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magenta / pink · neutral

#da83eb

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

Token name suggestion: Meadow Peony

RGB
218, 131, 235
HSL
290°, 72%, 72%
CMYK
7, 44, 0, 8
Luminance
0.3714

#da83eb is a light vivid magenta / pink, 290° on the wheel and 55/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (8.43:1). As text it scores 2.49:1 on white — use #C02BDD instead. Nearest name is Violet, nearest Tailwind family is fuchsia.

hsl(290 72% 72%)rgb(218 131 235)Base step 400AAA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #da83eb is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#da83eb
Hue
290°
magenta / pink
Saturation
72%
vivid
Lightness
72%
light
Brightness
92%
HSV value
Perceived
69%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.3714
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
55/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
8.43:1
Closest name
Violet
ΔE2000 3.4
Chroma
63.1
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.739
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
fuchsia
500 · ΔE 11.1
Web-safe
#CC99FF
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue290° of 360°
Saturation72%
Lightness72%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #da83eb.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool55% 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
Red40%
Green44%
Blue16%

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

Every format

HEX#da83eb
HEX (8-digit)#da83ebff
RGBrgb(218, 131, 235)
RGBArgba(218, 131, 235, 1)
HSLhsl(290, 72%, 72%)
HSV / HSBhsv(290, 44%, 92%)
HWBhwb(290 51% 8%)
CMYKcmyk(7%, 44%, 0%, 8%)
LABlab(67.4 49.6 -39.0)
LCHlch(67.4 63.1 321.9)
OKLCHoklch(0.739 0.170 320.9)
XYZ (D65)xyz(52.02, 37.14, 83.01)
Decimal14320619
Display P3color(display-p3 0.855 0.514 0.922)
Web-safe#CC99FF

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #da83eb;
background-color: #da83eb;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #da83eb;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#da83eb] bg-[#da83eb]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #da83eb;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.855, green: 0.514, blue: 0.922)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.855, green: 0.514, blue: 0.922, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#DA83EB</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFDA83EB)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFDA83EB)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(235, 131, 218)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(218, 131, 235)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(218, 131, 235)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 218, 131, 235)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.8549f, 0.5137f, 0.9216f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{218,131,235}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #da83eb 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #da83eb 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#5F126E, #EAD3EE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #da83eb 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: #FAF3FC;
  --brand-100: #F6E7F8;
  --brand-200: #ECC9F3;
  --brand-300: #E29EEF;
  --brand-400: #da83eb;
  --brand-500: #C53EE0;
  --brand-600: #B622D3;
  --brand-700: #981CB0;
  --brand-800: #79178D;
  --brand-900: #591566;
  --brand-950: #370D40;
  --brand: #da83eb;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F9F4FA;
  --brand-border: #E5C0ED;
  --brand-hover: #D164E6;
  --brand-pressed: #C846E1;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #221424;
    --brand-ink: #EAD3EE;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FAF3FC',
        100: '#F6E7F8',
        200: '#ECC9F3',
        300: '#E29EEF',
        400: '#da83eb',
        500: '#C53EE0',
        600: '#B622D3',
        700: '#981CB0',
        800: '#79178D',
        900: '#591566',
        950: '#370D40',
        DEFAULT: '#da83eb',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FAF3FC,
  '100': #F6E7F8,
  '200': #ECC9F3,
  '300': #E29EEF,
  '400': #da83eb,
  '500': #C53EE0,
  '600': #B622D3,
  '700': #981CB0,
  '800': #79178D,
  '900': #591566,
  '950': #370D40,
);
$brand-base: #da83eb;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FAF3FC", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F6E7F8", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#ECC9F3", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#E29EEF", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#da83eb", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#C53EE0", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#B622D3", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#981CB0", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#79178D", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#591566", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#370D40", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #da83eb · 8.43:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 2.49:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 8.43:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #da83eb as text scores 2.49:1 on white and 8.43:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #5F126E at 4.69:1.

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
#C02BDD · 4.53:1
AA on white−20% L
#C02BDD
The quick fox
#931CAA · 7.03:1
AAA on white−33% L
#931CAA
The quick fox
#da83eb · 8.43:1
AA on blackalready passes
#da83eb
The quick fox
#da83eb · 8.43:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#da83eb

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #D269E7 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
#da83eb on white: 2.49:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#da83eb on black: 8.43:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #da83eb as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #da83eb.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White2.49:1AaAa
Slate 502.38:1AaAa
Slate 1002.27:1AaAa
Slate 2002.02:1AaAa
Slate 3001.68:1AaAa
Slate 4001.03:1AaAa
Slate 5001.91:1AaAa
Slate 6003.04:1AaAa
Slate 7004.16:1AaAa
Slate 8005.87:1AaAa
Slate 9007.16:1AaAa
Black8.43:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #749EEF
deuteranopia · #8CA7E8
tritanopia · #DC90AC

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. #da83eb 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.

