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magenta / pink · warm

#f484ba

a light, electric magenta / pink · warm · closest name: Hot Pink

Token name suggestion: Drift Fuchsia

RGB
244, 132, 186
HSL
331°, 84%, 74%
CMYK
0, 46, 24, 4
Luminance
0.3928

#f484ba is a light electric magenta / pink, 331° on the wheel and 33/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (8.86:1). As text it scores 2.37:1 on white — use #E41478 instead. Nearest name is Hot Pink, nearest Tailwind family is pink.

hsl(331 84% 74%)rgb(244 132 186)Base step 300AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #f484ba is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#f484ba
Hue
331°
magenta / pink
Saturation
84%
electric
Lightness
74%
light
Brightness
96%
HSV value
Perceived
70%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.3928
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
33/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
8.86:1
Closest name
Hot Pink
ΔE2000 5.1
Chroma
49.8
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.752
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
pink
500 · ΔE 11.6
Web-safe
#FF99CC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue331° of 360°
Saturation84%
Lightness74%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #f484ba.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool33% 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
Red49%
Green42%
Blue9%

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

Every format

HEX#f484ba
HEX (8-digit)#f484baff
RGBrgb(244, 132, 186)
RGBArgba(244, 132, 186, 1)
HSLhsl(331, 84%, 74%)
HSV / HSBhsv(331, 46%, 96%)
HWBhwb(331 52% 4%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 46%, 24%, 4%)
LABlab(69.0 49.0 -9.0)
LCHlch(69.0 49.8 349.6)
OKLCHoklch(0.752 0.149 351.0)
XYZ (D65)xyz(54.42, 39.29, 51.16)
Decimal16024762
Display P3color(display-p3 0.957 0.518 0.729)
Web-safe#FF99CC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #f484ba;
background-color: #f484ba;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #f484ba;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#f484ba] bg-[#f484ba]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #f484ba;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.957, green: 0.518, blue: 0.729)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.957, green: 0.518, blue: 0.729, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#F484BA</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFF484BA)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFF484BA)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(186, 132, 244)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(244, 132, 186)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(244, 132, 186)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 244, 132, 186)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9569f, 0.5176f, 0.7294f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{244,132,186}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #f484ba 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #f484ba 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#750A3E, #EED3E0);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #f484ba 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: #FCF2F7;
  --brand-100: #FAE6EF;
  --brand-200: #F6C5DD;
  --brand-300: #f484ba;
  --brand-400: #F165A8;
  --brand-500: #ED318B;
  --brand-600: #E11477;
  --brand-700: #BB1163;
  --brand-800: #960D4F;
  --brand-900: #6C0E3B;
  --brand-950: #440925;
  --brand: #f484ba;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF4F7;
  --brand-border: #EDC0D5;
  --brand-hover: #F163A7;
  --brand-pressed: #EE4295;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #24141C;
    --brand-ink: #EED3E0;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FCF2F7',
        100: '#FAE6EF',
        200: '#F6C5DD',
        300: '#f484ba',
        400: '#F165A8',
        500: '#ED318B',
        600: '#E11477',
        700: '#BB1163',
        800: '#960D4F',
        900: '#6C0E3B',
        950: '#440925',
        DEFAULT: '#f484ba',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FCF2F7,
  '100': #FAE6EF,
  '200': #F6C5DD,
  '300': #f484ba,
  '400': #F165A8,
  '500': #ED318B,
  '600': #E11477,
  '700': #BB1163,
  '800': #960D4F,
  '900': #6C0E3B,
  '950': #440925,
);
$brand-base: #f484ba;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FCF2F7", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#FAE6EF", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#F6C5DD", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#f484ba", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#F165A8", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#ED318B", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#E11477", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#BB1163", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#960D4F", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#6C0E3B", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#440925", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #f484ba · 8.86:1
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 · 8.86:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #f484ba as text scores 2.37:1 on white and 8.86:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #750A3E at 4.74:1.

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
#E41478 · 4.50:1
AA on white−25% L
#E41478
The quick fox
#AC0F5B · 7.06:1
AAA on white−37% L
#AC0F5B
The quick fox
#f484ba · 8.86:1
AA on blackalready passes
#f484ba
The quick fox
#f484ba · 8.86:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#f484ba

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #F15EA5 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
#f484ba on white: 2.37:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#f484ba on black: 8.86:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #f484ba as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #f484ba.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White2.37:1AaAa
Slate 502.27:1AaAa
Slate 1002.16:1AaAa
Slate 2001.92:1AaAa
Slate 3001.60:1AaAa
Slate 4001.08:1AaAa
Slate 5002.01:1AaAa
Slate 6003.20:1AaAa
Slate 7004.37:1AaAa
Slate 8006.17:1AaAa
Slate 9007.53:1AaAa
Black8.86:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #909CBC
deuteranopia · #ADB0B7
tritanopia · #FF8098

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. #f484ba 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.

