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magenta / pink · neutral

#d37ddf

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

Token name suggestion: Meadow Blossom

RGB
211, 125, 223
HSL
293°, 61%, 68%
CMYK
5, 44, 0, 13
Luminance
0.3384

#d37ddf is a light vivid magenta / pink, 293° on the wheel and 54/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (7.77:1). As text it scores 2.70:1 on white — use #BC37CE instead. Nearest name is Orchid, nearest Tailwind family is fuchsia.

hsl(293 61% 68%)rgb(211 125 223)Base step 400AAA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #d37ddf is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#d37ddf
Hue
293°
magenta / pink
Saturation
61%
vivid
Lightness
68%
light
Brightness
87%
HSV value
Perceived
66%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.3384
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
54/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
7.77:1
Closest name
Orchid
ΔE2000 3.3
Chroma
60.5
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.717
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
fuchsia
500 · ΔE 10.1
Web-safe
#CC66CC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue293° of 360°
Saturation61%
Lightness68%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #d37ddf.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool54% 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
Red41%
Green43%
Blue16%

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

Every format

HEX#d37ddf
HEX (8-digit)#d37ddfff
RGBrgb(211, 125, 223)
RGBArgba(211, 125, 223, 1)
HSLhsl(293, 61%, 68%)
HSV / HSBhsv(293, 44%, 87%)
HWBhwb(293 49% 13%)
CMYKcmyk(5%, 44%, 0%, 13%)
LABlab(64.8 48.4 -36.3)
LCHlch(64.8 60.5 323.1)
OKLCHoklch(0.717 0.164 322.5)
XYZ (D65)xyz(47.52, 33.85, 73.83)
Decimal13860319
Display P3color(display-p3 0.827 0.490 0.875)
Web-safe#CC66CC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #d37ddf;
background-color: #d37ddf;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #d37ddf;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#d37ddf] bg-[#d37ddf]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #d37ddf;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.827, green: 0.490, blue: 0.875)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.827, green: 0.490, blue: 0.875, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#D37DDF</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFD37DDF)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFD37DDF)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(223, 125, 211)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(211, 125, 223)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(211, 125, 223)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 211, 125, 223)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.8275f, 0.4902f, 0.8745f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{211,125,223}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #d37ddf 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #d37ddf 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#5D1966, #EBD3EE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #d37ddf 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: #FAF4FB;
  --brand-100: #F5E8F7;
  --brand-200: #EBCCEF;
  --brand-300: #E1A5E9;
  --brand-400: #d37ddf;
  --brand-500: #C24BD3;
  --brand-600: #B230C4;
  --brand-700: #9528A4;
  --brand-800: #772083;
  --brand-900: #571B5F;
  --brand-950: #36113C;
  --brand: #d37ddf;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF4FA;
  --brand-border: #E7C0ED;
  --brand-hover: #C960D8;
  --brand-pressed: #C044D1;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #221424;
    --brand-ink: #EBD3EE;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FAF4FB',
        100: '#F5E8F7',
        200: '#EBCCEF',
        300: '#E1A5E9',
        400: '#d37ddf',
        500: '#C24BD3',
        600: '#B230C4',
        700: '#9528A4',
        800: '#772083',
        900: '#571B5F',
        950: '#36113C',
        DEFAULT: '#d37ddf',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FAF4FB,
  '100': #F5E8F7,
  '200': #EBCCEF,
  '300': #E1A5E9,
  '400': #d37ddf,
  '500': #C24BD3,
  '600': #B230C4,
  '700': #9528A4,
  '800': #772083,
  '900': #571B5F,
  '950': #36113C,
);
$brand-base: #d37ddf;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FAF4FB", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F5E8F7", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#EBCCEF", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#E1A5E9", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#d37ddf", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#C24BD3", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#B230C4", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#9528A4", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#772083", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#571B5F", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#36113C", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #d37ddf · 7.77:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 2.70:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 7.77:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #d37ddf as text scores 2.70:1 on white and 7.77:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #5D1966 at 4.32:1.

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
#BC37CE · 4.59:1
AA on white−17% L
#BC37CE
The quick fox
#8E269C · 7.22:1
AAA on white−30% L
#8E269C
The quick fox
#d37ddf · 7.77:1
AA on blackalready passes
#d37ddf
The quick fox
#d37ddf · 7.77:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#d37ddf

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #CE6CDB 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
#d37ddf on white: 2.70:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#d37ddf on black: 7.77:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #d37ddf as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #d37ddf.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White2.70:1AaAa
Slate 502.58:1AaAa
Slate 1002.47:1AaAa
Slate 2002.19:1AaAa
Slate 3001.82:1AaAa
Slate 4001.05:1AaAa
Slate 5001.76:1AaAa
Slate 6002.80:1AaAa
Slate 7003.83:1AaAa
Slate 8005.41:1AaAa
Slate 9006.60:1AaAa
Black7.77:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #7197E2
deuteranopia · #88A1DC
tritanopia · #D689A4

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. #d37ddf 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.

