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magenta / pink · neutral

#d7addb

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

Token name suggestion: Meadow Blossom

RGB
215, 173, 219
HSL
295°, 39%, 77%
CMYK
2, 21, 0, 14
Luminance
0.4945

#d7addb is a light soft magenta / pink, 295° on the wheel and 53/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (10.89:1). As text it scores 1.93:1 on white — use #AA51B3 instead. Nearest name is Plum, nearest Tailwind family is pink.

hsl(295 39% 77%)rgb(215 173 219)Base step 300AAA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #d7addb is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#d7addb
Hue
295°
magenta / pink
Saturation
39%
soft
Lightness
77%
light
Brightness
86%
HSV value
Perceived
75%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.4945
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
53/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
10.89:1
Closest name
Plum
ΔE2000 4.6
Chroma
29.0
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.800
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
pink
500 · ΔE 22.8
Web-safe
#CC99CC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue295° of 360°
Saturation39%
Lightness77%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #d7addb.

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
Red29%
Green60%
Blue10%

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

Every format

HEX#d7addb
HEX (8-digit)#d7addbff
RGBrgb(215, 173, 219)
RGBArgba(215, 173, 219, 1)
HSLhsl(295, 39%, 77%)
HSV / HSBhsv(295, 21%, 86%)
HWBhwb(295 68% 14%)
CMYKcmyk(2%, 21%, 0%, 14%)
LABlab(75.7 23.2 -17.4)
LCHlch(75.7 29.0 323.1)
OKLCHoklch(0.800 0.079 323.4)
XYZ (D65)xyz(55.75, 49.45, 73.61)
Decimal14134747
Display P3color(display-p3 0.843 0.678 0.859)
Web-safe#CC99CC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #d7addb;
background-color: #d7addb;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #d7addb;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#d7addb] bg-[#d7addb]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #d7addb;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.843, green: 0.678, blue: 0.859)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.843, green: 0.678, blue: 0.859, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#D7ADDB</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFD7ADDB)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFD7ADDB)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(219, 173, 215)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(215, 173, 219)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(215, 173, 219)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 215, 173, 219)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.8431f, 0.6784f, 0.8588f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{215,173,219}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #d7addb 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #d7addb 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#542759, #EAD4EC);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #d7addb 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: #F4EBF4;
  --brand-200: #E7D2E9;
  --brand-300: #d7addb;
  --brand-400: #C68ACC;
  --brand-500: #B363BB;
  --brand-600: #A24BAA;
  --brand-700: #873E8E;
  --brand-800: #6C3271;
  --brand-900: #4F2753;
  --brand-950: #321934;
  --brand: #d7addb;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF4FA;
  --brand-border: #E3C6E6;
  --brand-hover: #CB94D0;
  --brand-pressed: #BF7BC5;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #231424;
    --brand-ink: #EAD4EC;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F9F5FA',
        100: '#F4EBF4',
        200: '#E7D2E9',
        300: '#d7addb',
        400: '#C68ACC',
        500: '#B363BB',
        600: '#A24BAA',
        700: '#873E8E',
        800: '#6C3271',
        900: '#4F2753',
        950: '#321934',
        DEFAULT: '#d7addb',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F9F5FA,
  '100': #F4EBF4,
  '200': #E7D2E9,
  '300': #d7addb,
  '400': #C68ACC,
  '500': #B363BB,
  '600': #A24BAA,
  '700': #873E8E,
  '800': #6C3271,
  '900': #4F2753,
  '950': #321934,
);
$brand-base: #d7addb;
$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": "#F4EBF4", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#E7D2E9", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#d7addb", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#C68ACC", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#B363BB", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#A24BAA", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#873E8E", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#6C3271", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#4F2753", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#321934", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #d7addb · 10.89:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.93:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 10.89:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #d7addb as text scores 1.93:1 on white and 10.89:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #542759 at 6.01:1.

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
#AA51B3 · 4.63:1
AA on white−26% L
#AA51B3
The quick fox
#833D8A · 7.00:1
AAA on white−38% L
#833D8A
The quick fox
#d7addb · 10.89:1
AA on blackalready passes
#d7addb
The quick fox
#d7addb · 10.89:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#d7addb

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #BF7BC5 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
#d7addb on white: 1.93:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#d7addb on black: 10.89:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #d7addb as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #d7addb.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.93:1AaAa
Slate 501.84:1AaAa
Slate 1001.76:1AaAa
Slate 2001.56:1AaAa
Slate 3001.30:1AaAa
Slate 4001.33:1AaAa
Slate 5002.47:1AaAa
Slate 6003.93:1AaAa
Slate 7005.37:1AaAa
Slate 8007.59:1AaAa
Slate 9009.26:1AaAa
Black10.89:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #A9B8DD
deuteranopia · #B2BCD9
tritanopia · #D9B1BD

