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magenta / pink · neutral

#f02ffe

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

Token name suggestion: Signal Peony

RGB
240, 47, 254
HSL
296°, 99%, 59%
CMYK
6, 82, 0, 0
Luminance
0.2771

#f02ffe is a balanced electric magenta / pink, 296° on the wheel and 52/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (6.54:1). As text it scores 3.21:1 on white — large text only. Nearest name is Magenta, nearest Tailwind family is fuchsia.

hsl(296 99% 59%)rgb(240 47 254)Base step 500AA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #f02ffe is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#f02ffe
Hue
296°
magenta / pink
Saturation
99%
electric
Lightness
59%
balanced
Brightness
100%
HSV value
Perceived
63%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.2771
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
52/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
6.54:1
Closest name
Magenta
ΔE2000 2
Chroma
109.2
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.692
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
fuchsia
500 · ΔE 3.4
Web-safe
#FF33FF
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue296° of 360°
Saturation99%
Lightness59%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #f02ffe.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool52% 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
Red67%
Green7%
Blue26%

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

Every format

HEX#f02ffe
HEX (8-digit)#f02ffeff
RGBrgb(240, 47, 254)
RGBArgba(240, 47, 254, 1)
HSLhsl(296, 99%, 59%)
HSV / HSBhsv(296, 81%, 100%)
HWBhwb(296 18% 0%)
CMYKcmyk(6%, 82%, 0%, 0%)
LABlab(59.6 90.3 -61.5)
LCHlch(59.6 109.2 325.7)
OKLCHoklch(0.692 0.299 325.0)
XYZ (D65)xyz(54.84, 27.72, 96.21)
Decimal15740926
Display P3color(display-p3 0.941 0.184 0.996)
Web-safe#FF33FF

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #f02ffe;
background-color: #f02ffe;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #f02ffe;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#f02ffe] bg-[#f02ffe]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #f02ffe;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.941, green: 0.184, blue: 0.996)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.941, green: 0.184, blue: 0.996, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#F02FFE</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFF02FFE)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFF02FFE)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(254, 47, 240)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(240, 47, 254)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(240, 47, 254)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 240, 47, 254)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9412f, 0.1843f, 0.9961f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{240,47,254}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #f02ffe 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #f02ffe 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#76017F, #ECD3EE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #f02ffe 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: #FDF1FE;
  --brand-100: #FAE3FC;
  --brand-200: #F7C0FB;
  --brand-300: #F78FFE;
  --brand-400: #F358FE;
  --brand-500: #f02ffe;
  --brand-600: #E301F4;
  --brand-700: #BD01CB;
  --brand-800: #9701A2;
  --brand-900: #6D0575;
  --brand-950: #440349;
  --brand: #f02ffe;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF4FA;
  --brand-border: #EAC0ED;
  --brand-hover: #ED0BFE;
  --brand-pressed: #D501E4;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #231424;
    --brand-ink: #ECD3EE;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FDF1FE',
        100: '#FAE3FC',
        200: '#F7C0FB',
        300: '#F78FFE',
        400: '#F358FE',
        500: '#f02ffe',
        600: '#E301F4',
        700: '#BD01CB',
        800: '#9701A2',
        900: '#6D0575',
        950: '#440349',
        DEFAULT: '#f02ffe',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FDF1FE,
  '100': #FAE3FC,
  '200': #F7C0FB,
  '300': #F78FFE,
  '400': #F358FE,
  '500': #f02ffe,
  '600': #E301F4,
  '700': #BD01CB,
  '800': #9701A2,
  '900': #6D0575,
  '950': #440349,
);
$brand-base: #f02ffe;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FDF1FE", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#FAE3FC", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#F7C0FB", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#F78FFE", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#F358FE", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#f02ffe", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#E301F4", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#BD01CB", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#9701A2", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#6D0575", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#440349", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #f02ffe · 6.54:1
Use #000000AA at every size, AAA for large text only.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 3.21:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 6.54:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #f02ffe as text scores 3.21:1 on white and 6.54:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #76017F at 3.14:1.

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
#CB01DA · 4.61:1
AA on white−16% L
#CB01DA
The quick fox
#9C01A7 · 7.06:1
AAA on white−26% L
#9C01A7
The quick fox
#f02ffe · 6.54:1
AA on blackalready passes
#f02ffe
The quick fox
#F248FE · 7.13:1
AAA on black+5% L
#F248FE

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #F02FFE 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
#f02ffe on white: 3.21:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#f02ffe on black: 6.54:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #f02ffe as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #f02ffe.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White3.21:1AaAa
Slate 503.07:1AaAa
Slate 1002.93:1AaAa
Slate 2002.60:1AaAa
Slate 3002.16:1AaAa
Slate 4001.25:1AaAa
Slate 5001.48:1AaAa
Slate 6002.36:1AaAa
Slate 7003.23:1AaAa
Slate 8004.56:1AaAa
Slate 9005.56:1AaAa
Black6.54:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #0081FF
deuteranopia · #6197F9
tritanopia · #F55B9A

