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magenta / pink · neutral

#cd67cb

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

Token name suggestion: Atlas Peony

RGB
205, 103, 203
HSL
301°, 51%, 60%
CMYK
0, 50, 1, 20
Luminance
0.2699

#cd67cb is a balanced vivid magenta / pink, 301° on the wheel and 49/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (6.40:1). As text it scores 3.28:1 on white — large text only. Nearest name is Orchid, nearest Tailwind family is fuchsia.

hsl(301 51% 60%)rgb(205 103 203)Base step 500AA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #cd67cb is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#cd67cb
Hue
301°
magenta / pink
Saturation
51%
vivid
Lightness
60%
balanced
Brightness
80%
HSV value
Perceived
60%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.2699
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
49/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
6.40:1
Closest name
Orchid
ΔE2000 3.3
Chroma
64.0
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.669
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
fuchsia
500 · ΔE 7.5
Web-safe
#CC66CC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue301° of 360°
Saturation51%
Lightness60%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #cd67cb.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool49% 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
Red48%
Green36%
Blue16%

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

Every format

HEX#cd67cb
HEX (8-digit)#cd67cbff
RGBrgb(205, 103, 203)
RGBArgba(205, 103, 203, 1)
HSLhsl(301, 51%, 60%)
HSV / HSBhsv(301, 50%, 80%)
HWBhwb(301 40% 20%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 50%, 1%, 20%)
LABlab(59.0 54.0 -34.3)
LCHlch(59.0 64.0 327.6)
OKLCHoklch(0.669 0.178 328.1)
XYZ (D65)xyz(40.81, 26.99, 59.55)
Decimal13461451
Display P3color(display-p3 0.804 0.404 0.796)
Web-safe#CC66CC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #cd67cb;
background-color: #cd67cb;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #cd67cb;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#cd67cb] bg-[#cd67cb]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #cd67cb;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.804, green: 0.404, blue: 0.796)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.804, green: 0.404, blue: 0.796, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#CD67CB</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFCD67CB)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFCD67CB)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(203, 103, 205)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(205, 103, 203)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(205, 103, 203)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 205, 103, 203)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.8039f, 0.4039f, 0.7961f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{205,103,203}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #cd67cb 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #cd67cb 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#60205F, #EED3EE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #cd67cb 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: #FAF4FA;
  --brand-100: #F6EAF5;
  --brand-200: #EDCFEC;
  --brand-300: #E3ABE2;
  --brand-400: #D580D4;
  --brand-500: #cd67cb;
  --brand-600: #B83DB6;
  --brand-700: #9A3297;
  --brand-800: #7B2879;
  --brand-900: #5A2158;
  --brand-950: #381437;
  --brand: #cd67cb;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF4FA;
  --brand-border: #EBC2EA;
  --brand-hover: #C44CC2;
  --brand-pressed: #B23BB0;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #241424;
    --brand-ink: #EED3EE;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FAF4FA',
        100: '#F6EAF5',
        200: '#EDCFEC',
        300: '#E3ABE2',
        400: '#D580D4',
        500: '#cd67cb',
        600: '#B83DB6',
        700: '#9A3297',
        800: '#7B2879',
        900: '#5A2158',
        950: '#381437',
        DEFAULT: '#cd67cb',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FAF4FA,
  '100': #F6EAF5,
  '200': #EDCFEC,
  '300': #E3ABE2,
  '400': #D580D4,
  '500': #cd67cb,
  '600': #B83DB6,
  '700': #9A3297,
  '800': #7B2879,
  '900': #5A2158,
  '950': #381437,
);
$brand-base: #cd67cb;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FAF4FA", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F6EAF5", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#EDCFEC", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#E3ABE2", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#D580D4", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#cd67cb", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#B83DB6", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#9A3297", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#7B2879", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#5A2158", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#381437", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #cd67cb · 6.40:1
Use #000000AA at every size, AAA for large text only.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 3.28:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 6.40:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #cd67cb as text scores 3.28:1 on white and 6.40:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #60205F at 3.42:1.

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
#BE3EBB · 4.57:1
AA on white−11% L
#BE3EBB
The quick fox
#902F8E · 7.04:1
AAA on white−23% L
#902F8E
The quick fox
#cd67cb · 6.40:1
AA on blackalready passes
#cd67cb
The quick fox
#D173CF · 7.06:1
AAA on black+3% L
#D173CF

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #CD67CB 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
#cd67cb on white: 3.28:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#cd67cb on black: 6.40:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #cd67cb as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #cd67cb.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White3.28:1AaAa
Slate 503.14:1AaAa
Slate 1003.00:1AaAa
Slate 2002.66:1AaAa
Slate 3002.21:1AaAa
Slate 4001.28:1AaAa
Slate 5001.45:1AaAa
Slate 6002.31:1AaAa
Slate 7003.15:1AaAa
Slate 8004.46:1AaAa
Slate 9005.44:1AaAa
Black6.40:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #5F85CE
deuteranopia · #7D93C8
tritanopia · #D37190

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. #cd67cb 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.

