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magenta / pink · warm

#f02463

a balanced, electric magenta / pink · warm · closest name: Crimson

Token name suggestion: Atlas Fuchsia

RGB
240, 36, 99
HSL
342°, 87%, 54%
CMYK
0, 85, 59, 6
Luminance
0.2069

#f02463 is a balanced electric magenta / pink, 342° on the wheel and 27/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (5.14:1). As text it scores 4.09:1 on white — large text only. Nearest name is Crimson, nearest Tailwind family is rose.

hsl(342 87% 54%)rgb(240 36 99)Base step 500AA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #f02463 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#f02463
Hue
342°
magenta / pink
Saturation
87%
electric
Lightness
54%
balanced
Brightness
94%
HSV value
Perceived
54%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.2069
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
27/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
5.14:1
Closest name
Crimson
ΔE2000 9.4
Chroma
77.3
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.621
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
rose
500 · ΔE 5.1
Web-safe
#FF3366
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue342° of 360°
Saturation87%
Lightness54%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #f02463.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool27% 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
Red90%
Green6%
Blue4%

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

Every format

HEX#f02463
HEX (8-digit)#f02463ff
RGBrgb(240, 36, 99)
RGBArgba(240, 36, 99, 1)
HSLhsl(342, 87%, 54%)
HSV / HSBhsv(341, 85%, 94%)
HWBhwb(342 14% 6%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 85%, 59%, 6%)
LABlab(52.6 75.2 17.9)
LCHlch(52.6 77.3 13.4)
OKLCHoklch(0.621 0.232 11.1)
XYZ (D65)xyz(38.82, 20.69, 13.75)
Decimal15737955
Display P3color(display-p3 0.941 0.141 0.388)
Web-safe#FF3366

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #f02463;
background-color: #f02463;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #f02463;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#f02463] bg-[#f02463]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #f02463;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.941, green: 0.141, blue: 0.388)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.941, green: 0.141, blue: 0.388, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#F02463</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFF02463)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFF02463)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(99, 36, 240)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(240, 36, 99)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(240, 36, 99)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 240, 36, 99)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9412f, 0.1412f, 0.3882f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{240,36,99}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #f02463 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #f02463 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#77082A, #EED3DB);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #f02463 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: #FDF2F5;
  --brand-100: #FAE5EC;
  --brand-200: #F7C4D4;
  --brand-300: #F896B4;
  --brand-400: #F4618F;
  --brand-500: #f02463;
  --brand-600: #E51051;
  --brand-700: #BF0D44;
  --brand-800: #990A36;
  --brand-900: #6E0C2A;
  --brand-950: #45081A;
  --brand: #f02463;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF4F6;
  --brand-border: #EDC0CE;
  --brand-hover: #E10F50;
  --brand-pressed: #BF0D44;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #241419;
    --brand-ink: #EED3DB;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FDF2F5',
        100: '#FAE5EC',
        200: '#F7C4D4',
        300: '#F896B4',
        400: '#F4618F',
        500: '#f02463',
        600: '#E51051',
        700: '#BF0D44',
        800: '#990A36',
        900: '#6E0C2A',
        950: '#45081A',
        DEFAULT: '#f02463',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FDF2F5,
  '100': #FAE5EC,
  '200': #F7C4D4,
  '300': #F896B4,
  '400': #F4618F,
  '500': #f02463,
  '600': #E51051,
  '700': #BF0D44,
  '800': #990A36,
  '900': #6E0C2A,
  '950': #45081A,
);
$brand-base: #f02463;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FDF2F5", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#FAE5EC", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#F7C4D4", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#F896B4", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#F4618F", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#f02463", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#E51051", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#BF0D44", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#990A36", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#6E0C2A", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#45081A", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #f02463 · 5.14:1
Use #000000AA at every size, AAA for large text only.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 4.09:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 5.14:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #f02463 as text scores 4.09:1 on white and 5.14:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #77082A at 2.77:1.

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
#E61052 · 4.60:1
AA on white−6% L
#E61052
The quick fox
#B10C3F · 7.01:1
AAA on white−17% L
#B10C3F
The quick fox
#f02463 · 5.14:1
AA on blackalready passes
#f02463
The quick fox
#F56792 · 7.24:1
AAA on black+14% L
#F56792

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #F02463 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
#f02463 on white: 4.09:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#f02463 on black: 5.14:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #f02463 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #f02463.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White4.09:1AaAa
Slate 503.91:1AaAa
Slate 1003.73:1AaAa
Slate 2003.32:1AaAa
Slate 3002.75:1AaAa
Slate 4001.59:1AaAa
Slate 5001.16:1AaAa
Slate 6001.85:1AaAa
Slate 7002.53:1AaAa
Slate 8003.58:1AaAa
Slate 9004.37:1AaAa
Black5.14:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #636364
deuteranopia · #968C5E
tritanopia · #FF0042

