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magenta / pink · neutral

#df91ec

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

Token name suggestion: Morning Blossom

RGB
223, 145, 236
HSL
291°, 71%, 75%
CMYK
6, 39, 0, 8
Luminance
0.4199

#df91ec is a light vivid magenta / pink, 291° on the wheel and 55/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (9.40:1). As text it scores 2.23:1 on white — use #C129DA instead. Nearest name is Violet, nearest Tailwind family is fuchsia.

hsl(291 71% 75%)rgb(223 145 236)Base step 300AAA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #df91ec is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#df91ec
Hue
291°
magenta / pink
Saturation
71%
vivid
Lightness
75%
light
Brightness
93%
HSV value
Perceived
72%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.4199
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
55/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
9.40:1
Closest name
Violet
ΔE2000 4
Chroma
55.6
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.767
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
fuchsia
500 · ΔE 14.4
Web-safe
#CC99FF
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue291° of 360°
Saturation71%
Lightness75%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #df91ec.

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
Red37%
Green48%
Blue14%

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

Every format

HEX#df91ec
HEX (8-digit)#df91ecff
RGBrgb(223, 145, 236)
RGBArgba(223, 145, 236, 1)
HSLhsl(291, 71%, 75%)
HSV / HSBhsv(291, 39%, 93%)
HWBhwb(291 57% 7%)
CMYKcmyk(6%, 39%, 0%, 8%)
LABlab(70.9 44.0 -34.0)
LCHlch(70.9 55.6 322.3)
OKLCHoklch(0.767 0.150 321.7)
XYZ (D65)xyz(55.70, 42.00, 84.51)
Decimal14651884
Display P3color(display-p3 0.875 0.569 0.925)
Web-safe#CC99FF

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #df91ec;
background-color: #df91ec;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #df91ec;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#df91ec] bg-[#df91ec]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #df91ec;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.875, green: 0.569, blue: 0.925)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.875, green: 0.569, blue: 0.925, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#DF91EC</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFDF91EC)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFDF91EC)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(236, 145, 223)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(223, 145, 236)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(223, 145, 236)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 223, 145, 236)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.8745f, 0.5686f, 0.9255f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{223,145,236}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #df91ec 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #df91ec 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#60136D, #EAD3EE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #df91ec 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: #EDC9F2;
  --brand-300: #df91ec;
  --brand-400: #D570E6;
  --brand-500: #C740DE;
  --brand-600: #B824D1;
  --brand-700: #991EAE;
  --brand-800: #7B188B;
  --brand-900: #5A1665;
  --brand-950: #380D3F;
  --brand: #df91ec;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF4FA;
  --brand-border: #E6C0ED;
  --brand-hover: #D673E7;
  --brand-pressed: #CD54E1;
}
@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: '#EDC9F2',
        300: '#df91ec',
        400: '#D570E6',
        500: '#C740DE',
        600: '#B824D1',
        700: '#991EAE',
        800: '#7B188B',
        900: '#5A1665',
        950: '#380D3F',
        DEFAULT: '#df91ec',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FAF3FC,
  '100': #F6E7F8,
  '200': #EDC9F2,
  '300': #df91ec,
  '400': #D570E6,
  '500': #C740DE,
  '600': #B824D1,
  '700': #991EAE,
  '800': #7B188B,
  '900': #5A1665,
  '950': #380D3F,
);
$brand-base: #df91ec;
$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": "#EDC9F2", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#df91ec", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#D570E6", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#C740DE", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#B824D1", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#991EAE", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#7B188B", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#5A1665", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#380D3F", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #df91ec · 9.40:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 2.23:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 9.40:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #df91ec as text scores 2.23:1 on white and 9.40:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #60136D at 5.19:1.

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
#C129DA · 4.57:1
AA on white−24% L
#C129DA
The quick fox
#941DA8 · 7.00:1
AAA on white−36% L
#941DA8
The quick fox
#df91ec · 9.40:1
AA on blackalready passes
#df91ec
The quick fox
#df91ec · 9.40:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#df91ec

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #D46AE5 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
#df91ec on white: 2.23:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#df91ec on black: 9.40:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #df91ec as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #df91ec.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White2.23:1AaAa
Slate 502.14:1AaAa
Slate 1002.04:1AaAa
Slate 2001.81:1AaAa
Slate 3001.50:1AaAa
Slate 4001.15:1AaAa
Slate 5002.13:1AaAa
Slate 6003.39:1AaAa
Slate 7004.63:1AaAa
Slate 8006.55:1AaAa
Slate 9007.99:1AaAa
Black9.40:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #86A8EF
deuteranopia · #9AB0E9
tritanopia · #E19BB4

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. #df91ec 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.

