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magenta / pink · warm

#e892cf

a light, vivid magenta / pink · warm · closest name: Plum

Token name suggestion: Meadow Ruby

RGB
232, 146, 207
HSL
317°, 65%, 74%
CMYK
0, 37, 11, 9
Luminance
0.4222

#e892cf is a light vivid magenta / pink, 317° on the wheel and 40/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (9.44:1). As text it scores 2.22:1 on white — use #CF2C9F instead. Nearest name is Plum, nearest Tailwind family is pink.

hsl(317 65% 74%)rgb(232 146 207)Base step 300AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #e892cf is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#e892cf
Hue
317°
magenta / pink
Saturation
65%
vivid
Lightness
74%
light
Brightness
91%
HSV value
Perceived
72%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.4222
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
40/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
9.44:1
Closest name
Plum
ΔE2000 5
Chroma
44.8
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.766
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
pink
500 · ΔE 15.4
Web-safe
#FF99CC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue317° of 360°
Saturation65%
Lightness74%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #e892cf.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool40% 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
Red41%
Green49%
Blue11%

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

Every format

HEX#e892cf
HEX (8-digit)#e892cfff
RGBrgb(232, 146, 207)
RGBArgba(232, 146, 207, 1)
HSLhsl(317, 65%, 74%)
HSV / HSBhsv(317, 37%, 91%)
HWBhwb(317 57% 9%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 37%, 11%, 9%)
LABlab(71.0 41.1 -17.7)
LCHlch(71.0 44.8 336.7)
OKLCHoklch(0.766 0.128 338.4)
XYZ (D65)xyz(54.82, 42.22, 64.28)
Decimal15241935
Display P3color(display-p3 0.910 0.573 0.812)
Web-safe#FF99CC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #e892cf;
background-color: #e892cf;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #e892cf;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#e892cf] bg-[#e892cf]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #e892cf;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.910, green: 0.573, blue: 0.812)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.910, green: 0.573, blue: 0.812, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#E892CF</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFE892CF)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFE892CF)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(207, 146, 232)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(232, 146, 207)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(232, 146, 207)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 232, 146, 207)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9098f, 0.5725f, 0.8118f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{232,146,207}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #e892cf 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #e892cf 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#691651, #EED3E6);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #e892cf 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: #FBF3F9;
  --brand-100: #F7E8F3;
  --brand-200: #F1CBE6;
  --brand-300: #e892cf;
  --brand-400: #E274C2;
  --brand-500: #D846AE;
  --brand-600: #CA2B9C;
  --brand-700: #A92382;
  --brand-800: #871C68;
  --brand-900: #62184D;
  --brand-950: #3D0F30;
  --brand: #e892cf;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF4F9;
  --brand-border: #EDC0E0;
  --brand-hover: #E274C2;
  --brand-pressed: #DC57B5;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #241420;
    --brand-ink: #EED3E6;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FBF3F9',
        100: '#F7E8F3',
        200: '#F1CBE6',
        300: '#e892cf',
        400: '#E274C2',
        500: '#D846AE',
        600: '#CA2B9C',
        700: '#A92382',
        800: '#871C68',
        900: '#62184D',
        950: '#3D0F30',
        DEFAULT: '#e892cf',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FBF3F9,
  '100': #F7E8F3,
  '200': #F1CBE6,
  '300': #e892cf,
  '400': #E274C2,
  '500': #D846AE,
  '600': #CA2B9C,
  '700': #A92382,
  '800': #871C68,
  '900': #62184D,
  '950': #3D0F30,
);
$brand-base: #e892cf;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FBF3F9", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F7E8F3", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#F1CBE6", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#e892cf", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#E274C2", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#D846AE", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#CA2B9C", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#A92382", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#871C68", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#62184D", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#3D0F30", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #e892cf · 9.44:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 2.22:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 9.44:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #e892cf as text scores 2.22:1 on white and 9.44:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #691651 at 5.15:1.

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
#CF2C9F · 4.65:1
AA on white−25% L
#CF2C9F
The quick fox
#9C2179 · 7.22:1
AAA on white−37% L
#9C2179
The quick fox
#e892cf · 9.44:1
AA on blackalready passes
#e892cf
The quick fox
#e892cf · 9.44:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#e892cf

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #DF68BD 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
#e892cf on white: 2.22:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#e892cf on black: 9.44:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #e892cf as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #e892cf.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White2.22:1AaAa
Slate 502.13:1AaAa
Slate 1002.03:1AaAa
Slate 2001.80:1AaAa
Slate 3001.50:1AaAa
Slate 4001.15:1AaAa
Slate 5002.14:1AaAa
Slate 6003.41:1AaAa
Slate 7004.66:1AaAa
Slate 8006.58:1AaAa
Slate 9008.03:1AaAa
Black9.44:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #94A6D1
deuteranopia · #AAB3CD
tritanopia · #F194A8

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. #e892cf 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.

