card sample

#eb8eb5 on grey

2.11:1

#eb8eb5 on its own surface

2.13:1

#eb8eb5 on its dark surface

7.62:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #eb8eb5;
Background color
Panel with #eb8eb5 background
background-color: #eb8eb5;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #eb8eb5;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(235, 142, 181, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(235, 142, 181, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #eb8eb5;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eb8eb5, #EBA58E);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #eb8eb5, #EBBC8E);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #eb8eb5;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #eb8eb5;
caret-color: #eb8eb5;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #eb8eb5;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FBE9F1;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #eb8eb5;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#eb8eb5 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #eb8eb5 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, 142, 181, 0.5)
rgb(235 142 181 / 50%)
#eb8eb580
hsl(335 70% 74% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #eb8eb5 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#eb8eb51a#FDF4F8
20%#eb8eb533#FBE8F0
40%#eb8eb566#F7D2E1
60%#eb8eb599#F3BBD3
80%#eb8eb5cc#EFA5C4

Gradients from #eb8eb5

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, #F4C2D7, #eb8eb5 45%, #6C1339);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #eb8eb5, #E69A74);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #eb8eb5, #8EEBC4);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F9DCE8 0%, #eb8eb5 45%, #6C1339 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAF4F7, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #F2B9F3 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #F0B4A8 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #6C1339 0%, transparent 65%), #eb8eb5;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #eb8eb5

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.

#eb8eb5 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 9.07:1.

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.

#eb8eb5, answered

What color is #eb8eb5?

#eb8eb5 is a light vivid magenta / pink, closest to Hot Pink (ΔE2000 8.1). It sits at 335° on the hue wheel with 70% saturation and 74% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #eb8eb5?

rgb(235, 142, 181) — 235 red, 142 green and 181 blue out of 255, or 92.2% / 55.7% / 71% by channel.

What is #eb8eb5 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(335, 70%, 74%) and hsv(335, 40%, 92%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #eb8eb5 a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.4034 and perceived brightness is 70%, so black text on it reaches 9.07:1.

Should I use black or white text on #eb8eb5?

Black. It scores 9.07:1 against #eb8eb5, versus 2.32:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #eb8eb5 accessible on a white background?

#eb8eb5 on white scores 2.32:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #DA2F77 to reach 4.5:1, or #A41D56 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #eb8eb5?

#8EEBC4 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #8EEB95 and #8EE4EB, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #eb8eb5?

For interface work: #FAF4F7 as the surface, #EDC0D3 for borders, #9B4B6C for secondary text, #1AB24D as an accent and #6C1339 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #EB8EE4 and #EB958E stays calm, while #8EEBC4 is the loudest partner.

What is #eb8eb5 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 40%, 23%, 8%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #eb8eb5 warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 31 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #EB8E93; nudged cooler, #EC8DD8.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #eb8eb5?

The pink family — its 500 step is #ec4899, ΔE2000 13.6 away. That is a visible difference, so define #eb8eb5 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #eb8eb5 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#eb8eb5] or text-[#eb8eb5], 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 #eb8eb5 with 50% opacity?

rgba(235, 142, 181, 0.5), or #eb8eb580 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #F5C7DA; over black, #76475B.

Is #eb8eb5 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FF99CC, ΔE2000 4.8 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #eb8eb5 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 #eb8eb5?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #F4C2D7, #eb8eb5 45%, #6C1339). For more colour, a short hue run to #E69A74 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #eb8eb5 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #eb8eb5 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.