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#cd92d2

a light, soft magenta / pink · neutral · closest name: Plum

Token name suggestion: Drift Ruby

RGB
205, 146, 210
HSL
295°, 42%, 70%
CMYK
2, 31, 0, 18
Luminance
0.3819

#cd92d2 is a light soft magenta / pink, 295° on the wheel and 53/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (8.64:1). As text it scores 2.43:1 on white — use #AE4DB6 instead. Nearest name is Plum, nearest Tailwind family is fuchsia.

hsl(295 42% 70%)rgb(205 146 210)Base step 400AAA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #cd92d2 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#cd92d2
Hue
295°
magenta / pink
Saturation
42%
soft
Lightness
70%
light
Brightness
82%
HSV value
Perceived
68%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.3819
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
53/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
8.64:1
Closest name
Plum
ΔE2000 4.1
Chroma
40.7
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.739
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
fuchsia
500 · ΔE 16.3
Web-safe
#CC99CC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue295° of 360°
Saturation42%
Lightness70%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #cd92d2.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool53% 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
Red34%
Green54%
Blue12%

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

Every format

HEX#cd92d2
HEX (8-digit)#cd92d2ff
RGBrgb(205, 146, 210)
RGBArgba(205, 146, 210, 1)
HSLhsl(295, 42%, 70%)
HSV / HSBhsv(295, 30%, 82%)
HWBhwb(295 57% 18%)
CMYKcmyk(2%, 31%, 0%, 18%)
LABlab(68.2 32.9 -24.0)
LCHlch(68.2 40.7 323.8)
OKLCHoklch(0.739 0.111 324.0)
XYZ (D65)xyz(47.09, 38.19, 65.85)
Decimal13472466
Display P3color(display-p3 0.804 0.573 0.824)
Web-safe#CC99CC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #cd92d2;
background-color: #cd92d2;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #cd92d2;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#cd92d2] bg-[#cd92d2]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #cd92d2;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.804, green: 0.573, blue: 0.824)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.804, green: 0.573, blue: 0.824, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#CD92D2</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFCD92D2)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFCD92D2)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(210, 146, 205)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(205, 146, 210)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(205, 146, 210)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 205, 146, 210)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.8039f, 0.5725f, 0.8235f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{205,146,210}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #cd92d2 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #cd92d2 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#56255A, #EBD4ED);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #cd92d2 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: #F9F5FA;
  --brand-100: #F4EBF5;
  --brand-200: #E8D2EA;
  --brand-300: #DBB0DE;
  --brand-400: #cd92d2;
  --brand-500: #B660BD;
  --brand-600: #A547AD;
  --brand-700: #8A3C90;
  --brand-800: #6E3074;
  --brand-900: #512655;
  --brand-950: #331835;
  --brand: #cd92d2;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF4FA;
  --brand-border: #E5C5E7;
  --brand-hover: #C179C8;
  --brand-pressed: #B65FBD;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #231424;
    --brand-ink: #EBD4ED;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F9F5FA',
        100: '#F4EBF5',
        200: '#E8D2EA',
        300: '#DBB0DE',
        400: '#cd92d2',
        500: '#B660BD',
        600: '#A547AD',
        700: '#8A3C90',
        800: '#6E3074',
        900: '#512655',
        950: '#331835',
        DEFAULT: '#cd92d2',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F9F5FA,
  '100': #F4EBF5,
  '200': #E8D2EA,
  '300': #DBB0DE,
  '400': #cd92d2,
  '500': #B660BD,
  '600': #A547AD,
  '700': #8A3C90,
  '800': #6E3074,
  '900': #512655,
  '950': #331835,
);
$brand-base: #cd92d2;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F9F5FA", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F4EBF5", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#E8D2EA", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#DBB0DE", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#cd92d2", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#B660BD", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#A547AD", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#8A3C90", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#6E3074", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#512655", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#331835", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #cd92d2 · 8.64:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 2.43:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 8.64:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #cd92d2 as text scores 2.43:1 on white and 8.64:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #56255A at 4.78:1.

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
#AE4DB6 · 4.63:1
AA on white−19% L
#AE4DB6
The quick fox
#863A8C · 7.01:1
AAA on white−31% L
#863A8C
The quick fox
#cd92d2 · 8.64:1
AA on blackalready passes
#cd92d2
The quick fox
#cd92d2 · 8.64:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#cd92d2

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #C179C8 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
#cd92d2 on white: 2.43:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#cd92d2 on black: 8.64:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #cd92d2 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #cd92d2.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White2.43:1AaAa
Slate 502.32:1AaAa
Slate 1002.22:1AaAa
Slate 2001.97:1AaAa
Slate 3001.64:1AaAa
Slate 4001.05:1AaAa
Slate 5001.96:1AaAa
Slate 6003.12:1AaAa
Slate 7004.26:1AaAa
Slate 8006.02:1AaAa
Slate 9007.34:1AaAa
Black8.64:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #8CA2D4
deuteranopia · #9AA9D0
tritanopia · #D098A9