#FAF4FA
#F6EAF5
#EDCFEC
#E3ABE2
#D580D4
#cd67cb
#B83DB6
#9A3297
#7B2879
#5A2158
#381437
Base = 500Lightest = 50 · #FAF4FADarkest = 950 · #381437Text 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 0.044 328.1);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.071 328.1);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.107 328.1);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.139 328.1);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.164 328.1);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.178 328.1);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.178 328.1);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.167 328.1);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.149 328.1);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.124 328.1);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.098 328.1);
}

Colors that work with #cd67cb

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#FAF4FA
Tinted page background
Border#EBC2EA
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B4B99
Captions on the surface
Accent#489E2E
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#60205F
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F9ECF8
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#241424
Dark-mode background
Hover#C44CC2
One step down in lightness
Pressed#B23BB0
Two steps down
Disabled#DCC8DC
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#DB6DD9
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
Your export is ready

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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #cd67cb

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 #60205F
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
  • Weight40/100
  • 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#67CD69
Analogous left#9C67CD
Analogous right#CD6798
Split-complement 1#98CD67
Split-complement 2#67CD9C
Triadic 1#CBCD67
Triadic 2#67CBCD
Tetradic#CD9C67
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°301°

#cd67cb sits at 301°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red80.4%
Green40.4%
Blue79.6%
R · 0–255
205
0xcd
G · 0–255
103
0x67
B · 0–255
203
0xcb

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta49.8%
Yellow1.0%
Key (black)19.6%

Total ink coverage is 70%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#cd67cb text on a black background

contrast 6.40:1

Card sample

#cd67cb text on a white background

contrast 3.28:1

Card sample

#cd67cb on grey

3.00:1

#cd67cb on its own surface

3.03:1

#cd67cb on its dark surface

5.33:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #cd67cb;
Background color
Panel with #cd67cb background
background-color: #cd67cb;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #cd67cb;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(205, 103, 203, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(205, 103, 203, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #cd67cb;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cd67cb, #CD6787);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #cd67cb, #CD676D);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #cd67cb;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #cd67cb;
caret-color: #cd67cb;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #cd67cb;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F9ECF8;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #cd67cb;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#cd67cb 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #cd67cb 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(205, 103, 203, 0.5)
rgb(205 103 203 / 50%)
#cd67cb80
hsl(301 51% 60% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #cd67cb 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#cd67cb1a#FAF0FA
20%#cd67cb33#F5E1F5
40%#cd67cb66#EBC2EA
60%#cd67cb99#E1A4E0
80%#cd67cbcc#D785D5

Gradients from #cd67cb

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, #DC95DB, #cd67cb 45%, #60205F);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #cd67cb, #C5506B);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #cd67cb, #67CD69);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #E4ACE3 0%, #cd67cb 45%, #60205F 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAF4FA, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #AF8DDA 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #D57EA0 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #60205F 0%, transparent 65%), #cd67cb;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #cd67cb

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.

#cd67cb 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 6.40:1.

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.

#cd67cb, answered

What color is #cd67cb?

#cd67cb is a balanced vivid magenta / pink, closest to Orchid (ΔE2000 3.3). It sits at 301° on the hue wheel with 51% saturation and 60% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #cd67cb?

rgb(205, 103, 203) — 205 red, 103 green and 203 blue out of 255, or 80.4% / 40.4% / 79.6% by channel.

What is #cd67cb in HSL and HSV?

hsl(301, 51%, 60%) and hsv(301, 50%, 80%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #cd67cb a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.2699 and perceived brightness is 60%, so black text on it reaches 6.40:1.

Should I use black or white text on #cd67cb?

Black. It scores 6.40:1 against #cd67cb, versus 3.28:1 for white — AA at any size.

Is #cd67cb accessible on a white background?

#cd67cb on white scores 3.28:1, which only clears AA for large text — 18.66px bold or 24px regular and up. Darken it to #BE3EBB to reach 4.5:1, or #902F8E for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #cd67cb?

#67CD69 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #98CD67 and #67CD9C, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #cd67cb?

For interface work: #FAF4FA as the surface, #EBC2EA for borders, #9B4B99 for secondary text, #489E2E as an accent and #60205F for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #9C67CD and #CD6798 stays calm, while #67CD69 is the loudest partner.

What is #cd67cb in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 50%, 1%, 20%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #cd67cb warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 49 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #CD67A6; nudged cooler, #AA65CF.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #cd67cb?

The fuchsia family — its 500 step is #d946ef, ΔE2000 7.5 away. That is a visible difference, so define #cd67cb as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #cd67cb in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#cd67cb] or text-[#cd67cb], 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 #cd67cb with 50% opacity?

rgba(205, 103, 203, 0.5), or #cd67cb80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #E6B3E5; over black, #673466.

Is #cd67cb a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CC66CC, ΔE2000 0.4 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #cd67cb 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 #cd67cb?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #DC95DB, #cd67cb 45%, #60205F). For more colour, a short hue run to #C5506B keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #cd67cb in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #cd67cb at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.