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magenta / pink · warm

#fc82cd

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

Token name suggestion: Linen Ruby

RGB
252, 130, 205
HSL
323°, 95%, 75%
CMYK
0, 48, 19, 1
Luminance
0.4107

#fc82cd is a light electric magenta / pink, 323° on the wheel and 37/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (9.21:1). As text it scores 2.28:1 on white — use #E0058C instead. Nearest name is Hot Pink, nearest Tailwind family is pink.

hsl(323 95% 75%)rgb(252 130 205)Base step 300AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #fc82cd is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#fc82cd
Hue
323°
magenta / pink
Saturation
95%
electric
Lightness
75%
light
Brightness
99%
HSV value
Perceived
72%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.4107
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
37/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
9.21:1
Closest name
Hot Pink
ΔE2000 5.7
Chroma
58.0
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.765
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
pink
500 · ΔE 12.6
Web-safe
#FF99CC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue323° of 360°
Saturation95%
Lightness75%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #fc82cd.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool37% 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
Red50%
Green39%
Blue11%

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

Every format

HEX#fc82cd
HEX (8-digit)#fc82cdff
RGBrgb(252, 130, 205)
RGBArgba(252, 130, 205, 1)
HSLhsl(323, 95%, 75%)
HSV / HSBhsv(323, 48%, 99%)
HWBhwb(323 51% 1%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 48%, 19%, 1%)
LABlab(70.2 55.2 -17.6)
LCHlch(70.2 58.0 342.3)
OKLCHoklch(0.765 0.171 344.1)
XYZ (D65)xyz(59.15, 41.07, 62.56)
Decimal16548557
Display P3color(display-p3 0.988 0.510 0.804)
Web-safe#FF99CC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #fc82cd;
background-color: #fc82cd;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #fc82cd;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#fc82cd] bg-[#fc82cd]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #fc82cd;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.988, green: 0.510, blue: 0.804)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.988, green: 0.510, blue: 0.804, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#FC82CD</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFFC82CD)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFFC82CD)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(205, 130, 252)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(252, 130, 205)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(252, 130, 205)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 252, 130, 205)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9882f, 0.5098f, 0.8039f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{252,130,205}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #fc82cd 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #fc82cd 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#7D034E, #EED3E4);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #fc82cd 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: #FDF1F9;
  --brand-100: #FCE4F2;
  --brand-200: #FAC2E4;
  --brand-300: #fc82cd;
  --brand-400: #FB5BBD;
  --brand-500: #FA24A7;
  --brand-600: #EF0695;
  --brand-700: #C7057C;
  --brand-800: #9F0463;
  --brand-900: #73084A;
  --brand-950: #48052E;
  --brand: #fc82cd;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF4F8;
  --brand-border: #EDC0DB;
  --brand-hover: #FB5FBF;
  --brand-pressed: #FA3CB1;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #24141E;
    --brand-ink: #EED3E4;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FDF1F9',
        100: '#FCE4F2',
        200: '#FAC2E4',
        300: '#fc82cd',
        400: '#FB5BBD',
        500: '#FA24A7',
        600: '#EF0695',
        700: '#C7057C',
        800: '#9F0463',
        900: '#73084A',
        950: '#48052E',
        DEFAULT: '#fc82cd',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FDF1F9,
  '100': #FCE4F2,
  '200': #FAC2E4,
  '300': #fc82cd,
  '400': #FB5BBD,
  '500': #FA24A7,
  '600': #EF0695,
  '700': #C7057C,
  '800': #9F0463,
  '900': #73084A,
  '950': #48052E,
);
$brand-base: #fc82cd;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FDF1F9", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#FCE4F2", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#FAC2E4", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#fc82cd", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#FB5BBD", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#FA24A7", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#EF0695", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#C7057C", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#9F0463", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#73084A", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#48052E", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #fc82cd · 9.21:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 2.28:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 9.21:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #fc82cd as text scores 2.28:1 on white and 9.21:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #7D034E at 4.62:1.

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
#E0058C · 4.60:1
AA on white−30% L
#E0058C
The quick fox
#A90469 · 7.22:1
AAA on white−41% L
#A90469
The quick fox
#fc82cd · 9.21:1
AA on blackalready passes
#fc82cd
The quick fox
#fc82cd · 9.21:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#fc82cd

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #FB50B9 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
#fc82cd on white: 2.28:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#fc82cd on black: 9.21:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #fc82cd as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #fc82cd.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White2.28:1AaAa
Slate 502.18:1AaAa
Slate 1002.08:1AaAa
Slate 2001.85:1AaAa
Slate 3001.54:1AaAa
Slate 4001.12:1AaAa
Slate 5002.09:1AaAa
Slate 6003.32:1AaAa
Slate 7004.54:1AaAa
Slate 8006.42:1AaAa
Slate 9007.83:1AaAa
Black9.21:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #8B9FD0
deuteranopia · #ACB3CA
tritanopia · #FF829F

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. #fc82cd 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.

