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magenta / pink · warm

#c33da2

a balanced, vivid magenta / pink · warm · closest name: Medium Violet Red

Token name suggestion: Signal Blossom

RGB
195, 61, 162
HSL
315°, 53%, 50%
CMYK
0, 69, 17, 24
Luminance
0.1755

#c33da2 is a balanced vivid magenta / pink, 315° on the wheel and 42/100 on the cool side. Put white text on it (4.66:1). As text it scores 4.66:1 on white — safe at any size. Nearest name is Medium Violet Red, nearest Tailwind family is pink.

hsl(315 53% 50%)rgb(195 61 162)Base step 600AA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #c33da2 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#c33da2
Hue
315°
magenta / pink
Saturation
53%
vivid
Lightness
50%
balanced
Brightness
76%
HSV value
Perceived
50%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.1755
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
42/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
White
4.66:1
Closest name
Medium Violet Red
ΔE2000 6.6
Chroma
68.3
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.586
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
pink
500 · ΔE 10.8
Web-safe
#CC3399
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue315° of 360°
Saturation53%
Lightness50%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #c33da2.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool42% 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
Red66%
Green19%
Blue15%

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

Every format

HEX#c33da2
HEX (8-digit)#c33da2ff
RGBrgb(195, 61, 162)
RGBArgba(195, 61, 162, 1)
HSLhsl(315, 53%, 50%)
HSV / HSBhsv(315, 69%, 76%)
HWBhwb(315 24% 24%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 69%, 17%, 24%)
LABlab(49.0 63.1 -26.3)
LCHlch(49.0 68.3 337.4)
OKLCHoklch(0.586 0.200 339.3)
XYZ (D65)xyz(30.70, 17.55, 35.95)
Decimal12795298
Display P3color(display-p3 0.765 0.239 0.635)
Web-safe#CC3399

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #c33da2;
background-color: #c33da2;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #c33da2;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#c33da2] bg-[#c33da2]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #c33da2;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.765, green: 0.239, blue: 0.635)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.765, green: 0.239, blue: 0.635, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#C33DA2</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFC33DA2)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFC33DA2)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(162, 61, 195)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(195, 61, 162)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(195, 61, 162)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 195, 61, 162)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.7647f, 0.2392f, 0.6353f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{195,61,162}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #c33da2 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #c33da2 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#611E51, #EED3E7);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #c33da2 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: #FBF4F9;
  --brand-100: #F6E9F3;
  --brand-200: #EDCEE6;
  --brand-300: #E5A9D6;
  --brand-400: #D77EC1;
  --brand-500: #CA54AD;
  --brand-600: #c33da2;
  --brand-700: #9C3081;
  --brand-800: #7D2767;
  --brand-900: #5B1F4C;
  --brand-950: #391430;
  --brand: #c33da2;
  --brand-ink: #ffffff;
  --brand-surface: #FAF4F9;
  --brand-border: #ECC1E1;
  --brand-hover: #A8348C;
  --brand-pressed: #8D2C75;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #241420;
    --brand-ink: #EED3E7;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FBF4F9',
        100: '#F6E9F3',
        200: '#EDCEE6',
        300: '#E5A9D6',
        400: '#D77EC1',
        500: '#CA54AD',
        600: '#c33da2',
        700: '#9C3081',
        800: '#7D2767',
        900: '#5B1F4C',
        950: '#391430',
        DEFAULT: '#c33da2',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FBF4F9,
  '100': #F6E9F3,
  '200': #EDCEE6,
  '300': #E5A9D6,
  '400': #D77EC1,
  '500': #CA54AD,
  '600': #c33da2,
  '700': #9C3081,
  '800': #7D2767,
  '900': #5B1F4C,
  '950': #391430,
);
$brand-base: #c33da2;
$brand-ink: #ffffff;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FBF4F9", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F6E9F3", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#EDCEE6", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#E5A9D6", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#D77EC1", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#CA54AD", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#c33da2", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#9C3081", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#7D2767", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#5B1F4C", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#391430", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #c33da2 · 4.66:1
Use #ffffffAA at every size, AAA for large text only.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 4.66:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 4.51:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #c33da2 as text scores 4.66:1 on white and 4.51:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #F9ECF6 at 4.07:1.

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
#c33da2 · 4.66:1
AA on whitealready passes
#c33da2
The quick fox
#952E7B · 7.11:1
AAA on white−12% L
#952E7B
The quick fox
#c33da2 · 4.51:1
AA on blackalready passes
#c33da2
The quick fox
#D474BC · 7.02:1
AAA on black+14% L
#D474BC

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #C33DA2 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
#c33da2 on white: 4.66:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#c33da2 on black: 4.51:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #c33da2 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #c33da2.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White4.66:1AaAa
Slate 504.45:1AaAa
Slate 1004.25:1AaAa
Slate 2003.78:1AaAa
Slate 3003.14:1AaAa
Slate 4001.82:1AaAa
Slate 5001.02:1AaAa
Slate 6001.63:1AaAa
Slate 7002.22:1AaAa
Slate 8003.14:1AaAa
Slate 9003.83:1AaAa
Black4.51:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #4467A5
deuteranopia · #6F7C9F
tritanopia · #CE426A

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. #c33da2 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.

