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#d693cd

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

Token name suggestion: Linen Peony

RGB
214, 147, 205
HSL
308°, 45%, 71%
CMYK
0, 31, 4, 16
Luminance
0.3957

#d693cd is a light vivid magenta / pink, 308° on the wheel and 45/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (8.91:1). As text it scores 2.36:1 on white — use #BA49AB instead. Nearest name is Plum, nearest Tailwind family is pink.

hsl(308 45% 71%)rgb(214 147 205)Base step 400AAA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #d693cd is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#d693cd
Hue
308°
magenta / pink
Saturation
45%
vivid
Lightness
71%
light
Brightness
84%
HSV value
Perceived
69%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.3957
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
45/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
8.91:1
Closest name
Plum
ΔE2000 3.6
Chroma
39.5
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.748
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
pink
500 · ΔE 16.6
Web-safe
#CC99CC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue308° of 360°
Saturation45%
Lightness71%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #d693cd.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool45% 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
Red36%
Green53%
Blue11%

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

Every format

HEX#d693cd
HEX (8-digit)#d693cdff
RGBrgb(214, 147, 205)
RGBArgba(214, 147, 205, 1)
HSLhsl(308, 45%, 71%)
HSV / HSBhsv(308, 31%, 84%)
HWBhwb(308 58% 16%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 31%, 4%, 16%)
LABlab(69.2 34.3 -19.6)
LCHlch(69.2 39.5 330.2)
OKLCHoklch(0.748 0.111 331.4)
XYZ (D65)xyz(49.18, 39.57, 62.79)
Decimal14062541
Display P3color(display-p3 0.839 0.576 0.804)
Web-safe#CC99CC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #d693cd;
background-color: #d693cd;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #d693cd;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#d693cd] bg-[#d693cd]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #d693cd;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.839, green: 0.576, blue: 0.804)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.839, green: 0.576, blue: 0.804, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#D693CD</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFD693CD)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFD693CD)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(205, 147, 214)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(214, 147, 205)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(214, 147, 205)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 214, 147, 205)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.8392f, 0.5765f, 0.8039f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{214,147,205}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #d693cd 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #d693cd 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#5C2355, #EED3EA);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #d693cd 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: #FAF5F9;
  --brand-100: #F5EAF4;
  --brand-200: #EBD1E7;
  --brand-300: #E0AED9;
  --brand-400: #d693cd;
  --brand-500: #C15CB4;
  --brand-600: #B143A3;
  --brand-700: #943888;
  --brand-800: #762D6C;
  --brand-900: #572450;
  --brand-950: #361632;
  --brand: #d693cd;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF4FA;
  --brand-border: #E9C4E4;
  --brand-hover: #CC79C1;
  --brand-pressed: #C25FB5;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #241422;
    --brand-ink: #EED3EA;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FAF5F9',
        100: '#F5EAF4',
        200: '#EBD1E7',
        300: '#E0AED9',
        400: '#d693cd',
        500: '#C15CB4',
        600: '#B143A3',
        700: '#943888',
        800: '#762D6C',
        900: '#572450',
        950: '#361632',
        DEFAULT: '#d693cd',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FAF5F9,
  '100': #F5EAF4,
  '200': #EBD1E7,
  '300': #E0AED9,
  '400': #d693cd,
  '500': #C15CB4,
  '600': #B143A3,
  '700': #943888,
  '800': #762D6C,
  '900': #572450,
  '950': #361632,
);
$brand-base: #d693cd;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FAF5F9", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F5EAF4", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#EBD1E7", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#E0AED9", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#d693cd", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#C15CB4", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#B143A3", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#943888", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#762D6C", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#572450", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#361632", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #d693cd · 8.91:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 2.36:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 8.91:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #d693cd as text scores 2.36:1 on white and 8.91:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #5C2355 at 4.88:1.

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
#BA49AB · 4.54:1
AA on white−20% L
#BA49AB
The quick fox
#8C3580 · 7.15:1
AAA on white−33% L
#8C3580
The quick fox
#d693cd · 8.91:1
AA on blackalready passes
#d693cd
The quick fox
#d693cd · 8.91:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#d693cd

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #CB75BF 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
#d693cd on white: 2.36:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#d693cd on black: 8.91:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #d693cd as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #d693cd.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White2.36:1AaAa
Slate 502.25:1AaAa
Slate 1002.15:1AaAa
Slate 2001.91:1AaAa
Slate 3001.59:1AaAa
Slate 4001.09:1AaAa
Slate 5002.02:1AaAa
Slate 6003.22:1AaAa
Slate 7004.40:1AaAa
Slate 8006.21:1AaAa
Slate 9007.58:1AaAa
Black8.91:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #91A3CF
deuteranopia · #A2ACCB
tritanopia · #DC97A8

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. #d693cd 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.