#FAF3FC
#F6E7F8
#EDC9F2
#df91ec
#D570E6
#C740DE
#B824D1
#991EAE
#7B188B
#5A1665
#380D3F
Base = 300Lightest = 50 · #FAF3FCDarkest = 950 · #380D3FText 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 0.038 321.7);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.060 321.7);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.090 321.7);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.117 321.7);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.138 321.7);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.150 321.7);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.150 321.7);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.141 321.7);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.126 321.7);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.105 321.7);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.083 321.7);
}

Colors that work with #df91ec

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#E6C0ED
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#8F4B9B
Captions on the surface
Accent#55B319
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#60136D
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F9E9FB
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#221424
Dark-mode background
Hover#D673E7
One step down in lightness
Pressed#CD54E1
Two steps down
Disabled#F6F3F7
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#E89DF4
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 #df91ec

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 #60136D
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #D46AE5

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
  • Weight25/100
  • 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#9EEC91
Analogous left#B191EC
Analogous right#EC91CC
Split-complement 1#CCEC91
Split-complement 2#91ECB1
Triadic 1#ECDF91
Triadic 2#91ECDF
Tetradic#ECB191
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°291°

#df91ec sits at 291°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red87.5%
Green56.9%
Blue92.5%
R · 0–255
223
0xdf
G · 0–255
145
0x91
B · 0–255
236
0xec

CMYK percentages

Cyan5.5%
Magenta38.6%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)7.5%

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

Color previews

#df91ec text on a black background

contrast 9.40:1

Card sample

#df91ec text on a white background

contrast 2.23:1

Card sample

#df91ec on grey

2.04:1

#df91ec on its own surface

2.06:1

#df91ec on its dark surface

7.87:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #df91ec;
Background color
Panel with #df91ec background
background-color: #df91ec;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #df91ec;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(223, 145, 236, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(223, 145, 236, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #df91ec;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #df91ec, #EC91BC);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #df91ec, #EC91A6);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #df91ec;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #df91ec;
caret-color: #df91ec;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #df91ec;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F9E9FB;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #df91ec;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#df91ec 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #df91ec 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(223, 145, 236, 0.5)
rgb(223 145 236 / 50%)
#df91ec80
hsl(291 71% 75% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #df91ec 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#df91ec1a#FCF4FD
20%#df91ec33#F9E9FB
40%#df91ec66#F2D3F7
60%#df91ec99#ECBDF4
80%#df91eccc#E5A7F0

Gradients from #df91ec

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, #EEC5F5, #df91ec 45%, #60136D);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #df91ec, #E777A3);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #df91ec, #9EEC91);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F6DFFA 0%, #df91ec 45%, #60136D 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%, #CCBCF3 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #F0ABD2 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #60136D 0%, transparent 65%), #df91ec;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #df91ec

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.

#df91ec 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 9.40:1.

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.

#df91ec, answered

What color is #df91ec?

#df91ec is a light vivid magenta / pink, closest to Violet (ΔE2000 4). It sits at 291° on the hue wheel with 71% saturation and 75% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #df91ec?

rgb(223, 145, 236) — 223 red, 145 green and 236 blue out of 255, or 87.5% / 56.9% / 92.5% by channel.

What is #df91ec in HSL and HSV?

hsl(291, 71%, 75%) and hsv(291, 39%, 93%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #df91ec a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.4199 and perceived brightness is 72%, so black text on it reaches 9.40:1.

Should I use black or white text on #df91ec?

Black. It scores 9.40:1 against #df91ec, versus 2.23:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #df91ec accessible on a white background?

#df91ec on white scores 2.23:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #C129DA to reach 4.5:1, or #941DA8 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #df91ec?

#9EEC91 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #CCEC91 and #91ECB1, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #df91ec?

For interface work: #FAF4FA as the surface, #E6C0ED for borders, #8F4B9B for secondary text, #55B319 as an accent and #60136D for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #B191EC and #EC91CC stays calm, while #9EEC91 is the loudest partner.

What is #df91ec in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(6%, 39%, 0%, 8%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #df91ec 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 #EC91D8; nudged cooler, #BE90ED.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #df91ec?

The fuchsia family — its 500 step is #d946ef, ΔE2000 14.4 away. That is a visible difference, so define #df91ec as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #df91ec in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#df91ec] or text-[#df91ec], 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 #df91ec with 50% opacity?

rgba(223, 145, 236, 0.5), or #df91ec80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #EFC8F6; over black, #704976.

Is #df91ec a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CC99FF, ΔE2000 6.3 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #df91ec 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 #df91ec?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #EEC5F5, #df91ec 45%, #60136D). For more colour, a short hue run to #E777A3 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #df91ec in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #df91ec at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.