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. #cd92d2 is pinned to step 400; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F9F5FA
#F4EBF5
#E8D2EA
#DBB0DE
#cd92d2
#B660BD
#A547AD
#8A3C90
#6E3074
#512655
#331835
Base = 400Lightest = 50 · #F9F5FADarkest = 950 · #331835Text 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 0.028 324.0);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.044 324.0);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.067 324.0);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.087 324.0);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.102 324.0);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.111 324.0);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.111 324.0);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.104 324.0);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.093 324.0);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.078 324.0);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.061 324.0);
}

Colors that work with #cd92d2

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#E5C5E7
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#954B9B
Captions on the surface
Accent#569438
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#56255A
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F7EDF8
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#231424
Dark-mode background
Hover#C179C8
One step down in lightness
Pressed#B65FBD
Two steps down
Disabled#EEE5EF
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#D99ADF
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

The file stays available for seven days. Download it before it expires.

NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #cd92d2

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

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Charts, tags and secondary surfaces
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • 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 #56255A
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #C179C8

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.

The muted chroma softens the association — it reads considered rather than loud, which suits long-form and data-heavy screens. 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
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium
  • Weight30/100
  • 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#97D292
Analogous left#AD92D2
Analogous right#D292B7
Split-complement 1#B7D292
Split-complement 2#92D2AD
Triadic 1#D2CD92
Triadic 2#92D2CD
Tetradic#D2AD92
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°295°

#cd92d2 sits at 295°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red80.4%
Green57.3%
Blue82.4%
R · 0–255
205
0xcd
G · 0–255
146
0x92
B · 0–255
210
0xd2

CMYK percentages

Cyan2.4%
Magenta30.5%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)17.6%

Total ink coverage is 51%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#cd92d2 text on a black background

contrast 8.64:1

Card sample

#cd92d2 text on a white background

contrast 2.43:1

Card sample

#cd92d2 on grey

2.22:1

#cd92d2 on its own surface

2.24:1

#cd92d2 on its dark surface

7.22:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #cd92d2;
Background color
Panel with #cd92d2 background
background-color: #cd92d2;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #cd92d2;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(205, 146, 210, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(205, 146, 210, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #cd92d2;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cd92d2, #D292AC);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #cd92d2, #D2929C);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #cd92d2;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #cd92d2;
caret-color: #cd92d2;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #cd92d2;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F7EDF8;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #cd92d2;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#cd92d2 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #cd92d2 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, 146, 210, 0.5)
rgb(205 146 210 / 50%)
#cd92d280
hsl(295 42% 70% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #cd92d2 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#cd92d21a#FAF4FB
20%#cd92d233#F5E9F6
40%#cd92d266#EBD3ED
60%#cd92d299#E1BEE4
80%#cd92d2cc#D7A8DB

Gradients from #cd92d2

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, #E1BDE4, #cd92d2 45%, #56255A);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #cd92d2, #C97C96);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #cd92d2, #97D292);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #EBD3ED 0%, #cd92d2 45%, #56255A 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%, #C5B6E1 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #DBA8C1 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #56255A 0%, transparent 65%), #cd92d2;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #cd92d2

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.

#cd92d2 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

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 8.64:1.

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.

#cd92d2, answered

What color is #cd92d2?

#cd92d2 is a light soft magenta / pink, closest to Plum (ΔE2000 4.1). It sits at 295° on the hue wheel with 42% saturation and 70% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #cd92d2?

rgb(205, 146, 210) — 205 red, 146 green and 210 blue out of 255, or 80.4% / 57.3% / 82.4% by channel.

What is #cd92d2 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(295, 42%, 70%) and hsv(295, 30%, 82%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #cd92d2 a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.3819 and perceived brightness is 68%, so black text on it reaches 8.64:1.

Should I use black or white text on #cd92d2?

Black. It scores 8.64:1 against #cd92d2, versus 2.43:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #cd92d2 accessible on a white background?

#cd92d2 on white scores 2.43:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #AE4DB6 to reach 4.5:1, or #863A8C for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #cd92d2?

#97D292 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #B7D292 and #92D2AD, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #cd92d2?

For interface work: #FAF4FA as the surface, #E5C5E7 for borders, #954B9B for secondary text, #569438 as an accent and #56255A for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #AD92D2 and #D292B7 stays calm, while #97D292 is the loudest partner.

What is #cd92d2 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(2%, 31%, 0%, 18%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #cd92d2 warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 53 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #D292C0; nudged cooler, #B690D4.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #cd92d2?

The fuchsia family — its 500 step is #d946ef, ΔE2000 16.3 away. That is a visible difference, so define #cd92d2 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #cd92d2 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#cd92d2] or text-[#cd92d2], 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 #cd92d2 with 50% opacity?

rgba(205, 146, 210, 0.5), or #cd92d280 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #E6C9E9; over black, #674969.

Is #cd92d2 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CC99CC, ΔE2000 3.1 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #cd92d2 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 moderate chroma the association is present but not shouted.

What gradient works with #cd92d2?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #E1BDE4, #cd92d2 45%, #56255A). For more colour, a short hue run to #C97C96 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #cd92d2 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #cd92d2 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.