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magenta / pink · neutral

#f661df

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

Token name suggestion: Meadow Blossom

RGB
246, 97, 223
HSL
309°, 89%, 67%
CMYK
0, 61, 9, 4
Luminance
0.3347

#f661df is a light electric magenta / pink, 309° on the wheel and 45/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (7.69:1). As text it scores 2.73:1 on white — use #D60CB6 instead. Nearest name is Orchid, nearest Tailwind family is fuchsia.

hsl(309 89% 67%)rgb(246 97 223)Base step 400AAA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #f661df is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#f661df
Hue
309°
magenta / pink
Saturation
89%
electric
Lightness
67%
light
Brightness
96%
HSV value
Perceived
67%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.3347
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
45/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
7.69:1
Closest name
Orchid
ΔE2000 4.5
Chroma
79.8
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.724
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
fuchsia
500 · ΔE 8.8
Web-safe
#FF66CC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue309° of 360°
Saturation89%
Lightness67%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #f661df.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool45% 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
Red59%
Green26%
Blue16%

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

Every format

HEX#f661df
HEX (8-digit)#f661dfff
RGBrgb(246, 97, 223)
RGBArgba(246, 97, 223, 1)
HSLhsl(309, 89%, 67%)
HSV / HSBhsv(309, 61%, 96%)
HWBhwb(309 38% 4%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 61%, 9%, 4%)
LABlab(64.5 71.0 -36.4)
LCHlch(64.5 79.8 332.8)
OKLCHoklch(0.724 0.228 334.2)
XYZ (D65)xyz(55.60, 33.47, 73.33)
Decimal16146911
Display P3color(display-p3 0.965 0.380 0.875)
Web-safe#FF66CC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #f661df;
background-color: #f661df;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #f661df;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#f661df] bg-[#f661df]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #f661df;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.965, green: 0.380, blue: 0.875)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.965, green: 0.380, blue: 0.875, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#F661DF</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFF661DF)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFF661DF)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(223, 97, 246)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(246, 97, 223)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(246, 97, 223)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 246, 97, 223)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9647f, 0.3804f, 0.8745f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{246,97,223}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #f661df 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #f661df 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#790767, #EED3EA);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #f661df 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: #FDF2FB;
  --brand-100: #FBE5F7;
  --brand-200: #F8C4F0;
  --brand-300: #F995E9;
  --brand-400: #f661df;
  --brand-500: #F32BD4;
  --brand-600: #E80DC6;
  --brand-700: #C10BA5;
  --brand-800: #9A0984;
  --brand-900: #6F0B60;
  --brand-950: #46073C;
  --brand: #f661df;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF4F9;
  --brand-border: #EDC0E6;
  --brand-hover: #F43FD8;
  --brand-pressed: #F21ED1;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #241422;
    --brand-ink: #EED3EA;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FDF2FB',
        100: '#FBE5F7',
        200: '#F8C4F0',
        300: '#F995E9',
        400: '#f661df',
        500: '#F32BD4',
        600: '#E80DC6',
        700: '#C10BA5',
        800: '#9A0984',
        900: '#6F0B60',
        950: '#46073C',
        DEFAULT: '#f661df',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FDF2FB,
  '100': #FBE5F7,
  '200': #F8C4F0,
  '300': #F995E9,
  '400': #f661df,
  '500': #F32BD4,
  '600': #E80DC6,
  '700': #C10BA5,
  '800': #9A0984,
  '900': #6F0B60,
  '950': #46073C,
);
$brand-base: #f661df;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FDF2FB", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#FBE5F7", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#F8C4F0", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#F995E9", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#f661df", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#F32BD4", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#E80DC6", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#C10BA5", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#9A0984", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#6F0B60", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#46073C", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #f661df · 7.69:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 2.73:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 7.69:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #f661df as text scores 2.73:1 on white and 7.69:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #790767 at 3.77:1.

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
#D60CB6 · 4.58:1
AA on white−23% L
#D60CB6
The quick fox
#A10989 · 7.20:1
AAA on white−34% L
#A10989
The quick fox
#f661df · 7.69:1
AA on blackalready passes
#f661df
The quick fox
#f661df · 7.69:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#f661df

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #F54EDB 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
#f661df on white: 2.73:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#f661df on black: 7.69:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #f661df as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #f661df.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White2.73:1AaAa
Slate 502.61:1AaAa
Slate 1002.49:1AaAa
Slate 2002.21:1AaAa
Slate 3001.84:1AaAa
Slate 4001.06:1AaAa
Slate 5001.74:1AaAa
Slate 6002.78:1AaAa
Slate 7003.79:1AaAa
Slate 8005.36:1AaAa
Slate 9006.54:1AaAa
Black7.69:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #5F8FE3
deuteranopia · #8FA4DB
tritanopia · #FF6B97

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. #f661df 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.