#FBF3F9
#F7E8F3
#F1CBE6
#e892cf
#E274C2
#D846AE
#CA2B9C
#A92382
#871C68
#62184D
#3D0F30
Base = 300Lightest = 50 · #FBF3F9Darkest = 950 · #3D0F30Text 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 0.032 338.4);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.051 338.4);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.077 338.4);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.100 338.4);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.118 338.4);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.128 338.4);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.128 338.4);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.121 338.4);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.108 338.4);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.090 338.4);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.071 338.4);
}

Colors that work with #e892cf

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#FAF4F9
Tinted page background
Border#EDC0E0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B4B84
Captions on the surface
Accent#1FAD25
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#691651
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FBEAF6
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#241420
Dark-mode background
Hover#E274C2
One step down in lightness
Pressed#DC57B5
Two steps down
Disabled#F7F3F6
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#F19DD9
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
Your export is ready

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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #e892cf

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 #691651
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #DF68BD

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
  • Weight26/100
  • 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#92E8AB
Analogous left#D692E8
Analogous right#E892A4
Split-complement 1#A4E892
Split-complement 2#92E8D6
Triadic 1#CFE892
Triadic 2#92CFE8
Tetradic#E8D692
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°317°

#e892cf sits at 317°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red91.0%
Green57.3%
Blue81.2%
R · 0–255
232
0xe8
G · 0–255
146
0x92
B · 0–255
207
0xcf

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta37.1%
Yellow10.8%
Key (black)9.0%

Total ink coverage is 57%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#e892cf text on a black background

contrast 9.44:1

Card sample

#e892cf text on a white background

contrast 2.22:1

Card sample

#e892cf on grey

2.03:1

#e892cf on its own surface

2.05:1

#e892cf on its dark surface

7.90:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #e892cf;
Background color
Panel with #e892cf background
background-color: #e892cf;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #e892cf;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(232, 146, 207, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(232, 146, 207, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #e892cf;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e892cf, #E89296);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #e892cf, #E8A492);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #e892cf;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #e892cf;
caret-color: #e892cf;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #e892cf;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FBEAF6;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #e892cf;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#e892cf 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #e892cf 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(232, 146, 207, 0.5)
rgb(232 146 207 / 50%)
#e892cf80
hsl(317 65% 74% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #e892cf 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#e892cf1a#FDF4FA
20%#e892cf33#FAE9F5
40%#e892cf66#F6D3EC
60%#e892cf99#F1BEE2
80%#e892cfcc#EDA8D9

Gradients from #e892cf

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, #F3C4E5, #e892cf 45%, #691651);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #e892cf, #E37D79);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #e892cf, #92E8AB);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F8DEF0 0%, #e892cf 45%, #691651 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAF4F9, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #E1BCF1 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #EDABB4 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #691651 0%, transparent 65%), #e892cf;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #e892cf

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.

#e892cf 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 9.44:1.

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.

#e892cf, answered

What color is #e892cf?

#e892cf is a light vivid magenta / pink, closest to Plum (ΔE2000 5). It sits at 317° on the hue wheel with 65% saturation and 74% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #e892cf?

rgb(232, 146, 207) — 232 red, 146 green and 207 blue out of 255, or 91% / 57.3% / 81.2% by channel.

What is #e892cf in HSL and HSV?

hsl(317, 65%, 74%) and hsv(317, 37%, 91%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #e892cf a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.4222 and perceived brightness is 72%, so black text on it reaches 9.44:1.

Should I use black or white text on #e892cf?

Black. It scores 9.44:1 against #e892cf, versus 2.22:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #e892cf accessible on a white background?

#e892cf on white scores 2.22:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #CF2C9F to reach 4.5:1, or #9C2179 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #e892cf?

#92E8AB sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #A4E892 and #92E8D6, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #e892cf?

For interface work: #FAF4F9 as the surface, #EDC0E0 for borders, #9B4B84 for secondary text, #1FAD25 as an accent and #691651 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #D692E8 and #E892A4 stays calm, while #92E8AB is the loudest partner.

What is #e892cf in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 37%, 11%, 9%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #e892cf warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 40 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #E892AF; nudged cooler, #E391E9.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #e892cf?

The pink family — its 500 step is #ec4899, ΔE2000 15.4 away. That is a visible difference, so define #e892cf as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #e892cf in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#e892cf] or text-[#e892cf], 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 #e892cf with 50% opacity?

rgba(232, 146, 207, 0.5), or #e892cf80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #F4C9E7; over black, #744968.

Is #e892cf a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FF99CC, ΔE2000 5.4 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #e892cf 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 #e892cf?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #F3C4E5, #e892cf 45%, #691651). For more colour, a short hue run to #E37D79 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #e892cf in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #e892cf at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.