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. #f02463 is pinned to step 500; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#FDF2F5
#FAE5EC
#F7C4D4
#F896B4
#F4618F
#f02463
#E51051
#BF0D44
#990A36
#6E0C2A
#45081A
Base = 500Lightest = 50 · #FDF2F5Darkest = 950 · #45081AText 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 0.058 11.1);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.093 11.1);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.139 11.1);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.181 11.1);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.213 11.1);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.232 11.1);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.232 11.1);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.218 11.1);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.195 11.1);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.162 11.1);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.128 11.1);
}

Colors that work with #f02463

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#FAF4F6
Tinted page background
Border#EDC0CE
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B4B63
Captions on the surface
Accent#09C35B
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#77082A
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FDE7EE
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#241419
Dark-mode background
Hover#E10F50
One step down in lightness
Pressed#BF0D44
Two steps down
Disabled#CFB5BD
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#FC2C6C
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 #f02463

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Headings from 24px up on white
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
  • Chart series and data categories
Use with care
  • Small text on white — under 4.5:1
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
24px / 18.66px bold
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #77082A
Safe as a 1px border on white
Yes

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.

At this chroma the association is amplified — it will dominate anything placed beside it, so give it space and use it sparingly. The mid lightness keeps it versatile in both themes.

Worth knowing

Strong gendered associations in some markets — test it with the audience you actually have.

Reads as
  • FormalityLow
  • EnergyHigh
  • Weight46/100
  • 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#24F0B1
Analogous left#F024C9
Analogous right#F04B24
Split-complement 1#24F04B
Split-complement 2#24C9F0
Triadic 1#63F024
Triadic 2#2463F0
Tetradic#C9F024
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°342°

#f02463 sits at 342°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red94.1%
Green14.1%
Blue38.8%
R · 0–255
240
0xf0
G · 0–255
36
0x24
B · 0–255
99
0x63

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta85.0%
Yellow58.8%
Key (black)5.9%

Total ink coverage is 150%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#f02463 text on a black background

contrast 5.14:1

Card sample

#f02463 text on a white background

contrast 4.09:1

Card sample

#f02463 on grey

3.73:1

#f02463 on its own surface

3.76:1

#f02463 on its dark surface

4.32:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #f02463;
Background color
Panel with #f02463 background
background-color: #f02463;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #f02463;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(240, 36, 99, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(240, 36, 99, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #f02463;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f02463, #F06D24);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #f02463, #F0A024);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #f02463;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #f02463;
caret-color: #f02463;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #f02463;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FDE7EE;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #f02463;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#f02463 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #f02463 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(240, 36, 99, 0.5)
rgb(240 36 99 / 50%)
#f0246380
hsl(342 87% 54% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #f02463 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#f024631a#FEE9EF
20%#f0246333#FCD3E0
40%#f0246366#F9A7C1
60%#f0246399#F67CA1
80%#f02463cc#F35082

Gradients from #f02463

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, #F45D8C, #f02463 45%, #77082A);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #f02463, #E66E10);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #f02463, #24F0B1);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F67AA0 0%, #f02463 45%, #77082A 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAF4F6, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #F354E2 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #F27141 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #77082A 0%, transparent 65%), #f02463;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #f02463

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.

#f02463 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
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Sits outside most CMYK gamuts — expect a duller press result, or specify a spot ink.

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 5.14:1.

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.

#f02463, answered

What color is #f02463?

#f02463 is a balanced electric magenta / pink, closest to Crimson (ΔE2000 9.4). It sits at 342° on the hue wheel with 87% saturation and 54% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #f02463?

rgb(240, 36, 99) — 240 red, 36 green and 99 blue out of 255, or 94.1% / 14.1% / 38.8% by channel.

What is #f02463 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(342, 87%, 54%) and hsv(341, 85%, 94%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #f02463 a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.2069 and perceived brightness is 54%, so black text on it reaches 5.14:1.

Should I use black or white text on #f02463?

Black. It scores 5.14:1 against #f02463, versus 4.09:1 for white — AA at any size.

Is #f02463 accessible on a white background?

#f02463 on white scores 4.09:1, which only clears AA for large text — 18.66px bold or 24px regular and up. Darken it to #E61052 to reach 4.5:1, or #B10C3F for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #f02463?

#24F0B1 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #24F04B and #24C9F0, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #f02463?

For interface work: #FAF4F6 as the surface, #EDC0CE for borders, #9B4B63 for secondary text, #09C35B as an accent and #77082A for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #F024C9 and #F04B24 stays calm, while #24F0B1 is the loudest partner.

What is #f02463 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 85%, 59%, 6%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — a color this saturated sits outside most CMYK gamuts and will print duller than it looks here.

Is #f02463 warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 27 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #F03024; nudged cooler, #F222AE.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #f02463?

The rose family — its 500 step is #f43f5e, ΔE2000 5.1 away. That is a visible difference, so define #f02463 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #f02463 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#f02463] or text-[#f02463], 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 #f02463 with 50% opacity?

rgba(240, 36, 99, 0.5), or #f0246380 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #F892B1; over black, #781232.

Is #f02463 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FF3366, ΔE2000 4.3 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #f02463 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 #f02463?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #F45D8C, #f02463 45%, #77082A). For more colour, a short hue run to #E66E10 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #f02463 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #f02463 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.