#FDF2FB
#FBE5F7
#F8C4F0
#F995E9
#f661df
#F32BD4
#E80DC6
#C10BA5
#9A0984
#6F0B60
#46073C
Base = 400Lightest = 50 · #FDF2FBDarkest = 950 · #46073CText 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 0.057 334.2);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.091 334.2);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.137 334.2);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.178 334.2);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.210 334.2);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.228 334.2);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.228 334.2);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.215 334.2);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.192 334.2);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.160 334.2);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.126 334.2);
}

Colors that work with #f661df

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#FAF4F9
Tinted page background
Border#EDC0E6
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B4B8E
Captions on the surface
Accent#1AC507
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#790767
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FEE7FA
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#241422
Dark-mode background
Hover#F43FD8
One step down in lightness
Pressed#F21ED1
Two steps down
Disabled#EADEE8
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#FE6DE8
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 #f661df

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 #790767
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #F54EDB

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
  • TemperatureNeutral
  • 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#61F678
Analogous left#C361F6
Analogous right#F66195
Split-complement 1#95F661
Split-complement 2#61F6C3
Triadic 1#DFF661
Triadic 2#61DFF6
Tetradic#F6C361
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°309°

#f661df sits at 309°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red96.5%
Green38.0%
Blue87.5%
R · 0–255
246
0xf6
G · 0–255
97
0x61
B · 0–255
223
0xdf

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta60.6%
Yellow9.3%
Key (black)3.5%

Total ink coverage is 73%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#f661df text on a black background

contrast 7.69:1

Card sample

#f661df text on a white background

contrast 2.73:1

Card sample

#f661df on grey

2.49:1

#f661df on its own surface

2.52:1

#f661df on its dark surface

6.42:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #f661df;
Background color
Panel with #f661df background
background-color: #f661df;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #f661df;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(246, 97, 223, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(246, 97, 223, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #f661df;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f661df, #F6617C);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #f661df, #F66C61);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #f661df;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #f661df;
caret-color: #f661df;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #f661df;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FEE7FA;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #f661df;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#f661df 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #f661df 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(246, 97, 223, 0.5)
rgb(246 97 223 / 50%)
#f661df80
hsl(309 89% 67% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #f661df 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#f661df1a#FEEFFC
20%#f661df33#FDDFF9
40%#f661df66#FBC0F2
60%#f661df99#FAA0EC
80%#f661dfcc#F881E5

Gradients from #f661df

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, #F99BEB, #f661df 45%, #790767);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #f661df, #F44455);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #f661df, #61F678);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #FBB8F1 0%, #f661df 45%, #790767 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAF4F9, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #CD91F9 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #F87E9E 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #790767 0%, transparent 65%), #f661df;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #f661df

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.

#f661df 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 7.69:1.

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.

#f661df, answered

What color is #f661df?

#f661df is a light electric magenta / pink, closest to Orchid (ΔE2000 4.5). It sits at 309° on the hue wheel with 89% saturation and 67% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #f661df?

rgb(246, 97, 223) — 246 red, 97 green and 223 blue out of 255, or 96.5% / 38% / 87.5% by channel.

What is #f661df in HSL and HSV?

hsl(309, 89%, 67%) and hsv(309, 61%, 96%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #f661df a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.3347 and perceived brightness is 67%, so black text on it reaches 7.69:1.

Should I use black or white text on #f661df?

Black. It scores 7.69:1 against #f661df, versus 2.73:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #f661df accessible on a white background?

#f661df on white scores 2.73:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #D60CB6 to reach 4.5:1, or #A10989 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #f661df?

#61F678 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #95F661 and #61F6C3, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #f661df?

For interface work: #FAF4F9 as the surface, #EDC0E6 for borders, #9B4B8E for secondary text, #1AC507 as an accent and #790767 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #C361F6 and #F66195 stays calm, while #61F678 is the loudest partner.

What is #f661df in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 61%, 9%, 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 #f661df warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 45 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #F661A8; nudged cooler, #D760F8.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #f661df?

The fuchsia family — its 500 step is #d946ef, ΔE2000 8.8 away. That is a visible difference, so define #f661df as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #f661df in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#f661df] or text-[#f661df], 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 #f661df with 50% opacity?

rgba(246, 97, 223, 0.5), or #f661df80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #FBB0EF; over black, #7B3170.

Is #f661df a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FF66CC, ΔE2000 4.6 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #f661df 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 #f661df?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #F99BEB, #f661df 45%, #790767). For more colour, a short hue run to #F44455 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #f661df in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #f661df at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.