#FAF4FB
#F5E8F7
#EBCCEF
#E1A5E9
#d37ddf
#C24BD3
#B230C4
#9528A4
#772083
#571B5F
#36113C
Base = 400Lightest = 50 · #FAF4FBDarkest = 950 · #36113CText 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 0.041 322.5);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.066 322.5);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.099 322.5);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.128 322.5);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.151 322.5);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.164 322.5);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.164 322.5);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.154 322.5);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.138 322.5);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.115 322.5);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.090 322.5);
}

Colors that work with #d37ddf

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#E7C0ED
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#914B9B
Captions on the surface
Accent#54A725
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#5D1966
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F8EBFA
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#221424
Dark-mode background
Hover#C960D8
One step down in lightness
Pressed#C044D1
Two steps down
Disabled#EAE1EC
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#DE86EA
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 #d37ddf

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 #5D1966
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #CE6CDB

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 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-high
  • Weight32/100
  • 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#89DF7D
Analogous left#A27DDF
Analogous right#DF7DBA
Split-complement 1#BADF7D
Split-complement 2#7DDFA2
Triadic 1#DFD37D
Triadic 2#7DDFD3
Tetradic#DFA27D
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°293°

#d37ddf sits at 293°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red82.7%
Green49.0%
Blue87.5%
R · 0–255
211
0xd3
G · 0–255
125
0x7d
B · 0–255
223
0xdf

CMYK percentages

Cyan5.4%
Magenta43.9%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)12.5%

Total ink coverage is 62%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#d37ddf text on a black background

contrast 7.77:1

Card sample

#d37ddf text on a white background

contrast 2.70:1

Card sample

#d37ddf on grey

2.47:1

#d37ddf on its own surface

2.50:1

#d37ddf on its dark surface

6.51:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #d37ddf;
Background color
Panel with #d37ddf background
background-color: #d37ddf;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #d37ddf;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(211, 125, 223, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(211, 125, 223, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #d37ddf;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #d37ddf, #DF7DA9);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #d37ddf, #DF7D91);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #d37ddf;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #d37ddf;
caret-color: #d37ddf;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #d37ddf;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F8EBFA;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #d37ddf;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#d37ddf 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #d37ddf 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(211, 125, 223, 0.5)
rgb(211 125 223 / 50%)
#d37ddf80
hsl(293 61% 68% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #d37ddf 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#d37ddf1a#FBF2FC
20%#d37ddf33#F6E5F9
40%#d37ddf66#EDCBF2
60%#d37ddf99#E5B1EC
80%#d37ddfcc#DC97E5

Gradients from #d37ddf

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, #E4AEEB, #d37ddf 45%, #5D1966);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #d37ddf, #D96490);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #d37ddf, #89DF7D);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #ECC7F1 0%, #d37ddf 45%, #5D1966 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%, #BAA6E9 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #E595C0 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #5D1966 0%, transparent 65%), #d37ddf;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #d37ddf

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.

#d37ddf 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 7.77:1.

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.

#d37ddf, answered

What color is #d37ddf?

#d37ddf is a light vivid magenta / pink, closest to Orchid (ΔE2000 3.3). It sits at 293° on the hue wheel with 61% saturation and 68% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #d37ddf?

rgb(211, 125, 223) — 211 red, 125 green and 223 blue out of 255, or 82.7% / 49% / 87.5% by channel.

What is #d37ddf in HSL and HSV?

hsl(293, 61%, 68%) and hsv(293, 44%, 87%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #d37ddf a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.3384 and perceived brightness is 66%, so black text on it reaches 7.77:1.

Should I use black or white text on #d37ddf?

Black. It scores 7.77:1 against #d37ddf, versus 2.70:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #d37ddf accessible on a white background?

#d37ddf on white scores 2.70:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #BC37CE to reach 4.5:1, or #8E269C for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #d37ddf?

#89DF7D sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #BADF7D and #7DDFA2, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #d37ddf?

For interface work: #FAF4FA as the surface, #E7C0ED for borders, #914B9B for secondary text, #54A725 as an accent and #5D1966 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #A27DDF and #DF7DBA stays calm, while #89DF7D is the loudest partner.

What is #d37ddf in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(5%, 44%, 0%, 13%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #d37ddf warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 54 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #DF7DC7; nudged cooler, #AF7BE1.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #d37ddf?

The fuchsia family — its 500 step is #d946ef, ΔE2000 10.1 away. That is a visible difference, so define #d37ddf as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #d37ddf in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#d37ddf] or text-[#d37ddf], 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 #d37ddf with 50% opacity?

rgba(211, 125, 223, 0.5), or #d37ddf80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #E9BEEF; over black, #6A3F70.

Is #d37ddf a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CC66CC, ΔE2000 5.8 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #d37ddf 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 #d37ddf?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #E4AEEB, #d37ddf 45%, #5D1966). For more colour, a short hue run to #D96490 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #d37ddf in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #d37ddf at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.