#FBF4F9
#F6E9F3
#EDCEE6
#E5A9D6
#D77EC1
#CA54AD
#c33da2
#9C3081
#7D2767
#5B1F4C
#391430
Base = 600Lightest = 50 · #FBF4F9Darkest = 950 · #391430Text 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 0.050 339.3);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.080 339.3);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.120 339.3);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.156 339.3);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.184 339.3);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.200 339.3);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.200 339.3);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.188 339.3);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.168 339.3);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.140 339.3);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.110 339.3);
}

Colors that work with #c33da2

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#FAF4F9
Tinted page background
Border#ECC1E1
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B4B87
Captions on the surface
Accent#2CA02C
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#611E51
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F9ECF6
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#241420
Dark-mode background
Hover#A8348C
One step down in lightness
Pressed#8D2C75
Two steps down
Disabled#C8A9C0
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#D441AF
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 #c33da2

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

Works well for
  • Body text and links 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
  • 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.

This is a confident chroma: strong enough to lead a brand, restrained enough to live in an interface all day. 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
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium-high
  • Weight50/100
  • 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#3DC35E
Analogous left#A13DC3
Analogous right#C33D5F
Split-complement 1#5FC33D
Split-complement 2#3DC3A1
Triadic 1#A2C33D
Triadic 2#3DA2C3
Tetradic#C3A13D
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°315°

#c33da2 sits at 315°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red76.5%
Green23.9%
Blue63.5%
R · 0–255
195
0xc3
G · 0–255
61
0x3d
B · 0–255
162
0xa2

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta68.7%
Yellow16.9%
Key (black)23.5%

Total ink coverage is 109%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#c33da2 text on a black background

contrast 4.51:1

Card sample

#c33da2 text on a white background

contrast 4.66:1

Card sample

#c33da2 on grey

4.25:1

#c33da2 on its own surface

4.30:1

#c33da2 on its dark surface

3.77:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #c33da2;
Background color
Panel with #c33da2 background
background-color: #c33da2;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #c33da2;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(195, 61, 162, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(195, 61, 162, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #c33da2;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c33da2, #C33D49);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #c33da2, #C3533D);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #c33da2;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #c33da2;
caret-color: #c33da2;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #c33da2;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F9ECF6;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #c33da2;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#c33da2 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #c33da2 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(195, 61, 162, 0.5)
rgb(195 61 162 / 50%)
#c33da280
hsl(315 53% 50% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #c33da2 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#c33da21a#F9ECF6
20%#c33da233#F3D8EC
40%#c33da266#E7B1DA
60%#c33da299#DB8BC7
80%#c33da2cc#CF64B5

Gradients from #c33da2

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, #D26CB8, #c33da2 45%, #611E51);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #c33da2, #AC3536);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #c33da2, #3DC35E);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #D983C4 0%, #c33da2 45%, #611E51 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%, #AB64CF 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #CA5468 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #611E51 0%, transparent 65%), #c33da2;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #c33da2

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.

#c33da2 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

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

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 4.51:1.

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.

#c33da2, answered

What color is #c33da2?

#c33da2 is a balanced vivid magenta / pink, closest to Medium Violet Red (ΔE2000 6.6). It sits at 315° on the hue wheel with 53% saturation and 50% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #c33da2?

rgb(195, 61, 162) — 195 red, 61 green and 162 blue out of 255, or 76.5% / 23.9% / 63.5% by channel.

What is #c33da2 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(315, 53%, 50%) and hsv(315, 69%, 76%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #c33da2 a light or a dark color?

It is a dark color. Relative luminance is 0.1755 and perceived brightness is 50%, so white text on it reaches 4.66:1.

Should I use black or white text on #c33da2?

White. It scores 4.66:1 against #c33da2, versus 4.51:1 for black — AA at any size.

Is #c33da2 accessible on a white background?

#c33da2 on white scores 4.66:1, which clears AA at every size but not AAA.

What is the complementary color of #c33da2?

#3DC35E sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #5FC33D and #3DC3A1, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #c33da2?

For interface work: #FAF4F9 as the surface, #ECC1E1 for borders, #9B4B87 for secondary text, #2CA02C as an accent and #611E51 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #A13DC3 and #C33D5F stays calm, while #3DC35E is the loudest partner.

What is #c33da2 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 69%, 17%, 24%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #c33da2 warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 42 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #C33D71; nudged cooler, #B53AC6.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #c33da2?

The pink family — its 500 step is #ec4899, ΔE2000 10.8 away. That is a visible difference, so define #c33da2 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #c33da2 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#c33da2] or text-[#c33da2], 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 #c33da2 with 50% opacity?

rgba(195, 61, 162, 0.5), or #c33da280 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #E19ED1; over black, #621F51.

Is #c33da2 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CC3399, ΔE2000 2.7 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #c33da2 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 #c33da2?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #D26CB8, #c33da2 45%, #611E51). For more colour, a short hue run to #AC3536 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #c33da2 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #c33da2 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.