#FDF1F9
#FCE4F2
#FAC2E4
#fc82cd
#FB5BBD
#FA24A7
#EF0695
#C7057C
#9F0463
#73084A
#48052E
Base = 300Lightest = 50 · #FDF1F9Darkest = 950 · #48052EText 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 0.043 344.1);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.068 344.1);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.102 344.1);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.133 344.1);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.157 344.1);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.171 344.1);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.171 344.1);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.160 344.1);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.143 344.1);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.119 344.1);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.094 344.1);
}

Colors that work with #fc82cd

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#FAF4F8
Tinted page background
Border#EDC0DB
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B4B7C
Captions on the surface
Accent#00CC1D
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#7D034E
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FEE6F5
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#24141E
Dark-mode background
Hover#FB5FBF
One step down in lightness
Pressed#FA3CB1
Two steps down
Disabled#F7F3F5
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#FF93D6
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 #fc82cd

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 #7D034E
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #FB50B9

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
  • Weight25/100
  • 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#82FCB1
Analogous left#EE82FC
Analogous right#FC8290
Split-complement 1#90FC82
Split-complement 2#82FCEE
Triadic 1#CDFC82
Triadic 2#82CDFC
Tetradic#FCEE82
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°323°

#fc82cd sits at 323°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red98.8%
Green51.0%
Blue80.4%
R · 0–255
252
0xfc
G · 0–255
130
0x82
B · 0–255
205
0xcd

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta48.4%
Yellow18.7%
Key (black)1.2%

Total ink coverage is 68%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#fc82cd text on a black background

contrast 9.21:1

Card sample

#fc82cd text on a white background

contrast 2.28:1

Card sample

#fc82cd on grey

2.08:1

#fc82cd on its own surface

2.10:1

#fc82cd on its dark surface

7.72:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #fc82cd;
Background color
Panel with #fc82cd background
background-color: #fc82cd;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #fc82cd;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(252, 130, 205, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(252, 130, 205, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #fc82cd;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fc82cd, #FC8882);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #fc82cd, #FCA782);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #fc82cd;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #fc82cd;
caret-color: #fc82cd;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #fc82cd;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FEE6F5;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #fc82cd;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#fc82cd 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #fc82cd 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(252, 130, 205, 0.5)
rgb(252 130 205 / 50%)
#fc82cd80
hsl(323 95% 75% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #fc82cd 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#fc82cd1a#FFF3FA
20%#fc82cd33#FEE6F5
40%#fc82cd66#FECDEB
60%#fc82cd99#FDB4E1
80%#fc82cdcc#FD9BD7

Gradients from #fc82cd

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, #FDBEE5, #fc82cd 45%, #7D034E);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #fc82cd, #FB7964);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #fc82cd, #82FCB1);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #FEDCF1 0%, #fc82cd 45%, #7D034E 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAF4F8, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #EFB4FD 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #FDA0A3 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #7D034E 0%, transparent 65%), #fc82cd;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #fc82cd

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.

#fc82cd 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 9.21:1.

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.

#fc82cd, answered

What color is #fc82cd?

#fc82cd is a light electric magenta / pink, closest to Hot Pink (ΔE2000 5.7). It sits at 323° on the hue wheel with 95% saturation and 75% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #fc82cd?

rgb(252, 130, 205) — 252 red, 130 green and 205 blue out of 255, or 98.8% / 51% / 80.4% by channel.

What is #fc82cd in HSL and HSV?

hsl(323, 95%, 75%) and hsv(323, 48%, 99%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #fc82cd a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.4107 and perceived brightness is 72%, so black text on it reaches 9.21:1.

Should I use black or white text on #fc82cd?

Black. It scores 9.21:1 against #fc82cd, versus 2.28:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #fc82cd accessible on a white background?

#fc82cd on white scores 2.28:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #E0058C to reach 4.5:1, or #A90469 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #fc82cd?

#82FCB1 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #90FC82 and #82FCEE, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #fc82cd?

For interface work: #FAF4F8 as the surface, #EDC0DB for borders, #9B4B7C for secondary text, #00CC1D as an accent and #7D034E for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #EE82FC and #FC8290 stays calm, while #82FCB1 is the loudest partner.

What is #fc82cd in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 48%, 19%, 1%). 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 #fc82cd warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 37 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #FC82A0; nudged cooler, #FD81FB.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #fc82cd?

The pink family — its 500 step is #ec4899, ΔE2000 12.6 away. That is a visible difference, so define #fc82cd as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #fc82cd in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#fc82cd] or text-[#fc82cd], 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 #fc82cd with 50% opacity?

rgba(252, 130, 205, 0.5), or #fc82cd80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #FEC1E6; over black, #7E4167.

Is #fc82cd a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FF99CC, ΔE2000 5.7 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #fc82cd 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 #fc82cd?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #FDBEE5, #fc82cd 45%, #7D034E). For more colour, a short hue run to #FB7964 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #fc82cd in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #fc82cd at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.