#FAF3FC
#F6E7F8
#ECC9F3
#E29EEF
#da83eb
#C53EE0
#B622D3
#981CB0
#79178D
#591566
#370D40
Base = 400Lightest = 50 · #FAF3FCDarkest = 950 · #370D40Text 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 0.043 320.9);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.068 320.9);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.102 320.9);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.133 320.9);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.156 320.9);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.170 320.9);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.170 320.9);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.160 320.9);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.143 320.9);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.119 320.9);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.094 320.9);
}

Colors that work with #da83eb

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#F9F4FA
Tinted page background
Border#E5C0ED
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#8E4B9B
Captions on the surface
Accent#59B418
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#5F126E
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F8E9FB
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#221424
Dark-mode background
Hover#D164E6
One step down in lightness
Pressed#C846E1
Two steps down
Disabled#F2ECF3
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#E38FF4
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 #da83eb

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 #5F126E
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #D269E7

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
  • Weight28/100
  • 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#94EB83
Analogous left#A683EB
Analogous right#EB83C8
Split-complement 1#C8EB83
Split-complement 2#83EBA6
Triadic 1#EBDA83
Triadic 2#83EBDA
Tetradic#EBA683
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°290°

#da83eb sits at 290°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red85.5%
Green51.4%
Blue92.2%
R · 0–255
218
0xda
G · 0–255
131
0x83
B · 0–255
235
0xeb

CMYK percentages

Cyan7.2%
Magenta44.3%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)7.8%

Total ink coverage is 59%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#da83eb text on a black background

contrast 8.43:1

Card sample

#da83eb text on a white background

contrast 2.49:1

Card sample

#da83eb on grey

2.27:1

#da83eb on its own surface

2.30:1

#da83eb on its dark surface

7.06:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #da83eb;
Background color
Panel with #da83eb background
background-color: #da83eb;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #da83eb;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(218, 131, 235, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(218, 131, 235, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #da83eb;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #da83eb, #EB83B7);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #da83eb, #EB839D);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #da83eb;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #da83eb;
caret-color: #da83eb;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #da83eb;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F8E9FB;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #da83eb;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#da83eb 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #da83eb 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(218, 131, 235, 0.5)
rgb(218 131 235 / 50%)
#da83eb80
hsl(290 72% 72% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #da83eb 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#da83eb1a#FBF3FD
20%#da83eb33#F8E6FB
40%#da83eb66#F0CDF7
60%#da83eb99#E9B5F3
80%#da83ebcc#E19CEF

Gradients from #da83eb

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, #EAB8F4, #da83eb 45%, #5F126E);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #da83eb, #E7699D);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #da83eb, #94EB83);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F2D2F8 0%, #da83eb 45%, #5F126E 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F9F4FA, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #C0AFF2 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #EF9ECD 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #5F126E 0%, transparent 65%), #da83eb;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #da83eb

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.

#da83eb 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 8.43:1.

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.

#da83eb, answered

What color is #da83eb?

#da83eb is a light vivid magenta / pink, closest to Violet (ΔE2000 3.4). It sits at 290° on the hue wheel with 72% saturation and 72% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #da83eb?

rgb(218, 131, 235) — 218 red, 131 green and 235 blue out of 255, or 85.5% / 51.4% / 92.2% by channel.

What is #da83eb in HSL and HSV?

hsl(290, 72%, 72%) and hsv(290, 44%, 92%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #da83eb a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.3714 and perceived brightness is 69%, so black text on it reaches 8.43:1.

Should I use black or white text on #da83eb?

Black. It scores 8.43:1 against #da83eb, versus 2.49:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #da83eb accessible on a white background?

#da83eb on white scores 2.49:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #C02BDD to reach 4.5:1, or #931CAA for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #da83eb?

#94EB83 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #C8EB83 and #83EBA6, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #da83eb?

For interface work: #F9F4FA as the surface, #E5C0ED for borders, #8E4B9B for secondary text, #59B418 as an accent and #5F126E for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #A683EB and #EB83C8 stays calm, while #94EB83 is the loudest partner.

What is #da83eb in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(7%, 44%, 0%, 8%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #da83eb warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 55 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #EB83D6; nudged cooler, #B482EC.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #da83eb?

The fuchsia family — its 500 step is #d946ef, ΔE2000 11.1 away. That is a visible difference, so define #da83eb as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #da83eb in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#da83eb] or text-[#da83eb], 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 #da83eb with 50% opacity?

rgba(218, 131, 235, 0.5), or #da83eb80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #EDC1F5; over black, #6D4276.

Is #da83eb a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CC99FF, ΔE2000 7.1 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #da83eb 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 #da83eb?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #EAB8F4, #da83eb 45%, #5F126E). For more colour, a short hue run to #E7699D keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #da83eb in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #da83eb at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.