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magenta / pink · warm

#ff82cc

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

Token name suggestion: Morning Ruby

RGB
255, 130, 204
HSL
325°, 100%, 76%
CMYK
0, 49, 20, 0
Luminance
0.4158

#ff82cc is a light electric magenta / pink, 325° on the wheel and 36/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (9.32:1). As text it scores 2.25:1 on white — use #E30086 instead. Nearest name is Hot Pink, nearest Tailwind family is pink.

hsl(325 100% 76%)rgb(255 130 204)Base step 300AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #ff82cc is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#ff82cc
Hue
325°
magenta / pink
Saturation
100%
electric
Lightness
76%
light
Brightness
100%
HSV value
Perceived
72%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.4158
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
36/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
9.32:1
Closest name
Hot Pink
ΔE2000 5.5
Chroma
58.4
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.769
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
pink
500 · ΔE 12.6
Web-safe
#FF99CC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue325° of 360°
Saturation100%
Lightness76%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #ff82cc.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool36% 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
Red51%
Green38%
Blue10%

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

Every format

HEX#ff82cc
HEX (8-digit)#ff82ccff
RGBrgb(255, 130, 204)
RGBArgba(255, 130, 204, 1)
HSLhsl(325, 100%, 76%)
HSV / HSBhsv(324, 49%, 100%)
HWBhwb(325 51% 0%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 49%, 20%, 0%)
LABlab(70.6 56.0 -16.5)
LCHlch(70.6 58.4 343.6)
OKLCHoklch(0.769 0.173 345.4)
XYZ (D65)xyz(60.12, 41.59, 61.98)
Decimal16745164
Display P3color(display-p3 1.000 0.510 0.800)
Web-safe#FF99CC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #ff82cc;
background-color: #ff82cc;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #ff82cc;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#ff82cc] bg-[#ff82cc]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #ff82cc;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 1.000, green: 0.510, blue: 0.800)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 1.000, green: 0.510, blue: 0.800, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#FF82CC</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFFF82CC)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFFF82CC)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(204, 130, 255)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(255, 130, 204)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(255, 130, 204)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 255, 130, 204)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(1.0000f, 0.5098f, 0.8000f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{255,130,204}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #ff82cc 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #ff82cc 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#80004B, #EED3E3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #ff82cc 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: #FEF1F9;
  --brand-100: #FCE3F2;
  --brand-200: #FCC0E3;
  --brand-300: #ff82cc;
  --brand-400: #FF57BA;
  --brand-500: #FF1FA3;
  --brand-600: #F50091;
  --brand-700: #CC0079;
  --brand-800: #A30061;
  --brand-900: #760548;
  --brand-950: #49032D;
  --brand: #ff82cc;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF4F8;
  --brand-border: #EDC0DA;
  --brand-hover: #FF5EBD;
  --brand-pressed: #FF3BAF;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #24141E;
    --brand-ink: #EED3E3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FEF1F9',
        100: '#FCE3F2',
        200: '#FCC0E3',
        300: '#ff82cc',
        400: '#FF57BA',
        500: '#FF1FA3',
        600: '#F50091',
        700: '#CC0079',
        800: '#A30061',
        900: '#760548',
        950: '#49032D',
        DEFAULT: '#ff82cc',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FEF1F9,
  '100': #FCE3F2,
  '200': #FCC0E3,
  '300': #ff82cc,
  '400': #FF57BA,
  '500': #FF1FA3,
  '600': #F50091,
  '700': #CC0079,
  '800': #A30061,
  '900': #760548,
  '950': #49032D,
);
$brand-base: #ff82cc;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FEF1F9", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#FCE3F2", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#FCC0E3", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#ff82cc", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#FF57BA", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#FF1FA3", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#F50091", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#CC0079", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#A30061", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#760548", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#49032D", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #ff82cc · 9.32:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 2.25:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 9.32:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #ff82cc as text scores 2.25:1 on white and 9.32:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #80004B at 4.61:1.

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
#E30086 · 4.55:1
AA on white−31% L
#E30086
The quick fox
#AB0065 · 7.19:1
AAA on white−42% L
#AB0065
The quick fox
#ff82cc · 9.32:1
AA on blackalready passes
#ff82cc
The quick fox
#ff82cc · 9.32:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#ff82cc

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #FF4AB5 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
#ff82cc on white: 2.25:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#ff82cc on black: 9.32:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #ff82cc as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #ff82cc.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White2.25:1AaAa
Slate 502.15:1AaAa
Slate 1002.06:1AaAa
Slate 2001.83:1AaAa
Slate 3001.52:1AaAa
Slate 4001.14:1AaAa
Slate 5002.11:1AaAa
Slate 6003.36:1AaAa
Slate 7004.59:1AaAa
Slate 8006.49:1AaAa
Slate 9007.92:1AaAa
Black9.32:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #8CA0CF
deuteranopia · #AEB4C9
tritanopia · #FF819E

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. #ff82cc 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.

