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magenta / pink · warm

#e58eb2

a light, vivid magenta / pink · warm · closest name: Pale Violet Red

Token name suggestion: Drift Ruby

RGB
229, 142, 178
HSL
335°, 63%, 73%
CMYK
0, 38, 22, 10
Luminance
0.3922

#e58eb2 is a light vivid magenta / pink, 335° on the wheel and 30/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (8.84:1). As text it scores 2.37:1 on white — use #D23B79 instead. Nearest name is Pale Violet Red, nearest Tailwind family is pink.

hsl(335 63% 73%)rgb(229 142 178)Base step 300AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #e58eb2 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#e58eb2
Hue
335°
magenta / pink
Saturation
63%
vivid
Lightness
73%
light
Brightness
90%
HSV value
Perceived
69%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.3922
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
30/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
8.84:1
Closest name
Pale Violet Red
ΔE2000 8
Chroma
38.0
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.747
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
pink
500 · ΔE 13.7
Web-safe
#CC9999
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue335° of 360°
Saturation63%
Lightness73%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #e58eb2.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool30% 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
Red42%
Green49%
Blue8%

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

Every format

HEX#e58eb2
HEX (8-digit)#e58eb2ff
RGBrgb(229, 142, 178)
RGBArgba(229, 142, 178, 1)
HSLhsl(335, 63%, 73%)
HSV / HSBhsv(335, 38%, 90%)
HWBhwb(335 56% 10%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 38%, 22%, 10%)
LABlab(68.9 37.7 -4.8)
LCHlch(68.9 38.0 352.7)
OKLCHoklch(0.747 0.114 353.8)
XYZ (D65)xyz(50.02, 39.22, 47.05)
Decimal15044274
Display P3color(display-p3 0.898 0.557 0.698)
Web-safe#CC9999

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #e58eb2;
background-color: #e58eb2;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #e58eb2;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#e58eb2] bg-[#e58eb2]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #e58eb2;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.898, green: 0.557, blue: 0.698)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.898, green: 0.557, blue: 0.698, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#E58EB2</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFE58EB2)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFE58EB2)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(178, 142, 229)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(229, 142, 178)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(229, 142, 178)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 229, 142, 178)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.8980f, 0.5569f, 0.6980f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{229,142,178}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #e58eb2 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #e58eb2 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#681839, #EED3DE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #e58eb2 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: #FBF4F7;
  --brand-100: #F7E8EE;
  --brand-200: #F0CCDB;
  --brand-300: #e58eb2;
  --brand-400: #E076A2;
  --brand-500: #D54983;
  --brand-600: #C72E6D;
  --brand-700: #A6265B;
  --brand-800: #851F49;
  --brand-900: #601A37;
  --brand-950: #3C1022;
  --brand: #e58eb2;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF4F7;
  --brand-border: #EDC0D2;
  --brand-hover: #DE719E;
  --brand-pressed: #D8548A;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #24141B;
    --brand-ink: #EED3DE;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FBF4F7',
        100: '#F7E8EE',
        200: '#F0CCDB',
        300: '#e58eb2',
        400: '#E076A2',
        500: '#D54983',
        600: '#C72E6D',
        700: '#A6265B',
        800: '#851F49',
        900: '#601A37',
        950: '#3C1022',
        DEFAULT: '#e58eb2',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FBF4F7,
  '100': #F7E8EE,
  '200': #F0CCDB,
  '300': #e58eb2,
  '400': #E076A2,
  '500': #D54983,
  '600': #C72E6D,
  '700': #A6265B,
  '800': #851F49,
  '900': #601A37,
  '950': #3C1022,
);
$brand-base: #e58eb2;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FBF4F7", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F7E8EE", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#F0CCDB", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#e58eb2", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#E076A2", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#D54983", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#C72E6D", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#A6265B", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#851F49", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#601A37", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#3C1022", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #e58eb2 · 8.84:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 2.37:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 8.84:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #e58eb2 as text scores 2.37:1 on white and 8.84:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #681839 at 4.97:1.

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
#D23B79 · 4.52:1
AA on white−20% L
#D23B79
The quick fox
#A02558 · 7.24:1
AAA on white−34% L
#A02558
The quick fox
#e58eb2 · 8.84:1
AA on blackalready passes
#e58eb2
The quick fox
#e58eb2 · 8.84:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#e58eb2

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #DE719E 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
#e58eb2 on white: 2.37:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#e58eb2 on black: 8.84:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #e58eb2 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #e58eb2.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White2.37:1AaAa
Slate 502.27:1AaAa
Slate 1002.17:1AaAa
Slate 2001.93:1AaAa
Slate 3001.60:1AaAa
Slate 4001.08:1AaAa
Slate 5002.00:1AaAa
Slate 6003.19:1AaAa
Slate 7004.36:1AaAa
Slate 8006.16:1AaAa
Slate 9007.52:1AaAa
Black8.84:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #989FB3
deuteranopia · #ADAEB0
tritanopia · #F18A9B

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. #e58eb2 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.

