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magenta / pink · neutral

#d82dbf

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

Token name suggestion: Atlas Blossom

RGB
216, 45, 191
HSL
309°, 69%, 51%
CMYK
0, 79, 12, 15
Luminance
0.2024

#d82dbf is a balanced vivid magenta / pink, 309° on the wheel and 45/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (5.05:1). As text it scores 4.16:1 on white — large text only. Nearest name is Medium Orchid, nearest Tailwind family is fuchsia.

hsl(309 69% 51%)rgb(216 45 191)Base step 600AA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #d82dbf is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#d82dbf
Hue
309°
magenta / pink
Saturation
69%
vivid
Lightness
51%
balanced
Brightness
85%
HSV value
Perceived
54%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.2024
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
45/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
5.05:1
Closest name
Medium Orchid
ΔE2000 7.5
Chroma
85.8
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.620
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
fuchsia
500 · ΔE 8.1
Web-safe
#CC33CC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue309° of 360°
Saturation69%
Lightness51%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #d82dbf.

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
Red72%
Green9%
Blue19%

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

Every format

HEX#d82dbf
HEX (8-digit)#d82dbfff
RGBrgb(216, 45, 191)
RGBArgba(216, 45, 191, 1)
HSLhsl(309, 69%, 51%)
HSV / HSBhsv(309, 79%, 85%)
HWBhwb(309 18% 15%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 79%, 12%, 15%)
LABlab(52.1 76.9 -38.0)
LCHlch(52.1 85.8 333.7)
OKLCHoklch(0.620 0.248 335.2)
XYZ (D65)xyz(38.66, 20.24, 51.15)
Decimal14167487
Display P3color(display-p3 0.847 0.176 0.749)
Web-safe#CC33CC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #d82dbf;
background-color: #d82dbf;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #d82dbf;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#d82dbf] bg-[#d82dbf]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #d82dbf;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.847, green: 0.176, blue: 0.749)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.847, green: 0.176, blue: 0.749, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#D82DBF</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFD82DBF)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFD82DBF)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(191, 45, 216)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(216, 45, 191)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(216, 45, 191)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 216, 45, 191)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.8471f, 0.1765f, 0.7490f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{216,45,191}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #d82dbf 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #d82dbf 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#6C145F, #EED3EA);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #d82dbf 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: #FBF3FA;
  --brand-100: #F8E8F5;
  --brand-200: #F2CAEC;
  --brand-300: #EDA0E2;
  --brand-400: #E571D4;
  --brand-500: #DC42C5;
  --brand-600: #d82dbf;
  --brand-700: #AC2098;
  --brand-800: #8A1A79;
  --brand-900: #641759;
  --brand-950: #3E0E37;
  --brand: #d82dbf;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF4FA;
  --brand-border: #EDC0E6;
  --brand-hover: #BE23A7;
  --brand-pressed: #A01E8D;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #241422;
    --brand-ink: #EED3EA;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FBF3FA',
        100: '#F8E8F5',
        200: '#F2CAEC',
        300: '#EDA0E2',
        400: '#E571D4',
        500: '#DC42C5',
        600: '#d82dbf',
        700: '#AC2098',
        800: '#8A1A79',
        900: '#641759',
        950: '#3E0E37',
        DEFAULT: '#d82dbf',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FBF3FA,
  '100': #F8E8F5,
  '200': #F2CAEC,
  '300': #EDA0E2,
  '400': #E571D4,
  '500': #DC42C5,
  '600': #d82dbf,
  '700': #AC2098,
  '800': #8A1A79,
  '900': #641759,
  '950': #3E0E37,
);
$brand-base: #d82dbf;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FBF3FA", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F8E8F5", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#F2CAEC", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#EDA0E2", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#E571D4", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#DC42C5", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#d82dbf", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#AC2098", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#8A1A79", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#641759", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#3E0E37", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #d82dbf · 5.05:1
Use #000000AA at every size, AAA for large text only.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 4.16:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 5.05:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #d82dbf as text scores 4.16:1 on white and 5.05:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #6C145F at 2.65:1.

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
#CF26B7 · 4.55:1
AA on white−3% L
#CF26B7
The quick fox
#9C1D89 · 7.12:1
AAA on white−15% L
#9C1D89
The quick fox
#d82dbf · 5.05:1
AA on blackalready passes
#d82dbf
The quick fox
#E265D0 · 7.01:1
AAA on black+13% L
#E265D0

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #D82DBF 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
#d82dbf on white: 4.16:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#d82dbf on black: 5.05:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #d82dbf as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #d82dbf.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White4.16:1AaAa
Slate 503.98:1AaAa
Slate 1003.80:1AaAa
Slate 2003.37:1AaAa
Slate 3002.80:1AaAa
Slate 4001.62:1AaAa
Slate 5001.14:1AaAa
Slate 6001.82:1AaAa
Slate 7002.49:1AaAa
Slate 8003.52:1AaAa
Slate 9004.29:1AaAa
Black5.05:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #2C6CC3
deuteranopia · #6E85BB
tritanopia · #E33E76

