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magenta / pink · warm

#fc2dbb

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

Token name suggestion: Atlas Blossom

RGB
252, 45, 187
HSL
319°, 97%, 58%
CMYK
0, 82, 26, 1
Luminance
0.2616

#fc2dbb is a balanced electric magenta / pink, 319° on the wheel and 40/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (6.23:1). As text it scores 3.37:1 on white — large text only. Nearest name is Deep Pink, nearest Tailwind family is pink.

hsl(319 97% 58%)rgb(252 45 187)Base step 500AA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #fc2dbb is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#fc2dbb
Hue
319°
magenta / pink
Saturation
97%
electric
Lightness
58%
balanced
Brightness
99%
HSV value
Perceived
61%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.2616
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
40/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
6.23:1
Closest name
Deep Pink
ΔE2000 7.3
Chroma
87.8
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.675
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
pink
500 · ΔE 6.7
Web-safe
#FF33CC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue319° of 360°
Saturation97%
Lightness58%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #fc2dbb.

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
Red79%
Green7%
Blue14%

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

Every format

HEX#fc2dbb
HEX (8-digit)#fc2dbbff
RGBrgb(252, 45, 187)
RGBArgba(252, 45, 187, 1)
HSLhsl(319, 97%, 58%)
HSV / HSBhsv(319, 82%, 99%)
HWBhwb(319 18% 1%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 82%, 26%, 1%)
LABlab(58.2 84.0 -25.8)
LCHlch(58.2 87.8 342.9)
OKLCHoklch(0.675 0.264 344.9)
XYZ (D65)xyz(50.06, 26.17, 49.42)
Decimal16526779
Display P3color(display-p3 0.988 0.176 0.733)
Web-safe#FF33CC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #fc2dbb;
background-color: #fc2dbb;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #fc2dbb;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#fc2dbb] bg-[#fc2dbb]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #fc2dbb;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.988, green: 0.176, blue: 0.733)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.988, green: 0.176, blue: 0.733, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#FC2DBB</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFFC2DBB)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFFC2DBB)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(187, 45, 252)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(252, 45, 187)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(252, 45, 187)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 252, 45, 187)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9882f, 0.1765f, 0.7333f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{252,45,187}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #fc2dbb 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #fc2dbb 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#7E0257, #EED3E6);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #fc2dbb 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: #FDF1FA;
  --brand-100: #FCE4F4;
  --brand-200: #FBC1E9;
  --brand-300: #FD90DB;
  --brand-400: #FD59C9;
  --brand-500: #fc2dbb;
  --brand-600: #F103A7;
  --brand-700: #C9038B;
  --brand-800: #A1026F;
  --brand-900: #740652;
  --brand-950: #480433;
  --brand: #fc2dbb;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF4F8;
  --brand-border: #EDC0DF;
  --brand-hover: #FC0AB0;
  --brand-pressed: #DE039A;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #24141F;
    --brand-ink: #EED3E6;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FDF1FA',
        100: '#FCE4F4',
        200: '#FBC1E9',
        300: '#FD90DB',
        400: '#FD59C9',
        500: '#fc2dbb',
        600: '#F103A7',
        700: '#C9038B',
        800: '#A1026F',
        900: '#740652',
        950: '#480433',
        DEFAULT: '#fc2dbb',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FDF1FA,
  '100': #FCE4F4,
  '200': #FBC1E9,
  '300': #FD90DB,
  '400': #FD59C9,
  '500': #fc2dbb,
  '600': #F103A7,
  '700': #C9038B,
  '800': #A1026F,
  '900': #740652,
  '950': #480433,
);
$brand-base: #fc2dbb;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FDF1FA", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#FCE4F4", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#FBC1E9", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#FD90DB", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#FD59C9", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#fc2dbb", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#F103A7", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#C9038B", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#A1026F", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#740652", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#480433", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #fc2dbb · 6.23:1
Use #000000AA at every size, AAA for large text only.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 3.37:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 6.23:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #fc2dbb as text scores 3.37:1 on white and 6.23:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #7E0257 at 3.06:1.

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
#DE039A · 4.58:1
AA on white−14% L
#DE039A
The quick fox
#A70273 · 7.24:1
AAA on white−25% L
#A70273
The quick fox
#fc2dbb · 6.23:1
AA on blackalready passes
#fc2dbb
The quick fox
#FD50C6 · 7.14:1
AAA on black+7% L
#FD50C6

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #FC2DBB 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
#fc2dbb on white: 3.37:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#fc2dbb on black: 6.23:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #fc2dbb as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #fc2dbb.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White3.37:1AaAa
Slate 503.22:1AaAa
Slate 1003.08:1AaAa
Slate 2002.73:1AaAa
Slate 3002.27:1AaAa
Slate 4001.31:1AaAa
Slate 5001.41:1AaAa
Slate 6002.25:1AaAa
Slate 7003.07:1AaAa
Slate 8004.34:1AaAa
Slate 9005.30:1AaAa
Black6.23:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #4D76BE
deuteranopia · #8D98B7
tritanopia · #FF2874

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. #fc2dbb 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.