#FAF5F9
#F5EAF4
#EBD1E7
#E0AED9
#d693cd
#C15CB4
#B143A3
#943888
#762D6C
#572450
#361632
Base = 400Lightest = 50 · #FAF5F9Darkest = 950 · #361632Text 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 0.028 331.4);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.044 331.4);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.066 331.4);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.086 331.4);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.102 331.4);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.111 331.4);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.111 331.4);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.104 331.4);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.093 331.4);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.077 331.4);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.061 331.4);
}

Colors that work with #d693cd

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#E9C4E4
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B4B90
Captions on the surface
Accent#3F9834
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#5C2355
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F8EDF6
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#241422
Dark-mode background
Hover#CC79C1
One step down in lightness
Pressed#C25FB5
Two steps down
Disabled#F1E9F0
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#E29BD9
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 #d693cd

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 #5C2355
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #CB75BF

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
  • Weight29/100
  • 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#93D69C
Analogous left#BE93D6
Analogous right#D693AB
Split-complement 1#ABD693
Split-complement 2#93D6BE
Triadic 1#CDD693
Triadic 2#93CDD6
Tetradic#D6BE93
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°308°

#d693cd sits at 308°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red83.9%
Green57.6%
Blue80.4%
R · 0–255
214
0xd6
G · 0–255
147
0x93
B · 0–255
205
0xcd

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta31.3%
Yellow4.2%
Key (black)16.1%

Total ink coverage is 52%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#d693cd text on a black background

contrast 8.91:1

Card sample

#d693cd text on a white background

contrast 2.36:1

Card sample

#d693cd on grey

2.15:1

#d693cd on its own surface

2.17:1

#d693cd on its dark surface

7.44:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #d693cd;
Background color
Panel with #d693cd background
background-color: #d693cd;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #d693cd;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(214, 147, 205, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(214, 147, 205, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #d693cd;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #d693cd, #D693A0);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #d693cd, #D69693);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #d693cd;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #d693cd;
caret-color: #d693cd;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #d693cd;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F8EDF6;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #d693cd;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#d693cd 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #d693cd 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(214, 147, 205, 0.5)
rgb(214 147 205 / 50%)
#d693cd80
hsl(308 45% 71% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #d693cd 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#d693cd1a#FBF4FA
20%#d693cd33#F7E9F5
40%#d693cd66#EFD4EB
60%#d693cd99#E6BEE1
80%#d693cdcc#DEA9D7

Gradients from #d693cd

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, #E7BFE2, #d693cd 45%, #5C2355);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #d693cd, #CE7D86);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #d693cd, #93D69C);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #EFD6EC 0%, #d693cd 45%, #5C2355 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%, #D0B8E4 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #DEA9B8 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #5C2355 0%, transparent 65%), #d693cd;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #d693cd

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.

#d693cd 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 8.91:1.

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.

#d693cd, answered

What color is #d693cd?

#d693cd is a light vivid magenta / pink, closest to Plum (ΔE2000 3.6). It sits at 308° on the hue wheel with 45% saturation and 71% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #d693cd?

rgb(214, 147, 205) — 214 red, 147 green and 205 blue out of 255, or 83.9% / 57.6% / 80.4% by channel.

What is #d693cd in HSL and HSV?

hsl(308, 45%, 71%) and hsv(308, 31%, 84%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #d693cd a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.3957 and perceived brightness is 69%, so black text on it reaches 8.91:1.

Should I use black or white text on #d693cd?

Black. It scores 8.91:1 against #d693cd, versus 2.36:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #d693cd accessible on a white background?

#d693cd on white scores 2.36:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #BA49AB to reach 4.5:1, or #8C3580 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #d693cd?

#93D69C sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #ABD693 and #93D6BE, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #d693cd?

For interface work: #FAF4FA as the surface, #E9C4E4 for borders, #9B4B90 for secondary text, #3F9834 as an accent and #5C2355 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #BE93D6 and #D693AB stays calm, while #93D69C is the loudest partner.

What is #d693cd in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 31%, 4%, 16%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #d693cd warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 45 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #D693B4; nudged cooler, #C792D8.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #d693cd?

The pink family — its 500 step is #ec4899, ΔE2000 16.6 away. That is a visible difference, so define #d693cd as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #d693cd in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#d693cd] or text-[#d693cd], 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 #d693cd with 50% opacity?

rgba(214, 147, 205, 0.5), or #d693cd80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #EBC9E6; over black, #6B4A67.

Is #d693cd a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CC99CC, ΔE2000 2.9 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #d693cd 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 #d693cd?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #E7BFE2, #d693cd 45%, #5C2355). For more colour, a short hue run to #CE7D86 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #d693cd in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #d693cd at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.