#FCF2F7
#FAE6EF
#F6C5DD
#f484ba
#F165A8
#ED318B
#E11477
#BB1163
#960D4F
#6C0E3B
#440925
Base = 300Lightest = 50 · #FCF2F7Darkest = 950 · #440925Text 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 0.037 351.0);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.060 351.0);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.089 351.0);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.116 351.0);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.137 351.0);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.149 351.0);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.149 351.0);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.140 351.0);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.125 351.0);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.104 351.0);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.082 351.0);
}

Colors that work with #f484ba

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#EDC0D5
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B4B71
Captions on the surface
Accent#0CC03D
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#750A3E
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FDE8F2
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#24141C
Dark-mode background
Hover#F163A7
One step down in lightness
Pressed#EE4295
Two steps down
Disabled#F6F2F4
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#FB91C4
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 #f484ba

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 #750A3E
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #F15EA5

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 lightness keeps it airy and approachable.

Worth knowing

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

Reads as
  • FormalityLow
  • EnergyHigh
  • 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#84F4BE
Analogous left#F484F2
Analogous right#F48684
Split-complement 1#84F486
Split-complement 2#84F2F4
Triadic 1#BAF484
Triadic 2#84BAF4
Tetradic#F2F484
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°331°

#f484ba sits at 331°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red95.7%
Green51.8%
Blue72.9%
R · 0–255
244
0xf4
G · 0–255
132
0x84
B · 0–255
186
0xba

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta45.9%
Yellow23.8%
Key (black)4.3%

Total ink coverage is 74%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#f484ba text on a black background

contrast 8.86:1

Card sample

#f484ba text on a white background

contrast 2.37:1

Card sample

#f484ba on grey

2.16:1

#f484ba on its own surface

2.18:1

#f484ba on its dark surface

7.43:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #f484ba;
Background color
Panel with #f484ba background
background-color: #f484ba;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #f484ba;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(244, 132, 186, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(244, 132, 186, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #f484ba;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f484ba, #F49984);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #f484ba, #F4B584);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #f484ba;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #f484ba;
caret-color: #f484ba;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #f484ba;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FDE8F2;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #f484ba;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#f484ba 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #f484ba 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(244, 132, 186, 0.5)
rgb(244 132 186 / 50%)
#f484ba80
hsl(331 84% 74% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #f484ba 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#f484ba1a#FEF3F8
20%#f484ba33#FDE6F1
40%#f484ba66#FBCEE3
60%#f484ba99#F8B5D6
80%#f484bacc#F69DC8

Gradients from #f484ba

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, #F9BCD9, #f484ba 45%, #750A3E);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #f484ba, #F18D68);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #f484ba, #84F4BE);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #FCD8E9 0%, #f484ba 45%, #750A3E 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%, #F4B3F8 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #F7A9A0 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #750A3E 0%, transparent 65%), #f484ba;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #f484ba

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.

#f484ba 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

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 8.86:1.

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.

#f484ba, answered

What color is #f484ba?

#f484ba is a light electric magenta / pink, closest to Hot Pink (ΔE2000 5.1). It sits at 331° on the hue wheel with 84% saturation and 74% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #f484ba?

rgb(244, 132, 186) — 244 red, 132 green and 186 blue out of 255, or 95.7% / 51.8% / 72.9% by channel.

What is #f484ba in HSL and HSV?

hsl(331, 84%, 74%) and hsv(331, 46%, 96%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #f484ba a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.3928 and perceived brightness is 70%, so black text on it reaches 8.86:1.

Should I use black or white text on #f484ba?

Black. It scores 8.86:1 against #f484ba, versus 2.37:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #f484ba accessible on a white background?

#f484ba on white scores 2.37:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #E41478 to reach 4.5:1, or #AC0F5B for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #f484ba?

#84F4BE sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #84F486 and #84F2F4, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #f484ba?

For interface work: #FAF4F7 as the surface, #EDC0D5 for borders, #9B4B71 for secondary text, #0CC03D as an accent and #750A3E for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #F484F2 and #F48684 stays calm, while #84F4BE is the loudest partner.

What is #f484ba in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 46%, 24%, 4%). 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 #f484ba warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 33 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #F48491; nudged cooler, #F583E4.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #f484ba?

The pink family — its 500 step is #ec4899, ΔE2000 11.6 away. That is a visible difference, so define #f484ba as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #f484ba in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#f484ba] or text-[#f484ba], 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 #f484ba with 50% opacity?

rgba(244, 132, 186, 0.5), or #f484ba80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #FAC2DD; over black, #7A425D.

Is #f484ba a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FF99CC, ΔE2000 4.9 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #f484ba 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 #f484ba?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #F9BCD9, #f484ba 45%, #750A3E). For more colour, a short hue run to #F18D68 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #f484ba in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #f484ba at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.