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magenta / pink · neutral

#f932cf

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

Token name suggestion: Atlas Ruby

RGB
249, 50, 207
HSL
313°, 94%, 59%
CMYK
0, 80, 17, 2
Luminance
0.2693

#f932cf is a balanced electric magenta / pink, 313° on the wheel and 43/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (6.39:1). As text it scores 3.29:1 on white — large text only. Nearest name is Magenta, nearest Tailwind family is fuchsia.

hsl(313 94% 59%)rgb(249 50 207)Base step 500AA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #f932cf is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#f932cf
Hue
313°
magenta / pink
Saturation
94%
electric
Lightness
59%
balanced
Brightness
98%
HSV value
Perceived
62%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.2693
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
43/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
6.39:1
Closest name
Magenta
ΔE2000 6.7
Chroma
92.1
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.682
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
fuchsia
500 · ΔE 7.9
Web-safe
#FF33CC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue313° of 360°
Saturation94%
Lightness59%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #f932cf.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool43% 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
Red75%
Green8%
Blue17%

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

Every format

HEX#f932cf
HEX (8-digit)#f932cfff
RGBrgb(249, 50, 207)
RGBArgba(249, 50, 207, 1)
HSLhsl(313, 94%, 59%)
HSV / HSBhsv(313, 80%, 98%)
HWBhwb(313 20% 2%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 80%, 17%, 2%)
LABlab(58.9 84.7 -36.2)
LCHlch(58.9 92.1 336.9)
OKLCHoklch(0.682 0.270 338.7)
XYZ (D65)xyz(51.47, 26.93, 61.51)
Decimal16331471
Display P3color(display-p3 0.976 0.196 0.812)
Web-safe#FF33CC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #f932cf;
background-color: #f932cf;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #f932cf;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#f932cf] bg-[#f932cf]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #f932cf;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.976, green: 0.196, blue: 0.812)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.976, green: 0.196, blue: 0.812, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#F932CF</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFF932CF)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFF932CF)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(207, 50, 249)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(249, 50, 207)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(249, 50, 207)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 249, 50, 207)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9765f, 0.1961f, 0.8118f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{249,50,207}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #f932cf 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #f932cf 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#7C0462, #EED3E8);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #f932cf 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: #FBE4F6;
  --brand-200: #FAC2EE;
  --brand-300: #FC92E5;
  --brand-400: #FA5BD9;
  --brand-500: #f932cf;
  --brand-600: #EE07BD;
  --brand-700: #C6069D;
  --brand-800: #9F057E;
  --brand-900: #72085C;
  --brand-950: #470539;
  --brand: #f932cf;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF4F9;
  --brand-border: #EDC0E3;
  --brand-hover: #F80FC7;
  --brand-pressed: #DD06B0;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #241421;
    --brand-ink: #EED3E8;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FDF2FB',
        100: '#FBE4F6',
        200: '#FAC2EE',
        300: '#FC92E5',
        400: '#FA5BD9',
        500: '#f932cf',
        600: '#EE07BD',
        700: '#C6069D',
        800: '#9F057E',
        900: '#72085C',
        950: '#470539',
        DEFAULT: '#f932cf',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FDF2FB,
  '100': #FBE4F6,
  '200': #FAC2EE,
  '300': #FC92E5,
  '400': #FA5BD9,
  '500': #f932cf,
  '600': #EE07BD,
  '700': #C6069D,
  '800': #9F057E,
  '900': #72085C,
  '950': #470539,
);
$brand-base: #f932cf;
$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": "#FBE4F6", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#FAC2EE", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#FC92E5", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#FA5BD9", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#f932cf", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#EE07BD", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#C6069D", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#9F057E", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#72085C", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#470539", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #f932cf · 6.39:1
Use #000000AA at every size, AAA for large text only.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 3.29:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 6.39:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #f932cf as text scores 3.29:1 on white and 6.39:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #7C0462 at 3.11:1.

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
#D806AC · 4.62:1
AA on white−15% L
#D806AC
The quick fox
#A60584 · 7.06:1
AAA on white−25% L
#A60584
The quick fox
#f932cf · 6.39:1
AA on blackalready passes
#f932cf
The quick fox
#FA4BD5 · 7.03:1
AAA on black+5% L
#FA4BD5

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #F932CF 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
#f932cf on white: 3.29:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#f932cf on black: 6.39:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #f932cf as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #f932cf.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White3.29:1AaAa
Slate 503.14:1AaAa
Slate 1003.00:1AaAa
Slate 2002.67:1AaAa
Slate 3002.22:1AaAa
Slate 4001.28:1AaAa
Slate 5001.45:1AaAa
Slate 6002.30:1AaAa
Slate 7003.15:1AaAa
Slate 8004.45:1AaAa
Slate 9005.43:1AaAa
Black6.39:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #3F7AD3
deuteranopia · #8599CB
tritanopia · #FF3E80

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. #f932cf 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.