#FDF1FA
#FCE4F4
#FBC1E9
#FD90DB
#FD59C9
#fc2dbb
#F103A7
#C9038B
#A1026F
#740652
#480433
Base = 500Lightest = 50 · #FDF1FADarkest = 950 · #480433Text step on white = 700
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 0.066 344.9);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.106 344.9);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.159 344.9);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.206 344.9);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.243 344.9);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.264 344.9);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.264 344.9);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.248 344.9);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.222 344.9);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.185 344.9);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.145 344.9);
}

Colors that work with #fc2dbb

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#FAF4F8
Tinted page background
Border#EDC0DF
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B4B82
Captions on the surface
Accent#00CC0D
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#7E0257
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FFE6F7
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#24141F
Dark-mode background
Hover#FC0AB0
One step down in lightness
Pressed#DE039A
Two steps down
Disabled#D8C1D1
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#FF3EC3
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 #fc2dbb

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 #7E0257
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
  • Weight42/100
  • 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#2DFC6E
Analogous left#D52DFC
Analogous right#FC2D53
Split-complement 1#53FC2D
Split-complement 2#2DFCD5
Triadic 1#BBFC2D
Triadic 2#2DBBFC
Tetradic#FCD52D
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°319°

#fc2dbb sits at 319°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red98.8%
Green17.6%
Blue73.3%
R · 0–255
252
0xfc
G · 0–255
45
0x2d
B · 0–255
187
0xbb

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta82.1%
Yellow25.8%
Key (black)1.2%

Total ink coverage is 109%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#fc2dbb text on a black background

contrast 6.23:1

Card sample

#fc2dbb text on a white background

contrast 3.37:1

Card sample

#fc2dbb on grey

3.08:1

#fc2dbb on its own surface

3.11:1

#fc2dbb on its dark surface

5.22:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #fc2dbb;
Background color
Panel with #fc2dbb background
background-color: #fc2dbb;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #fc2dbb;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(252, 45, 187, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(252, 45, 187, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #fc2dbb;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fc2dbb, #FC2D31);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #fc2dbb, #FC5C2D);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #fc2dbb;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #fc2dbb;
caret-color: #fc2dbb;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #fc2dbb;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FFE6F7;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #fc2dbb;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#fc2dbb 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #fc2dbb 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(252, 45, 187, 0.5)
rgb(252 45 187 / 50%)
#fc2dbb80
hsl(319 97% 58% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #fc2dbb 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#fc2dbb1a#FFEAF8
20%#fc2dbb33#FED5F1
40%#fc2dbb66#FEABE4
60%#fc2dbb99#FD81D6
80%#fc2dbbcc#FD57C9

Gradients from #fc2dbb

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, #FD69CF, #fc2dbb 45%, #7E0257);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #fc2dbb, #FC1E0F);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #fc2dbb, #2DFC6E);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #FD87D8 0%, #fc2dbb 45%, #7E0257 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAF4F8, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #D25FFD 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #FC4B5D 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #7E0257 0%, transparent 65%), #fc2dbb;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #fc2dbb

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.

#fc2dbb 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 6.23:1.

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.

#fc2dbb, answered

What color is #fc2dbb?

#fc2dbb is a balanced electric magenta / pink, closest to Deep Pink (ΔE2000 7.3). It sits at 319° on the hue wheel with 97% saturation and 58% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #fc2dbb?

rgb(252, 45, 187) — 252 red, 45 green and 187 blue out of 255, or 98.8% / 17.6% / 73.3% by channel.

What is #fc2dbb in HSL and HSV?

hsl(319, 97%, 58%) and hsv(319, 82%, 99%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #fc2dbb a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.2616 and perceived brightness is 61%, so black text on it reaches 6.23:1.

Should I use black or white text on #fc2dbb?

Black. It scores 6.23:1 against #fc2dbb, versus 3.37:1 for white — AA at any size.

Is #fc2dbb accessible on a white background?

#fc2dbb on white scores 3.37:1, which only clears AA for large text — 18.66px bold or 24px regular and up. Darken it to #DE039A to reach 4.5:1, or #A70273 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #fc2dbb?

#2DFC6E sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #53FC2D and #2DFCD5, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #fc2dbb?

For interface work: #FAF4F8 as the surface, #EDC0DF for borders, #9B4B82 for secondary text, #00CC0D as an accent and #7E0257 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #D52DFC and #FC2D53 stays calm, while #2DFC6E is the loudest partner.

What is #fc2dbb in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 82%, 26%, 1%). 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 #fc2dbb 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 #FC2D6F; nudged cooler, #F32BFE.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #fc2dbb?

The pink family — its 500 step is #ec4899, ΔE2000 6.7 away. That is a visible difference, so define #fc2dbb as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #fc2dbb in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#fc2dbb] or text-[#fc2dbb], 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 #fc2dbb with 50% opacity?

rgba(252, 45, 187, 0.5), or #fc2dbb80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #FE96DD; over black, #7E175E.

Is #fc2dbb a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FF33CC, ΔE2000 2.7 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #fc2dbb 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 #fc2dbb?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #FD69CF, #fc2dbb 45%, #7E0257). For more colour, a short hue run to #FC1E0F keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #fc2dbb in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #fc2dbb at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.