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. #d7addb is pinned to step 300; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F9F5FA
#F4EBF4
#E7D2E9
#d7addb
#C68ACC
#B363BB
#A24BAA
#873E8E
#6C3271
#4F2753
#321934
Base = 300Lightest = 50 · #F9F5FADarkest = 950 · #321934Text 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 0.020 323.4);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.031 323.4);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.047 323.4);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.061 323.4);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.072 323.4);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.079 323.4);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.079 323.4);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.074 323.4);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.066 323.4);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.055 323.4);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.043 323.4);
}

Colors that work with #d7addb

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#E3C6E6
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#944B9B
Captions on the surface
Accent#58913B
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#542759
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F6EDF7
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#231424
Dark-mode background
Hover#CB94D0
One step down in lightness
Pressed#BF7BC5
Two steps down
Disabled#F7F3F7
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#E2B6E6
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 #d7addb

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 #542759
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #BF7BC5

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
  • Weight23/100
  • 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#B1DBAD
Analogous left#C0ADDB
Analogous right#DBADC8
Split-complement 1#C8DBAD
Split-complement 2#ADDBC0
Triadic 1#DBD7AD
Triadic 2#ADDBD7
Tetradic#DBC0AD
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°295°

#d7addb sits at 295°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red84.3%
Green67.8%
Blue85.9%
R · 0–255
215
0xd7
G · 0–255
173
0xad
B · 0–255
219
0xdb

CMYK percentages

Cyan1.8%
Magenta21.0%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)14.1%

Total ink coverage is 37%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#d7addb text on a black background

contrast 10.89:1

Card sample

#d7addb text on a white background

contrast 1.93:1

Card sample

#d7addb on grey

1.76:1

#d7addb on its own surface

1.78:1

#d7addb on its dark surface

9.10:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #d7addb;
Background color
Panel with #d7addb background
background-color: #d7addb;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #d7addb;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(215, 173, 219, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(215, 173, 219, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #d7addb;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #d7addb, #DBADC0);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #d7addb, #DBADB5);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #d7addb;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #d7addb;
caret-color: #d7addb;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #d7addb;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F6EDF7;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #d7addb;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#d7addb 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #d7addb 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(215, 173, 219, 0.5)
rgb(215 173 219 / 50%)
#d7addb80
hsl(295 39% 77% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #d7addb 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#d7addb1a#FBF7FB
20%#d7addb33#F7EFF8
40%#d7addb66#EFDEF1
60%#d7addb99#E7CEE9
80%#d7addbcc#DFBDE2

Gradients from #d7addb

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, #ECD8EE, #d7addb 45%, #542759);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #d7addb, #D298AB);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #d7addb, #B1DBAD);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F6EDF7 0%, #d7addb 45%, #542759 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%, #D9D1EB 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #E4C2D4 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #542759 0%, transparent 65%), #d7addb;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #d7addb

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.

#d7addb 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 10.89:1.

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.

#d7addb, answered

What color is #d7addb?

#d7addb is a light soft magenta / pink, closest to Plum (ΔE2000 4.6). It sits at 295° on the hue wheel with 39% saturation and 77% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #d7addb?

rgb(215, 173, 219) — 215 red, 173 green and 219 blue out of 255, or 84.3% / 67.8% / 85.9% by channel.

What is #d7addb in HSL and HSV?

hsl(295, 39%, 77%) and hsv(295, 21%, 86%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #d7addb a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.4945 and perceived brightness is 75%, so black text on it reaches 10.89:1.

Should I use black or white text on #d7addb?

Black. It scores 10.89:1 against #d7addb, versus 1.93:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #d7addb accessible on a white background?

#d7addb on white scores 1.93:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #AA51B3 to reach 4.5:1, or #833D8A for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #d7addb?

#B1DBAD sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #C8DBAD and #ADDBC0, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #d7addb?

For interface work: #FAF4FA as the surface, #E3C6E6 for borders, #944B9B for secondary text, #58913B as an accent and #542759 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #C0ADDB and #DBADC8 stays calm, while #B1DBAD is the loudest partner.

What is #d7addb in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(2%, 21%, 0%, 14%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #d7addb 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 #DBADCE; nudged cooler, #C6ACDC.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #d7addb?

The pink family — its 500 step is #ec4899, ΔE2000 22.8 away. That is a visible difference, so define #d7addb as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #d7addb in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#d7addb] or text-[#d7addb], 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 #d7addb with 50% opacity?

rgba(215, 173, 219, 0.5), or #d7addb80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #EBD6ED; over black, #6C576E.

Is #d7addb a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CC99CC, ΔE2000 5.1 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #d7addb 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 #d7addb?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #ECD8EE, #d7addb 45%, #542759). For more colour, a short hue run to #D298AB keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #d7addb in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #d7addb at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.