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magenta / pink · warm

#f464ac

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

Token name suggestion: Morning Fuchsia

RGB
244, 100, 172
HSL
330°, 87%, 68%
CMYK
0, 59, 30, 4
Luminance
0.3133

#f464ac is a light electric magenta / pink, 330° on the wheel and 33/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (7.27:1). As text it scores 2.89:1 on white — use #E21079 instead. Nearest name is Hot Pink, nearest Tailwind family is pink.

hsl(330 87% 68%)rgb(244 100 172)Base step 400AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #f464ac is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#f464ac
Hue
330°
magenta / pink
Saturation
87%
electric
Lightness
68%
light
Brightness
96%
HSV value
Perceived
64%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.3133
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
33/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
7.27:1
Closest name
Hot Pink
ΔE2000 2.3
Chroma
63.0
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.704
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
pink
500 · ΔE 5.6
Web-safe
#FF6699
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue330° of 360°
Saturation87%
Lightness68%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #f464ac.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool33% 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
Red61%
Green29%
Blue10%

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

Every format

HEX#f464ac
HEX (8-digit)#f464acff
RGBrgb(244, 100, 172)
RGBArgba(244, 100, 172, 1)
HSLhsl(330, 87%, 68%)
HSV / HSBhsv(330, 59%, 96%)
HWBhwb(330 39% 4%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 59%, 30%, 4%)
LABlab(62.8 62.2 -10.3)
LCHlch(62.8 63.0 350.6)
OKLCHoklch(0.704 0.191 352.0)
XYZ (D65)xyz(49.31, 31.33, 42.47)
Decimal16016556
Display P3color(display-p3 0.957 0.392 0.675)
Web-safe#FF6699

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #f464ac;
background-color: #f464ac;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #f464ac;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#f464ac] bg-[#f464ac]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #f464ac;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.957, green: 0.392, blue: 0.675)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.957, green: 0.392, blue: 0.675, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#F464AC</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFF464AC)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFF464AC)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(172, 100, 244)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(244, 100, 172)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(244, 100, 172)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 244, 100, 172)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9569f, 0.3922f, 0.6745f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{244,100,172}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #f464ac 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #f464ac 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#770840, #EED3E0);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #f464ac 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: #FDF2F7;
  --brand-100: #FAE5F0;
  --brand-200: #F7C4DE;
  --brand-300: #F896C7;
  --brand-400: #f464ac;
  --brand-500: #F02E8F;
  --brand-600: #E5107A;
  --brand-700: #BE0E66;
  --brand-800: #980B52;
  --brand-900: #6E0C3D;
  --brand-950: #450826;
  --brand: #f464ac;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF4F7;
  --brand-border: #EDC0D6;
  --brand-hover: #F2439A;
  --brand-pressed: #EF2288;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #24141C;
    --brand-ink: #EED3E0;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FDF2F7',
        100: '#FAE5F0',
        200: '#F7C4DE',
        300: '#F896C7',
        400: '#f464ac',
        500: '#F02E8F',
        600: '#E5107A',
        700: '#BE0E66',
        800: '#980B52',
        900: '#6E0C3D',
        950: '#450826',
        DEFAULT: '#f464ac',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FDF2F7,
  '100': #FAE5F0,
  '200': #F7C4DE,
  '300': #F896C7,
  '400': #f464ac,
  '500': #F02E8F,
  '600': #E5107A,
  '700': #BE0E66,
  '800': #980B52,
  '900': #6E0C3D,
  '950': #450826,
);
$brand-base: #f464ac;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FDF2F7", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#FAE5F0", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#F7C4DE", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#F896C7", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#f464ac", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#F02E8F", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#E5107A", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#BE0E66", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#980B52", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#6E0C3D", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#450826", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #f464ac · 7.27:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 2.89:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 7.27:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #f464ac as text scores 2.89:1 on white and 7.27:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #770840 at 3.84:1.

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
#E21079 · 4.58:1
AA on white−20% L
#E21079
The quick fox
#A90C5B · 7.26:1
AAA on white−32% L
#A90C5B
The quick fox
#f464ac · 7.27:1
AA on blackalready passes
#f464ac
The quick fox
#f464ac · 7.27:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#f464ac

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #F35BA7 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
#f464ac on white: 2.89:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#f464ac on black: 7.27:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #f464ac as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #f464ac.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White2.89:1AaAa
Slate 502.76:1AaAa
Slate 1002.64:1AaAa
Slate 2002.34:1AaAa
Slate 3001.95:1AaAa
Slate 4001.13:1AaAa
Slate 5001.65:1AaAa
Slate 6002.62:1AaAa
Slate 7003.58:1AaAa
Slate 8005.06:1AaAa
Slate 9006.18:1AaAa
Black7.27:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #7888AE
deuteranopia · #9FA1A9
tritanopia · #FF5D81

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. #f464ac 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.