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. #d82dbf is pinned to step 600; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#FBF3FA
#F8E8F5
#F2CAEC
#EDA0E2
#E571D4
#DC42C5
#d82dbf
#AC2098
#8A1A79
#641759
#3E0E37
Base = 600Lightest = 50 · #FBF3FADarkest = 950 · #3E0E37Text step on white = 700
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 0.062 335.2);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.099 335.2);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.149 335.2);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.193 335.2);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.228 335.2);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.248 335.2);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.248 335.2);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.233 335.2);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.208 335.2);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.173 335.2);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.136 335.2);
}

Colors that work with #d82dbf

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#EDC0E6
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B4B8F
Captions on the surface
Accent#2BB01C
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#6C145F
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FBE9F8
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#241422
Dark-mode background
Hover#BE23A7
One step down in lightness
Pressed#A01E8D
Two steps down
Disabled#CAACC5
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#E733CC
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 #d82dbf

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 #6C145F
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
  • Weight49/100
  • 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#2DD846
Analogous left#9C2DD8
Analogous right#D82D69
Split-complement 1#69D82D
Split-complement 2#2DD89C
Triadic 1#BFD82D
Triadic 2#2DBFD8
Tetradic#D89C2D
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°309°

#d82dbf sits at 309°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red84.7%
Green17.6%
Blue74.9%
R · 0–255
216
0xd8
G · 0–255
45
0x2d
B · 0–255
191
0xbf

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta79.2%
Yellow11.6%
Key (black)15.3%

Total ink coverage is 106%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#d82dbf text on a black background

contrast 5.05:1

Card sample

#d82dbf text on a white background

contrast 4.16:1

Card sample

#d82dbf on grey

3.80:1

#d82dbf on its own surface

3.84:1

#d82dbf on its dark surface

4.21:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #d82dbf;
Background color
Panel with #d82dbf background
background-color: #d82dbf;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #d82dbf;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(216, 45, 191, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(216, 45, 191, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #d82dbf;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #d82dbf, #D82D4D);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #d82dbf, #D8382D);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #d82dbf;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #d82dbf;
caret-color: #d82dbf;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #d82dbf;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FBE9F8;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #d82dbf;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#d82dbf 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #d82dbf 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(216, 45, 191, 0.5)
rgb(216 45 191 / 50%)
#d82dbf80
hsl(309 69% 51% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #d82dbf 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#d82dbf1a#FBEAF9
20%#d82dbf33#F7D5F2
40%#d82dbf66#EFABE5
60%#d82dbf99#E881D9
80%#d82dbfcc#E057CC

Gradients from #d82dbf

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, #E261CF, #d82dbf 45%, #6C145F);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #d82dbf, #C22434);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #d82dbf, #2DD846);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #E67BD7 0%, #d82dbf 45%, #6C145F 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%, #A558E0 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #DD476F 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #6C145F 0%, transparent 65%), #d82dbf;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #d82dbf

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.

#d82dbf 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 5.05:1.

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.

#d82dbf, answered

What color is #d82dbf?

#d82dbf is a balanced vivid magenta / pink, closest to Medium Orchid (ΔE2000 7.5). It sits at 309° on the hue wheel with 69% saturation and 51% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #d82dbf?

rgb(216, 45, 191) — 216 red, 45 green and 191 blue out of 255, or 84.7% / 17.6% / 74.9% by channel.

What is #d82dbf in HSL and HSV?

hsl(309, 69%, 51%) and hsv(309, 79%, 85%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #d82dbf a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.2024 and perceived brightness is 54%, so black text on it reaches 5.05:1.

Should I use black or white text on #d82dbf?

Black. It scores 5.05:1 against #d82dbf, versus 4.16:1 for white — AA at any size.

Is #d82dbf accessible on a white background?

#d82dbf on white scores 4.16:1, which only clears AA for large text — 18.66px bold or 24px regular and up. Darken it to #CF26B7 to reach 4.5:1, or #9C1D89 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #d82dbf?

#2DD846 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #69D82D and #2DD89C, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #d82dbf?

For interface work: #FAF4FA as the surface, #EDC0E6 for borders, #9B4B8F for secondary text, #2BB01C as an accent and #6C145F for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #9C2DD8 and #D82D69 stays calm, while #2DD846 is the loudest partner.

What is #d82dbf in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 79%, 12%, 15%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #d82dbf 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 #D82D80; nudged cooler, #B42BDB.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #d82dbf?

The fuchsia family — its 500 step is #d946ef, ΔE2000 8.1 away. That is a visible difference, so define #d82dbf as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #d82dbf in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#d82dbf] or text-[#d82dbf], 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 #d82dbf with 50% opacity?

rgba(216, 45, 191, 0.5), or #d82dbf80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #EC96DF; over black, #6C1760.

Is #d82dbf a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CC33CC, ΔE2000 3.4 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #d82dbf 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 #d82dbf?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #E261CF, #d82dbf 45%, #6C145F). For more colour, a short hue run to #C22434 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #d82dbf in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #d82dbf at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.