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magenta / pink · neutral

#c014df

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

Token name suggestion: Atlas Fuchsia

RGB
192, 20, 223
HSL
291°, 84%, 48%
CMYK
14, 91, 0, 13
Luminance
0.1703

#c014df is a balanced electric magenta / pink, 291° on the wheel and 55/100 on the cool side. Put white text on it (4.77:1). As text it scores 4.77:1 on white — safe at any size. Nearest name is Dark Orchid, nearest Tailwind family is purple.

hsl(291 84% 48%)rgb(192 20 223)Base step 600AA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #c014df is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#c014df
Hue
291°
magenta / pink
Saturation
84%
electric
Lightness
48%
balanced
Brightness
87%
HSV value
Perceived
51%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.1703
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
55/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Electric
Best ink
White
4.77:1
Closest name
Dark Orchid
ΔE2000 6.5
Chroma
103.4
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.592
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
purple
500 · ΔE 9
Web-safe
#CC00CC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue291° of 360°
Saturation84%
Lightness48%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #c014df.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool55% 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
Red66%
Green3%
Blue31%

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

Every format

HEX#c014df
HEX (8-digit)#c014dfff
RGBrgb(192, 20, 223)
RGBArgba(192, 20, 223, 1)
HSLhsl(291, 84%, 48%)
HSV / HSBhsv(291, 91%, 87%)
HWBhwb(291 8% 13%)
CMYKcmyk(14%, 91%, 0%, 13%)
LABlab(48.3 82.2 -62.7)
LCHlch(48.3 103.4 322.7)
OKLCHoklch(0.592 0.276 320.2)
XYZ (D65)xyz(35.31, 17.04, 71.23)
Decimal12588255
Display P3color(display-p3 0.753 0.078 0.875)
Web-safe#CC00CC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #c014df;
background-color: #c014df;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #c014df;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#c014df] bg-[#c014df]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #c014df;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.753, green: 0.078, blue: 0.875)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.753, green: 0.078, blue: 0.875, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#C014DF</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFC014DF)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFC014DF)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(223, 20, 192)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(192, 20, 223)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(192, 20, 223)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 192, 20, 223)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.7529f, 0.0784f, 0.8745f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{192,20,223}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #c014df 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #c014df 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#650B75, #EAD3EE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #c014df 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: #FBF2FC;
  --brand-100: #F7E6FA;
  --brand-200: #EFC5F6;
  --brand-300: #E798F6;
  --brand-400: #DC65F1;
  --brand-500: #D031EC;
  --brand-600: #c014df;
  --brand-700: #A111BB;
  --brand-800: #810D96;
  --brand-900: #5E0E6C;
  --brand-950: #3B0944;
  --brand: #c014df;
  --brand-ink: #ffffff;
  --brand-surface: #F9F4FA;
  --brand-border: #E6C0ED;
  --brand-hover: #A311BE;
  --brand-pressed: #870E9D;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #221424;
    --brand-ink: #EAD3EE;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FBF2FC',
        100: '#F7E6FA',
        200: '#EFC5F6',
        300: '#E798F6',
        400: '#DC65F1',
        500: '#D031EC',
        600: '#c014df',
        700: '#A111BB',
        800: '#810D96',
        900: '#5E0E6C',
        950: '#3B0944',
        DEFAULT: '#c014df',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FBF2FC,
  '100': #F7E6FA,
  '200': #EFC5F6,
  '300': #E798F6,
  '400': #DC65F1,
  '500': #D031EC,
  '600': #c014df,
  '700': #A111BB,
  '800': #810D96,
  '900': #5E0E6C,
  '950': #3B0944,
);
$brand-base: #c014df;
$brand-ink: #ffffff;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FBF2FC", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F7E6FA", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#EFC5F6", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#E798F6", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#DC65F1", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#D031EC", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#c014df", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#A111BB", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#810D96", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#5E0E6C", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#3B0944", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#ffffff", "$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#ffffff on #c014df · 4.77:1
Use #ffffffAA at every size, AAA for large text only.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 4.77:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 4.41:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #c014df as text scores 4.77:1 on white and 4.41:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #FAE8FD at 4.09:1.

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
#c014df · 4.77:1
AA on whitealready passes
#c014df
The quick fox
#930FAB · 7.25:1
AAA on white−11% L
#930FAB
The quick fox
#C414E3 · 4.56:1
AA on black+1% L
#C414E3
The quick fox
#DB63F1 · 7.07:1
AAA on black+19% L
#DB63F1

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #C014DF 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
#c014df on white: 4.77:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#c014df on black: 4.41:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #c014df as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #c014df.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White4.77:1AaAa
Slate 504.55:1AaAa
Slate 1004.35:1AaAa
Slate 2003.87:1AaAa
Slate 3003.21:1AaAa
Slate 4001.86:1AaAa
Slate 5001.00:1AaAa
Slate 6001.59:1AaAa
Slate 7002.17:1AaAa
Slate 8003.07:1AaAa
Slate 9003.75:1AaAa
Black4.41:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #0068E4
deuteranopia · #3278DB
tritanopia · #C04D84

