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magenta / pink · warm

#eb87cf

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

Token name suggestion: Meadow Peony

RGB
235, 135, 207
HSL
317°, 71%, 73%
CMYK
0, 43, 12, 8
Luminance
0.3950

#eb87cf is a light vivid magenta / pink, 317° on the wheel and 41/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (8.90:1). As text it scores 2.36:1 on white — use #D423A3 instead. Nearest name is Violet, nearest Tailwind family is pink.

hsl(317 71% 73%)rgb(235 135 207)Base step 300AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #eb87cf is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#eb87cf
Hue
317°
magenta / pink
Saturation
71%
vivid
Lightness
73%
light
Brightness
92%
HSV value
Perceived
70%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.3950
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
41/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
8.90:1
Closest name
Violet
ΔE2000 6.3
Chroma
52.0
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.753
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
pink
500 · ΔE 13.6
Web-safe
#FF99CC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue317° of 360°
Saturation71%
Lightness73%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #eb87cf.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool41% 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
Red45%
Green44%
Blue11%

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

Every format

HEX#eb87cf
HEX (8-digit)#eb87cfff
RGBrgb(235, 135, 207)
RGBArgba(235, 135, 207, 1)
HSLhsl(317, 71%, 73%)
HSV / HSBhsv(317, 43%, 92%)
HWBhwb(317 53% 8%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 43%, 12%, 8%)
LABlab(69.1 47.7 -20.6)
LCHlch(69.1 52.0 336.6)
OKLCHoklch(0.753 0.150 338.4)
XYZ (D65)xyz(54.19, 39.50, 63.79)
Decimal15435727
Display P3color(display-p3 0.922 0.529 0.812)
Web-safe#FF99CC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #eb87cf;
background-color: #eb87cf;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #eb87cf;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#eb87cf] bg-[#eb87cf]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #eb87cf;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.922, green: 0.529, blue: 0.812)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.922, green: 0.529, blue: 0.812, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#EB87CF</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFEB87CF)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFEB87CF)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(207, 135, 235)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(235, 135, 207)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(235, 135, 207)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 235, 135, 207)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9216f, 0.5294f, 0.8118f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{235,135,207}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #eb87cf 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #eb87cf 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#6D1254, #EED3E6);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #eb87cf 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: #FCF3F9;
  --brand-100: #F8E7F3;
  --brand-200: #F3C9E7;
  --brand-300: #eb87cf;
  --brand-400: #E76FC5;
  --brand-500: #DF3FB2;
  --brand-600: #D223A1;
  --brand-700: #AF1D86;
  --brand-800: #8C176B;
  --brand-900: #65154F;
  --brand-950: #3F0D31;
  --brand: #eb87cf;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF4F9;
  --brand-border: #EDC0E0;
  --brand-hover: #E668C3;
  --brand-pressed: #E14AB6;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #241420;
    --brand-ink: #EED3E6;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FCF3F9',
        100: '#F8E7F3',
        200: '#F3C9E7',
        300: '#eb87cf',
        400: '#E76FC5',
        500: '#DF3FB2',
        600: '#D223A1',
        700: '#AF1D86',
        800: '#8C176B',
        900: '#65154F',
        950: '#3F0D31',
        DEFAULT: '#eb87cf',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FCF3F9,
  '100': #F8E7F3,
  '200': #F3C9E7,
  '300': #eb87cf,
  '400': #E76FC5,
  '500': #DF3FB2,
  '600': #D223A1,
  '700': #AF1D86,
  '800': #8C176B,
  '900': #65154F,
  '950': #3F0D31,
);
$brand-base: #eb87cf;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FCF3F9", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F8E7F3", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#F3C9E7", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#eb87cf", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#E76FC5", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#DF3FB2", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#D223A1", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#AF1D86", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#8C176B", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#65154F", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#3F0D31", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #eb87cf · 8.90:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 2.36:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 8.90:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #eb87cf as text scores 2.36:1 on white and 8.90:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #6D1254 at 4.77:1.

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
#D423A3 · 4.60:1
AA on white−24% L
#D423A3
The quick fox
#A01B7A · 7.16:1
AAA on white−36% L
#A01B7A
The quick fox
#eb87cf · 8.90:1
AA on blackalready passes
#eb87cf
The quick fox
#eb87cf · 8.90:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#eb87cf

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #E564C1 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
#eb87cf on white: 2.36:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#eb87cf on black: 8.90:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #eb87cf as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #eb87cf.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White2.36:1AaAa
Slate 502.26:1AaAa
Slate 1002.15:1AaAa
Slate 2001.91:1AaAa
Slate 3001.59:1AaAa
Slate 4001.09:1AaAa
Slate 5002.02:1AaAa
Slate 6003.21:1AaAa
Slate 7004.39:1AaAa
Slate 8006.20:1AaAa
Slate 9007.57:1AaAa
Black8.90:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #8A9FD2
deuteranopia · #A4AECC
tritanopia · #F58AA2

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. #eb87cf 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.