#FDF2F7
#FAE5F0
#F7C4DE
#F896C7
#f464ac
#F02E8F
#E5107A
#BE0E66
#980B52
#6E0C3D
#450826
Base = 400Lightest = 50 · #FDF2F7Darkest = 950 · #450826Text 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 0.048 352.0);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.076 352.0);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.114 352.0);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.149 352.0);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.176 352.0);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.191 352.0);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.191 352.0);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.179 352.0);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.160 352.0);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.134 352.0);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.105 352.0);
}

Colors that work with #f464ac

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#EDC0D6
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B4B73
Captions on the surface
Accent#0AC239
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#770840
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FDE7F2
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#24141C
Dark-mode background
Hover#F2439A
One step down in lightness
Pressed#EF2288
Two steps down
Disabled#EADEE4
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#FD70B6
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 #f464ac

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 #770840
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #F35BA7

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
  • Weight33/100
  • 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#64F4AC
Analogous left#F464F4
Analogous right#F46464
Split-complement 1#64F464
Split-complement 2#64F4F4
Triadic 1#ACF464
Triadic 2#64ACF4
Tetradic#F4F464
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°330°

#f464ac sits at 330°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red95.7%
Green39.2%
Blue67.5%
R · 0–255
244
0xf4
G · 0–255
100
0x64
B · 0–255
172
0xac

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta59.0%
Yellow29.5%
Key (black)4.3%

Total ink coverage is 93%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#f464ac text on a black background

contrast 7.27:1

Card sample

#f464ac text on a white background

contrast 2.89:1

Card sample

#f464ac on grey

2.64:1

#f464ac on its own surface

2.66:1

#f464ac on its dark surface

6.10:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #f464ac;
Background color
Panel with #f464ac background
background-color: #f464ac;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #f464ac;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(244, 100, 172, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(244, 100, 172, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #f464ac;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f464ac, #F47C64);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #f464ac, #F4A064);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #f464ac;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #f464ac;
caret-color: #f464ac;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #f464ac;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FDE7F2;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #f464ac;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#f464ac 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #f464ac 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(244, 100, 172, 0.5)
rgb(244 100 172 / 50%)
#f464ac80
hsl(330 87% 68% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #f464ac 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#f464ac1a#FEF0F7
20%#f464ac33#FDE0EE
40%#f464ac66#FBC1DE
60%#f464ac99#F8A2CD
80%#f464accc#F683BD

Gradients from #f464ac

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, #F89DCB, #f464ac 45%, #770840);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #f464ac, #F27248);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #f464ac, #64F4AC);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #FABADA 0%, #f464ac 45%, #770840 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%, #EF94F7 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #F68B81 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #770840 0%, transparent 65%), #f464ac;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #f464ac

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.

#f464ac 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 7.27:1.

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.

#f464ac, answered

What color is #f464ac?

#f464ac is a light electric magenta / pink, closest to Hot Pink (ΔE2000 2.3). It sits at 330° on the hue wheel with 87% saturation and 68% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #f464ac?

rgb(244, 100, 172) — 244 red, 100 green and 172 blue out of 255, or 95.7% / 39.2% / 67.5% by channel.

What is #f464ac in HSL and HSV?

hsl(330, 87%, 68%) and hsv(330, 59%, 96%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #f464ac a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.3133 and perceived brightness is 64%, so black text on it reaches 7.27:1.

Should I use black or white text on #f464ac?

Black. It scores 7.27:1 against #f464ac, versus 2.89:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #f464ac accessible on a white background?

#f464ac on white scores 2.89:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #E21079 to reach 4.5:1, or #A90C5B for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #f464ac?

#64F4AC sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #64F464 and #64F4F4, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #f464ac?

For interface work: #FAF4F7 as the surface, #EDC0D6 for borders, #9B4B73 for secondary text, #0AC239 as an accent and #770840 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #F464F4 and #F46464 stays calm, while #64F4AC is the loudest partner.

What is #f464ac in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 59%, 30%, 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 #f464ac warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 33 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #F46477; nudged cooler, #F663E2.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #f464ac?

The pink family — its 500 step is #ec4899, ΔE2000 5.6 away. That is a visible difference, so define #f464ac as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #f464ac in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#f464ac] or text-[#f464ac], 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 #f464ac with 50% opacity?

rgba(244, 100, 172, 0.5), or #f464ac80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #FAB2D6; over black, #7A3256.

Is #f464ac a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FF6699, ΔE2000 5.9 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #f464ac 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 #f464ac?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #F89DCB, #f464ac 45%, #770840). For more colour, a short hue run to #F27248 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #f464ac in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #f464ac at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.