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. #c014df is pinned to step 600; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#FBF2FC
#F7E6FA
#EFC5F6
#E798F6
#DC65F1
#D031EC
#c014df
#A111BB
#810D96
#5E0E6C
#3B0944
Base = 600Lightest = 50 · #FBF2FCDarkest = 950 · #3B0944Text step on white = 600
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 0.069 320.2);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.110 320.2);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.165 320.2);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.215 320.2);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.254 320.2);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.276 320.2);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.276 320.2);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.259 320.2);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.232 320.2);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.193 320.2);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.152 320.2);
}

Colors that work with #c014df

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#ffffff
White wins here
Surface#F9F4FA
Tinted page background
Border#E6C0ED
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#8F4B9B
Captions on the surface
Accent#55BF0D
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#650B75
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FAE8FD
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#221424
Dark-mode background
Hover#A311BE
One step down in lightness
Pressed#870E9D
Two steps down
Disabled#BDA0C3
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#D410F7
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 #c014df

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Body text and links on white
  • 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
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Any size
Safe as a fill behind white type
Yes
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
  • Weight52/100
  • TemperatureNeutral
  • ApproachabilityBalanced

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#33DF14
Analogous left#5A14DF
Analogous right#DF1498
Split-complement 1#98DF14
Split-complement 2#14DF5A
Triadic 1#DFC014
Triadic 2#14DFC0
Tetradic#DF5A14
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°291°

#c014df sits at 291°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red75.3%
Green7.8%
Blue87.5%
R · 0–255
192
0xc0
G · 0–255
20
0x14
B · 0–255
223
0xdf

CMYK percentages

Cyan13.9%
Magenta91.0%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)12.5%

Total ink coverage is 117%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#c014df text on a black background

contrast 4.41:1

Card sample

#c014df text on a white background

contrast 4.77:1

Card sample

#c014df on grey

4.35:1

#c014df on its own surface

4.39:1

#c014df on its dark surface

3.69:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #c014df;
Background color
Panel with #c014df background
background-color: #c014df;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #c014df;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(192, 20, 223, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(192, 20, 223, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #c014df;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c014df, #DF1477);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #c014df, #DF1444);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #c014df;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #c014df;
caret-color: #c014df;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #c014df;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FAE8FD;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #c014df;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#c014df 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #c014df 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(192, 20, 223, 0.5)
rgb(192 20 223 / 50%)
#c014df80
hsl(291 84% 48% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #c014df 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#c014df1a#F9E8FC
20%#c014df33#F2D0F9
40%#c014df66#E6A1F2
60%#c014df99#D972EC
80%#c014dfcc#CD43E5

Gradients from #c014df

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, #D442EE, #c014df 45%, #650B75);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #c014df, #C31259);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #c014df, #33DF14);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #DA5EF1 0%, #c014df 45%, #650B75 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F9F4FA, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #6839ED 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #EB2697 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #650B75 0%, transparent 65%), #c014df;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #c014df

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.

#c014df 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

Too dim on dark surfaces at 4.41:1 — lift it to #C414E3 for body text, or reserve it for fills.

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.

#c014df, answered

What color is #c014df?

#c014df is a balanced electric magenta / pink, closest to Dark Orchid (ΔE2000 6.5). It sits at 291° on the hue wheel with 84% saturation and 48% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #c014df?

rgb(192, 20, 223) — 192 red, 20 green and 223 blue out of 255, or 75.3% / 7.8% / 87.5% by channel.

What is #c014df in HSL and HSV?

hsl(291, 84%, 48%) and hsv(291, 91%, 87%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #c014df a light or a dark color?

It is a dark color. Relative luminance is 0.1703 and perceived brightness is 51%, so white text on it reaches 4.77:1.

Should I use black or white text on #c014df?

White. It scores 4.77:1 against #c014df, versus 4.41:1 for black — AA at any size.

Is #c014df accessible on a white background?

#c014df on white scores 4.77:1, which clears AA at every size but not AAA.

What is the complementary color of #c014df?

#33DF14 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #98DF14 and #14DF5A, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #c014df?

For interface work: #F9F4FA as the surface, #E6C0ED for borders, #8F4B9B for secondary text, #55BF0D as an accent and #650B75 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #5A14DF and #DF1498 stays calm, while #33DF14 is the loudest partner.

What is #c014df in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(14%, 91%, 0%, 13%). 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 #c014df warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 55 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #DF14B3; nudged cooler, #7512E1.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #c014df?

The purple family — its 500 step is #a855f7, ΔE2000 9 away. That is a visible difference, so define #c014df as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #c014df in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#c014df] or text-[#c014df], 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 #c014df with 50% opacity?

rgba(192, 20, 223, 0.5), or #c014df80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #E08AEF; over black, #600A70.

Is #c014df a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CC00CC, ΔE2000 3.7 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #c014df 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 #c014df?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #D442EE, #c014df 45%, #650B75). For more colour, a short hue run to #C31259 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #c014df in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #c014df at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.