#FCF3F9
#F8E7F3
#F3C9E7
#eb87cf
#E76FC5
#DF3FB2
#D223A1
#AF1D86
#8C176B
#65154F
#3F0D31
Base = 300Lightest = 50 · #FCF3F9Darkest = 950 · #3F0D31Text 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 0.037 338.4);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.060 338.4);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.090 338.4);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.117 338.4);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.138 338.4);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.150 338.4);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.150 338.4);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.141 338.4);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.126 338.4);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.105 338.4);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.082 338.4);
}

Colors that work with #eb87cf

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#19B31D
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#6D1254
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FBE9F6
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#241420
Dark-mode background
Hover#E668C3
One step down in lightness
Pressed#E14AB6
Two steps down
Disabled#F4EEF2
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#F492D9
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 #eb87cf

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 #6D1254
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #E564C1

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
  • 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#87EBA3
Analogous left#D587EB
Analogous right#EB879D
Split-complement 1#9DEB87
Split-complement 2#87EBD5
Triadic 1#CFEB87
Triadic 2#87CFEB
Tetradic#EBD587
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°317°

#eb87cf sits at 317°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red92.2%
Green52.9%
Blue81.2%
R · 0–255
235
0xeb
G · 0–255
135
0x87
B · 0–255
207
0xcf

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta42.6%
Yellow11.9%
Key (black)7.8%

Total ink coverage is 62%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#eb87cf text on a black background

contrast 8.90:1

Card sample

#eb87cf text on a white background

contrast 2.36:1

Card sample

#eb87cf on grey

2.15:1

#eb87cf on its own surface

2.18:1

#eb87cf on its dark surface

7.44:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #eb87cf;
Background color
Panel with #eb87cf background
background-color: #eb87cf;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #eb87cf;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(235, 135, 207, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(235, 135, 207, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #eb87cf;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eb87cf, #EB878C);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #eb87cf, #EB9A87);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #eb87cf;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #eb87cf;
caret-color: #eb87cf;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #eb87cf;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FBE9F6;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #eb87cf;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#eb87cf 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #eb87cf 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(235, 135, 207, 0.5)
rgb(235 135 207 / 50%)
#eb87cf80
hsl(317 71% 73% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #eb87cf 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#eb87cf1a#FDF3FA
20%#eb87cf33#FBE7F5
40%#eb87cf66#F7CFEC
60%#eb87cf99#F3B7E2
80%#eb87cfcc#EF9FD9

Gradients from #eb87cf

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, #F4BBE4, #eb87cf 45%, #6D1254);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #eb87cf, #E7706D);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #eb87cf, #87EBA3);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F8D5EE 0%, #eb87cf 45%, #6D1254 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%, #DFB3F2 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #EFA1AC 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #6D1254 0%, transparent 65%), #eb87cf;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #eb87cf

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.

#eb87cf 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 8.90:1.

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.

#eb87cf, answered

What color is #eb87cf?

#eb87cf is a light vivid magenta / pink, closest to Violet (ΔE2000 6.3). It sits at 317° on the hue wheel with 71% saturation and 73% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #eb87cf?

rgb(235, 135, 207) — 235 red, 135 green and 207 blue out of 255, or 92.2% / 52.9% / 81.2% by channel.

What is #eb87cf in HSL and HSV?

hsl(317, 71%, 73%) and hsv(317, 43%, 92%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #eb87cf a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.3950 and perceived brightness is 70%, so black text on it reaches 8.90:1.

Should I use black or white text on #eb87cf?

Black. It scores 8.90:1 against #eb87cf, versus 2.36:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #eb87cf accessible on a white background?

#eb87cf on white scores 2.36:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #D423A3 to reach 4.5:1, or #A01B7A for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #eb87cf?

#87EBA3 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #9DEB87 and #87EBD5, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #eb87cf?

For interface work: #FAF4F9 as the surface, #EDC0E0 for borders, #9B4B84 for secondary text, #19B31D as an accent and #6D1254 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #D587EB and #EB879D stays calm, while #87EBA3 is the loudest partner.

What is #eb87cf in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 43%, 12%, 8%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #eb87cf warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 41 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #EB87AA; nudged cooler, #E385EC.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #eb87cf?

The pink family — its 500 step is #ec4899, ΔE2000 13.6 away. That is a visible difference, so define #eb87cf as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #eb87cf in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#eb87cf] or text-[#eb87cf], 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 #eb87cf with 50% opacity?

rgba(235, 135, 207, 0.5), or #eb87cf80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #F5C3E7; over black, #764468.

Is #eb87cf a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FF99CC, ΔE2000 6.7 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #eb87cf 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 #eb87cf?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #F4BBE4, #eb87cf 45%, #6D1254). For more colour, a short hue run to #E7706D keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #eb87cf in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #eb87cf at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.