#FEF1F9
#FCE3F2
#FCC0E3
#ff82cc
#FF57BA
#FF1FA3
#F50091
#CC0079
#A30061
#760548
#49032D
Base = 300Lightest = 50 · #FEF1F9Darkest = 950 · #49032DText 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 0.043 345.4);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.069 345.4);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.104 345.4);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.135 345.4);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.159 345.4);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.173 345.4);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.173 345.4);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.162 345.4);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.145 345.4);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.121 345.4);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.095 345.4);
}

Colors that work with #ff82cc

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#EDC0DA
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B4B7A
Captions on the surface
Accent#00CC21
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#80004B
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FFE5F5
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#24141E
Dark-mode background
Hover#FF5EBD
One step down in lightness
Pressed#FF3BAF
Two steps down
Disabled#F7F3F5
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#FF96D4
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 #ff82cc

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 #80004B
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #FF4AB5

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#82FFB5
Analogous left#F482FF
Analogous right#FF828E
Split-complement 1#8EFF82
Split-complement 2#82FFF4
Triadic 1#CCFF82
Triadic 2#82CCFF
Tetradic#FFF482
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°325°

#ff82cc sits at 325°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red100.0%
Green51.0%
Blue80.0%
R · 0–255
255
0xff
G · 0–255
130
0x82
B · 0–255
204
0xcc

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta49.0%
Yellow20.0%
Key (black)0.0%

Total ink coverage is 69%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#ff82cc text on a black background

contrast 9.32:1

Card sample

#ff82cc text on a white background

contrast 2.25:1

Card sample

#ff82cc on grey

2.06:1

#ff82cc on its own surface

2.08:1

#ff82cc on its dark surface

7.80:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #ff82cc;
Background color
Panel with #ff82cc background
background-color: #ff82cc;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #ff82cc;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(255, 130, 204, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(255, 130, 204, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #ff82cc;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ff82cc, #FF8B82);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #ff82cc, #FFAB82);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #ff82cc;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #ff82cc;
caret-color: #ff82cc;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #ff82cc;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FFE5F5;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #ff82cc;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#ff82cc 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #ff82cc 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(255, 130, 204, 0.5)
rgb(255 130 204 / 50%)
#ff82cc80
hsl(325 100% 76% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #ff82cc 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#ff82cc1a#FFF3FA
20%#ff82cc33#FFE6F5
40%#ff82cc66#FFCDEB
60%#ff82cc99#FFB4E0
80%#ff82cccc#FF9BD6

Gradients from #ff82cc

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, #FFBFE5, #ff82cc 45%, #80004B);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #ff82cc, #FF7C63);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #ff82cc, #82FFB5);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #FFDEF1 0%, #ff82cc 45%, #80004B 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%, #F2B5FF 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #FFA1A1 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #80004B 0%, transparent 65%), #ff82cc;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #ff82cc

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.

#ff82cc 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 9.32:1.

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.

#ff82cc, answered

What color is #ff82cc?

#ff82cc is a light electric magenta / pink, closest to Hot Pink (ΔE2000 5.5). It sits at 325° on the hue wheel with 100% saturation and 76% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #ff82cc?

rgb(255, 130, 204) — 255 red, 130 green and 204 blue out of 255, or 100% / 51% / 80% by channel.

What is #ff82cc in HSL and HSV?

hsl(325, 100%, 76%) and hsv(324, 49%, 100%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #ff82cc a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.4158 and perceived brightness is 72%, so black text on it reaches 9.32:1.

Should I use black or white text on #ff82cc?

Black. It scores 9.32:1 against #ff82cc, versus 2.25:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #ff82cc accessible on a white background?

#ff82cc on white scores 2.25:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #E30086 to reach 4.5:1, or #AB0065 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #ff82cc?

#82FFB5 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #8EFF82 and #82FFF4, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #ff82cc?

For interface work: #FAF4F8 as the surface, #EDC0DA for borders, #9B4B7A for secondary text, #00CC21 as an accent and #80004B for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #F482FF and #FF828E stays calm, while #82FFB5 is the loudest partner.

What is #ff82cc in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 49%, 20%, 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 #ff82cc warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 36 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #FF829E; nudged cooler, #FF82FA.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #ff82cc?

The pink family — its 500 step is #ec4899, ΔE2000 12.6 away. That is a visible difference, so define #ff82cc as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #ff82cc in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#ff82cc] or text-[#ff82cc], 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 #ff82cc with 50% opacity?

rgba(255, 130, 204, 0.5), or #ff82cc80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #FFC1E6; over black, #804166.

Is #ff82cc a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FF99CC, ΔE2000 5.4 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #ff82cc 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 #ff82cc?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #FFBFE5, #ff82cc 45%, #80004B). For more colour, a short hue run to #FF7C63 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #ff82cc in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #ff82cc at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.