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. #f02ffe is pinned to step 500; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#FDF1FE
#FAE3FC
#F7C0FB
#F78FFE
#F358FE
#f02ffe
#E301F4
#BD01CB
#9701A2
#6D0575
#440349
Base = 500Lightest = 50 · #FDF1FEDarkest = 950 · #440349Text 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 0.075 325.0);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.120 325.0);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.180 325.0);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.233 325.0);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.275 325.0);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.299 325.0);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.299 325.0);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.281 325.0);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.251 325.0);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.209 325.0);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.165 325.0);
}

Colors that work with #f02ffe

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#EAC0ED
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#954B9B
Captions on the surface
Accent#40CC00
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#76017F
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FDE6FF
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#231424
Dark-mode background
Hover#ED0BFE
One step down in lightness
Pressed#D501E4
Two steps down
Disabled#D8C4D9
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#F242FF
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 #f02ffe

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 #76017F
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
  • Weight41/100
  • 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#3DFE2F
Analogous left#882FFE
Analogous right#FE2FA5
Split-complement 1#A5FE2F
Split-complement 2#2FFE88
Triadic 1#FEF02F
Triadic 2#2FFEF0
Tetradic#FE882F
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°296°

#f02ffe sits at 296°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red94.1%
Green18.4%
Blue99.6%
R · 0–255
240
0xf0
G · 0–255
47
0x2f
B · 0–255
254
0xfe

CMYK percentages

Cyan5.5%
Magenta81.5%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)0.4%

Total ink coverage is 87%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#f02ffe text on a black background

contrast 6.54:1

Card sample

#f02ffe text on a white background

contrast 3.21:1

Card sample

#f02ffe on grey

2.93:1

#f02ffe on its own surface

2.96:1

#f02ffe on its dark surface

5.47:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #f02ffe;
Background color
Panel with #f02ffe background
background-color: #f02ffe;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #f02ffe;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(240, 47, 254, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(240, 47, 254, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #f02ffe;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f02ffe, #FE2F82);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #f02ffe, #FE2F4E);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #f02ffe;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #f02ffe;
caret-color: #f02ffe;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #f02ffe;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FDE6FF;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #f02ffe;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#f02ffe 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #f02ffe 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(240, 47, 254, 0.5)
rgb(240 47 254 / 50%)
#f02ffe80
hsl(296 99% 59% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #f02ffe 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#f02ffe1a#FEEAFF
20%#f02ffe33#FCD5FF
40%#f02ffe66#F9ACFF
60%#f02ffe99#F682FE
80%#f02ffecc#F359FE

Gradients from #f02ffe

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, #F46CFE, #f02ffe 45%, #76017F);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #f02ffe, #FE105C);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #f02ffe, #3DFE2F);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F68AFE 0%, #f02ffe 45%, #76017F 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%, #9862FE 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #FE4DA3 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #76017F 0%, transparent 65%), #f02ffe;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #f02ffe

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.

#f02ffe 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 6.54:1.

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.

#f02ffe, answered

What color is #f02ffe?

#f02ffe is a balanced electric magenta / pink, closest to Magenta (ΔE2000 2). It sits at 296° on the hue wheel with 99% saturation and 59% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #f02ffe?

rgb(240, 47, 254) — 240 red, 47 green and 254 blue out of 255, or 94.1% / 18.4% / 99.6% by channel.

What is #f02ffe in HSL and HSV?

hsl(296, 99%, 59%) and hsv(296, 81%, 100%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #f02ffe a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.2771 and perceived brightness is 63%, so black text on it reaches 6.54:1.

Should I use black or white text on #f02ffe?

Black. It scores 6.54:1 against #f02ffe, versus 3.21:1 for white — AA at any size.

Is #f02ffe accessible on a white background?

#f02ffe on white scores 3.21:1, which only clears AA for large text — 18.66px bold or 24px regular and up. Darken it to #CB01DA to reach 4.5:1, or #9C01A7 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #f02ffe?

#3DFE2F sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #A5FE2F and #2FFE88, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #f02ffe?

For interface work: #FAF4FA as the surface, #EAC0ED for borders, #954B9B for secondary text, #40CC00 as an accent and #76017F for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #882FFE and #FE2FA5 stays calm, while #3DFE2F is the loudest partner.

What is #f02ffe in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(6%, 82%, 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 #f02ffe warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 52 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #FE2FC0; nudged cooler, #A42EFF.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #f02ffe?

The fuchsia family — its 500 step is #d946ef, ΔE2000 3.4 away. That is a visible difference, so define #f02ffe as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #f02ffe in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#f02ffe] or text-[#f02ffe], 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 #f02ffe with 50% opacity?

rgba(240, 47, 254, 0.5), or #f02ffe80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #F897FF; over black, #78187F.

Is #f02ffe a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FF33FF, ΔE2000 2.8 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #f02ffe 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 #f02ffe?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #F46CFE, #f02ffe 45%, #76017F). For more colour, a short hue run to #FE105C keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #f02ffe in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #f02ffe at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.