#FBF4F7
#F7E8EE
#F0CCDB
#e58eb2
#E076A2
#D54983
#C72E6D
#A6265B
#851F49
#601A37
#3C1022
Base = 300Lightest = 50 · #FBF4F7Darkest = 950 · #3C1022Text 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 0.028 353.8);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.045 353.8);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.068 353.8);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.089 353.8);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.105 353.8);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.114 353.8);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.114 353.8);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.107 353.8);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.096 353.8);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.080 353.8);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.063 353.8);
}

Colors that work with #e58eb2

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#EDC0D2
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B4B6C
Captions on the surface
Accent#22AA4F
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#681839
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FAEAF1
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#24141B
Dark-mode background
Hover#DE719E
One step down in lightness
Pressed#D8548A
Two steps down
Disabled#F4EFF1
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#EF98BC
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 #e58eb2

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 #681839
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #DE719E

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
  • Weight27/100
  • 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#8EE5C1
Analogous left#E58EDD
Analogous right#E5958E
Split-complement 1#8EE595
Split-complement 2#8EDDE5
Triadic 1#B2E58E
Triadic 2#8EB2E5
Tetradic#DDE58E
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°335°

#e58eb2 sits at 335°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red89.8%
Green55.7%
Blue69.8%
R · 0–255
229
0xe5
G · 0–255
142
0x8e
B · 0–255
178
0xb2

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta38.0%
Yellow22.3%
Key (black)10.2%

Total ink coverage is 71%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#e58eb2 text on a black background

contrast 8.84:1

Card sample

#e58eb2 text on a white background

contrast 2.37:1

Card sample

#e58eb2 on grey

2.17:1

#e58eb2 on its own surface

2.19:1

#e58eb2 on its dark surface

7.43:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #e58eb2;
Background color
Panel with #e58eb2 background
background-color: #e58eb2;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #e58eb2;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(229, 142, 178, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(229, 142, 178, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #e58eb2;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e58eb2, #E5A48E);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #e58eb2, #E5BA8E);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #e58eb2;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #e58eb2;
caret-color: #e58eb2;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #e58eb2;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FAEAF1;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #e58eb2;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#e58eb2 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #e58eb2 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(229, 142, 178, 0.5)
rgb(229 142 178 / 50%)
#e58eb280
hsl(335 63% 73% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #e58eb2 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#e58eb21a#FCF4F7
20%#e58eb233#FAE8F0
40%#e58eb266#F5D2E0
60%#e58eb299#EFBBD1
80%#e58eb2cc#EAA5C1

Gradients from #e58eb2

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, #F0C0D4, #e58eb2 45%, #681839);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #e58eb2, #DF9975);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #e58eb2, #8EE5C1);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F6D8E5 0%, #e58eb2 45%, #681839 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%, #EFB7EE 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #EBB2A7 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #681839 0%, transparent 65%), #e58eb2;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #e58eb2

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.

#e58eb2 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 8.84:1.

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.

#e58eb2, answered

What color is #e58eb2?

#e58eb2 is a light vivid magenta / pink, closest to Pale Violet Red (ΔE2000 8). It sits at 335° on the hue wheel with 63% saturation and 73% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #e58eb2?

rgb(229, 142, 178) — 229 red, 142 green and 178 blue out of 255, or 89.8% / 55.7% / 69.8% by channel.

What is #e58eb2 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(335, 63%, 73%) and hsv(335, 38%, 90%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #e58eb2 a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.3922 and perceived brightness is 69%, so black text on it reaches 8.84:1.

Should I use black or white text on #e58eb2?

Black. It scores 8.84:1 against #e58eb2, versus 2.37:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #e58eb2 accessible on a white background?

#e58eb2 on white scores 2.37:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #D23B79 to reach 4.5:1, or #A02558 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #e58eb2?

#8EE5C1 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #8EE595 and #8EDDE5, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #e58eb2?

For interface work: #FAF4F7 as the surface, #EDC0D2 for borders, #9B4B6C for secondary text, #22AA4F as an accent and #681839 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #E58EDD and #E5958E stays calm, while #8EE5C1 is the loudest partner.

What is #e58eb2 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 38%, 22%, 10%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #e58eb2 warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 30 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #E58E92; nudged cooler, #E68CD3.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #e58eb2?

The pink family — its 500 step is #ec4899, ΔE2000 13.7 away. That is a visible difference, so define #e58eb2 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #e58eb2 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#e58eb2] or text-[#e58eb2], 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 #e58eb2 with 50% opacity?

rgba(229, 142, 178, 0.5), or #e58eb280 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #F2C7D9; over black, #734759.

Is #e58eb2 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CC9999, ΔE2000 11.8 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #e58eb2 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 #e58eb2?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #F0C0D4, #e58eb2 45%, #681839). For more colour, a short hue run to #DF9975 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #e58eb2 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #e58eb2 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.