#FDF2FB
#FBE4F6
#FAC2EE
#FC92E5
#FA5BD9
#f932cf
#EE07BD
#C6069D
#9F057E
#72085C
#470539
Base = 500Lightest = 50 · #FDF2FBDarkest = 950 · #470539Text 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 0.068 338.7);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.108 338.7);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.162 338.7);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.211 338.7);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.249 338.7);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.270 338.7);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.270 338.7);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.254 338.7);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.227 338.7);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.189 338.7);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.149 338.7);
}

Colors that work with #f932cf

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#EDC0E3
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B4B8A
Captions on the surface
Accent#0ACA02
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#7C0462
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FEE6F9
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#241421
Dark-mode background
Hover#F80FC7
One step down in lightness
Pressed#DD06B0
Two steps down
Disabled#D8C3D4
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#FF40D7
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 #f932cf

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 #7C0462
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
  • 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#32F95C
Analogous left#C032F9
Analogous right#F9326B
Split-complement 1#6BF932
Split-complement 2#32F9C0
Triadic 1#CFF932
Triadic 2#32CFF9
Tetradic#F9C032
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°313°

#f932cf sits at 313°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red97.6%
Green19.6%
Blue81.2%
R · 0–255
249
0xf9
G · 0–255
50
0x32
B · 0–255
207
0xcf

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta79.9%
Yellow16.9%
Key (black)2.4%

Total ink coverage is 99%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#f932cf text on a black background

contrast 6.39:1

Card sample

#f932cf text on a white background

contrast 3.29:1

Card sample

#f932cf on grey

3.00:1

#f932cf on its own surface

3.03:1

#f932cf on its dark surface

5.33:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #f932cf;
Background color
Panel with #f932cf background
background-color: #f932cf;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #f932cf;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(249, 50, 207, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(249, 50, 207, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #f932cf;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f932cf, #F9324A);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #f932cf, #F94B32);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #f932cf;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #f932cf;
caret-color: #f932cf;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #f932cf;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FEE6F9;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #f932cf;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#f932cf 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #f932cf 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(249, 50, 207, 0.5)
rgb(249 50 207 / 50%)
#f932cf80
hsl(313 94% 59% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #f932cf 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#f932cf1a#FEEBFA
20%#f932cf33#FED6F5
40%#f932cf66#FDADEC
60%#f932cf99#FB84E2
80%#f932cfcc#FA5BD9

Gradients from #f932cf

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, #FB6DDD, #f932cf 45%, #7C0462);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #f932cf, #F8141D);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #f932cf, #32F95C);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #FC8BE4 0%, #f932cf 45%, #7C0462 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%, #C263FA 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #FA5073 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #7C0462 0%, transparent 65%), #f932cf;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #f932cf

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.

#f932cf 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 6.39:1.

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.

#f932cf, answered

What color is #f932cf?

#f932cf is a balanced electric magenta / pink, closest to Magenta (ΔE2000 6.7). It sits at 313° on the hue wheel with 94% saturation and 59% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #f932cf?

rgb(249, 50, 207) — 249 red, 50 green and 207 blue out of 255, or 97.6% / 19.6% / 81.2% by channel.

What is #f932cf in HSL and HSV?

hsl(313, 94%, 59%) and hsv(313, 80%, 98%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #f932cf a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.2693 and perceived brightness is 62%, so black text on it reaches 6.39:1.

Should I use black or white text on #f932cf?

Black. It scores 6.39:1 against #f932cf, versus 3.29:1 for white — AA at any size.

Is #f932cf accessible on a white background?

#f932cf on white scores 3.29:1, which only clears AA for large text — 18.66px bold or 24px regular and up. Darken it to #D806AC to reach 4.5:1, or #A60584 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #f932cf?

#32F95C sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #6BF932 and #32F9C0, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #f932cf?

For interface work: #FAF4F9 as the surface, #EDC0E3 for borders, #9B4B8A for secondary text, #0ACA02 as an accent and #7C0462 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #C032F9 and #F9326B stays calm, while #32F95C is the loudest partner.

What is #f932cf in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 80%, 17%, 2%). 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 #f932cf warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 43 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #F93286; nudged cooler, #DC30FB.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #f932cf?

The fuchsia family — its 500 step is #d946ef, ΔE2000 7.9 away. That is a visible difference, so define #f932cf as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #f932cf in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#f932cf] or text-[#f932cf], 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 #f932cf with 50% opacity?

rgba(249, 50, 207, 0.5), or #f932cf80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #FC99E7; over black, #7D1968.

Is #f932cf a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FF33CC, ΔE2000 1.4 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #f932cf 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 #f932cf?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #FB6DDD, #f932cf 45%, #7C0462). For more colour, a short hue run to #F8141D keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #f932cf in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #f932cf at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.