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magenta / pink · warm

#dda7bf

a light, soft magenta / pink · warm · closest name: Light Pink

Token name suggestion: Meadow Peony

RGB
221, 167, 191
HSL
333°, 44%, 76%
CMYK
0, 24, 14, 13
Luminance
0.4677

#dda7bf is a light soft magenta / pink, 333° on the wheel and 32/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (10.35:1). As text it scores 2.03:1 on white — use #BC5282 instead. Nearest name is Light Pink, nearest Tailwind family is pink.

hsl(333 44% 76%)rgb(221 167 191)Base step 300AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #dda7bf is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#dda7bf
Hue
333°
magenta / pink
Saturation
44%
soft
Lightness
76%
light
Brightness
87%
HSV value
Perceived
74%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.4677
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
32/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
10.35:1
Closest name
Light Pink
ΔE2000 8.1
Chroma
24.0
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.785
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
pink
500 · ΔE 20.4
Web-safe
#CC99CC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue333° of 360°
Saturation44%
Lightness76%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #dda7bf.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool32% cool

Reads warm. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red33%
Green59%
Blue8%

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

Every format

HEX#dda7bf
HEX (8-digit)#dda7bfff
RGBrgb(221, 167, 191)
RGBArgba(221, 167, 191, 1)
HSLhsl(333, 44%, 76%)
HSV / HSBhsv(333, 24%, 87%)
HWBhwb(333 65% 13%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 24%, 14%, 13%)
LABlab(74.0 23.5 -4.5)
LCHlch(74.0 24.0 349.1)
OKLCHoklch(0.785 0.070 350.5)
XYZ (D65)xyz(53.04, 46.77, 55.51)
Decimal14526399
Display P3color(display-p3 0.867 0.655 0.749)
Web-safe#CC99CC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #dda7bf;
background-color: #dda7bf;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #dda7bf;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#dda7bf] bg-[#dda7bf]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #dda7bf;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.867, green: 0.655, blue: 0.749)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.867, green: 0.655, blue: 0.749, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#DDA7BF</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFDDA7BF)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFDDA7BF)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(191, 167, 221)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(221, 167, 191)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(221, 167, 191)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 221, 167, 191)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.8667f, 0.6549f, 0.7490f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{221,167,191}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #dda7bf 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #dda7bf 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#5C243D, #EED3DF);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #dda7bf 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: #FAF5F7;
  --brand-100: #F5EAEF;
  --brand-200: #EBD1DC;
  --brand-300: #dda7bf;
  --brand-400: #D086A7;
  --brand-500: #C15D89;
  --brand-600: #B14474;
  --brand-700: #933961;
  --brand-800: #762D4E;
  --brand-900: #56243A;
  --brand-950: #361725;
  --brand: #dda7bf;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF4F7;
  --brand-border: #E8C4D4;
  --brand-hover: #D38DAC;
  --brand-pressed: #C9749A;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #24141B;
    --brand-ink: #EED3DF;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FAF5F7',
        100: '#F5EAEF',
        200: '#EBD1DC',
        300: '#dda7bf',
        400: '#D086A7',
        500: '#C15D89',
        600: '#B14474',
        700: '#933961',
        800: '#762D4E',
        900: '#56243A',
        950: '#361725',
        DEFAULT: '#dda7bf',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FAF5F7,
  '100': #F5EAEF,
  '200': #EBD1DC,
  '300': #dda7bf,
  '400': #D086A7,
  '500': #C15D89,
  '600': #B14474,
  '700': #933961,
  '800': #762D4E,
  '900': #56243A,
  '950': #361725,
);
$brand-base: #dda7bf;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FAF5F7", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F5EAEF", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#EBD1DC", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#dda7bf", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#D086A7", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#C15D89", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#B14474", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#933961", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#762D4E", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#56243A", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#361725", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #dda7bf · 10.35:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 2.03:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 10.35:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #dda7bf as text scores 2.03:1 on white and 10.35:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #5C243D at 5.83:1.

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
#BC5282 · 4.50:1
AA on white−23% L
#BC5282
The quick fox
#90385F · 7.20:1
AAA on white−37% L
#90385F
The quick fox
#dda7bf · 10.35:1
AA on blackalready passes
#dda7bf
The quick fox
#dda7bf · 10.35:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#dda7bf

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #CC7B9F 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
#dda7bf on white: 2.03:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#dda7bf on black: 10.35:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #dda7bf as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #dda7bf.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White2.03:1AaAa
Slate 501.94:1AaAa
Slate 1001.85:1AaAa
Slate 2001.65:1AaAa
Slate 3001.37:1AaAa
Slate 4001.26:1AaAa
Slate 5002.35:1AaAa
Slate 6003.74:1AaAa
Slate 7005.11:1AaAa
Slate 8007.21:1AaAa
Slate 9008.80:1AaAa
Black10.35:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #ACB1C0
deuteranopia · #B8B9BE
tritanopia · #E5A6AF

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. #dda7bf 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.

#FAF5F7
#F5EAEF
#EBD1DC
#dda7bf
#D086A7
#C15D89
#B14474
#933961
#762D4E
#56243A
#361725
Base = 300Lightest = 50 · #FAF5F7Darkest = 950 · #361725Text 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 0.018 350.5);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.028 350.5);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.042 350.5);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.055 350.5);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.065 350.5);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.070 350.5);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.070 350.5);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.066 350.5);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.059 350.5);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.049 350.5);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.039 350.5);
}

Colors that work with #dda7bf

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#FAF4F7
Tinted page background
Border#E8C4D4
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B4B6E
Captions on the surface
Accent#369654
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#5C243D
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F8EDF2
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#24141B
Dark-mode background
Hover#D38DAC
One step down in lightness
Pressed#C9749A
Two steps down
Disabled#F7F3F5
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#E8B1C9
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 #dda7bf

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 #5C243D
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #CC7B9F

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
  • Weight24/100
  • TemperatureWarm
  • ApproachabilityHigh

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#A7DDC5
Analogous left#DDA7DA
Analogous right#DDAAA7
Split-complement 1#A7DDAA
Split-complement 2#A7DADD
Triadic 1#BFDDA7
Triadic 2#A7BFDD
Tetradic#DADDA7
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°333°

#dda7bf sits at 333°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red86.7%
Green65.5%
Blue74.9%
R · 0–255
221
0xdd
G · 0–255
167
0xa7
B · 0–255
191
0xbf

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta24.4%
Yellow13.6%
Key (black)13.3%

Total ink coverage is 51%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#dda7bf text on a black background

contrast 10.35:1

Card sample

#dda7bf text on a white background

contrast 2.03:1

Card sample

#dda7bf on grey

1.85:1

#dda7bf on its own surface

1.87:1

#dda7bf on its dark surface

8.69:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #dda7bf;
Background color
Panel with #dda7bf background
background-color: #dda7bf;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #dda7bf;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(221, 167, 191, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(221, 167, 191, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #dda7bf;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dda7bf, #DDB3A7);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #dda7bf, #DDC1A7);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #dda7bf;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #dda7bf;
caret-color: #dda7bf;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #dda7bf;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F8EDF2;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #dda7bf;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#dda7bf 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #dda7bf 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(221, 167, 191, 0.5)
rgb(221 167 191 / 50%)
#dda7bf80
hsl(333 44% 76% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #dda7bf 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#dda7bf1a#FCF6F9
20%#dda7bf33#F8EDF2
40%#dda7bf66#F1DCE5
60%#dda7bf99#EBCAD9
80%#dda7bfcc#E4B9CC

Gradients from #dda7bf

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, #EED3DF, #dda7bf 45%, #5C243D);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #dda7bf, #D5A691);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #dda7bf, #A7DDC5);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F7E9EF 0%, #dda7bf 45%, #5C243D 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAF4F7, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #EACCEB 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #E6C3BD 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #5C243D 0%, transparent 65%), #dda7bf;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #dda7bf

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.

#dda7bf 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 10.35:1.

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.

#dda7bf, answered

What color is #dda7bf?

#dda7bf is a light soft magenta / pink, closest to Light Pink (ΔE2000 8.1). It sits at 333° on the hue wheel with 44% saturation and 76% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #dda7bf?

rgb(221, 167, 191) — 221 red, 167 green and 191 blue out of 255, or 86.7% / 65.5% / 74.9% by channel.

What is #dda7bf in HSL and HSV?

hsl(333, 44%, 76%) and hsv(333, 24%, 87%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #dda7bf a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.4677 and perceived brightness is 74%, so black text on it reaches 10.35:1.

Should I use black or white text on #dda7bf?

Black. It scores 10.35:1 against #dda7bf, versus 2.03:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #dda7bf accessible on a white background?

#dda7bf on white scores 2.03:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #BC5282 to reach 4.5:1, or #90385F for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #dda7bf?

#A7DDC5 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #A7DDAA and #A7DADD, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #dda7bf?

For interface work: #FAF4F7 as the surface, #E8C4D4 for borders, #9B4B6E for secondary text, #369654 as an accent and #5C243D for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #DDA7DA and #DDAAA7 stays calm, while #A7DDC5 is the loudest partner.

What is #dda7bf in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 24%, 14%, 13%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #dda7bf warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 32 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #DDA7AB; nudged cooler, #DEA6D4.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #dda7bf?

The pink family — its 500 step is #ec4899, ΔE2000 20.4 away. That is a visible difference, so define #dda7bf as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #dda7bf in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#dda7bf] or text-[#dda7bf], 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 #dda7bf with 50% opacity?

rgba(221, 167, 191, 0.5), or #dda7bf80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #EED3DF; over black, #6F5460.

Is #dda7bf a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CC99CC, ΔE2000 8.8 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #dda7bf 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 #dda7bf?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #EED3DF, #dda7bf 45%, #5C243D). For more colour, a short hue run to #D5A691 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #dda7bf in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #dda7bf at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.