Tailwind CSS v3 color

Tailwind pink-600 #DB2777

Tailwind CSS v3's pink-600 is #DB2777. It is a vivid pink in the pink family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.592, chroma 0.218 and hue 0.6°. The nearest CSS named color is deeppink (#FF1493), ΔE2000 7.6 away.

Relative luminance
0.1784
OKLCH L · C · h
0.592 · 0.218 · 0.6
Best text
White 4.59:1
Hue family
Pink
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#DB2777 color codes

HEX
#DB2777
RGB
rgb(219, 39, 119)
HSL
hsl(333, 71%, 51%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.592 0.218 0.6)
OKLab
oklab(0.592 0.218 0.002)
CIELAB (D65)
L* 49.31, a* 70.87, b* 0.56
XYZ (D65)
X 33.27, Y 17.85, Z 19.14
CMYK (naive)
cmyk(0%, 82%, 46%, 14%)

CIELAB and XYZ use the D65 white point; CSS lab() uses D50, so paste the OKLCH or HEX value into stylesheets. CMYK here is a plain formula with no press profile.

Legibility

Contrast: is #DB2777 accessible?

White text on it reaches 4.59:1, passing AA. Black text also passes, at 4.56:1.

WCAG 2 gives the same ratio whichever color is the text; APCA does not, so its Lc changes sign and size with polarity.

Open the Contrast System

  • Black text on it

    4.56:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc +33

  • White text on it

    4.59:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc −75

  • As text on black

    4.56:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc −31

  • As text on white

    4.59:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc +70

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

  • For text on white

    #DB2777 4.59:1

    It already reaches 4.59:1 on white, so no change is needed.

  • For text on black

    #DB2777 4.56:1

    It already reaches 4.56:1 on black, so no change is needed.

Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.

Studio

Adjust #DB2777 live

Move lightness, chroma and hue in OKLCH, or drag on the map. The map is every lightness and chroma at the current hue: sRGB inside the solid area, Display P3 out to the dashed line.

The studio needs JavaScript.

Scale

Shades and tints of #DB2777

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #DB2777 sits at step 500.

  1. 50#FFF1F4
    White
    1.09
    Black
    19.14
  2. 100#FFE3EA
    White
    1.20
    Black
    17.42
  3. 200#FFC5D5
    White
    1.47
    Black
    14.19
  4. 300#FF9BB9
    White
    1.97
    Black
    10.64
  5. 400#FF609B
    White
    2.83
    Black
    7.39
  6. 500This color#DB2777
    White
    4.59
    Black
    4.56
  7. 600#C80568
    White
    5.71
    Black
    3.67
  8. 700#A20053
    White
    7.89
    Black
    2.66
  9. 800#78003C
    White
    11.26
    Black
    1.86
  10. 900#510026
    White
    15.24
    Black
    1.37
  11. 950#300014
    White
    18.48
    Black
    1.13

Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.

Tailwind CSS v3 pink scale

The real Tailwind palette, for comparison with the computed ramp above.

  1. 50#FDF2F8
    White
    1.09
    Black
    19.23
  2. 100#FCE7F3
    White
    1.17
    Black
    17.86
  3. 200#FBCFE8
    White
    1.38
    Black
    15.19
  4. 300#F9A8D4
    White
    1.81
    Black
    11.57
  5. 400#F472B6
    White
    2.64
    Black
    7.92
  6. 500#EC4899
    White
    3.52
    Black
    5.95
  7. 600This color#DB2777
    White
    4.59
    Black
    4.56
  8. 700#BE185D
    White
    6.03
    Black
    3.47
  9. 800#9D174D
    White
    7.88
    Black
    2.66
  10. 900#831843
    White
    9.64
    Black
    2.17
  11. 950#500724
    White
    15.03
    Black
    1.39

Gamut

How vivid #DB2777 can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.240; #DB2777 uses 91% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.270 there: 13% more.

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  • sRGB
  • Display P3
  • Rec. 2020
  • Dominant wavelength
OKLCH chroma
0.218
sRGB edge
0.240
Display P3 edge
0.270
Rec. 2020 edge
0.317
Dominant wavelength
Complementary 497 nm
Excitation purity
57%
Chromaticity
x 0.4735, y 0.2540
  • This color#DB2777
  • Most vivid in sRGB#E30076
  • Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.592 0.270 0.6)

On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.

Use the wider color where screens show it
.accent {
  color: #db2777;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 0.8487 0 0.456); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #DB2777

Each row is the same mix worked out in a different space, with the halfway color at its end. sRGB, which older CSS gradients use, can sag gray or dark in the middle; OKLab keeps the lightness steps even; OKLCH holds chroma and hue as it goes.

White #FFFFFF

  • sRGB50%#ED93BB
  • OKLab50%#F79EB9
  • OKLCH50%#F79EB9

Black #000000

  • sRGB50%#6E143C
  • OKLab50%#54082A
  • OKLCH50%#54082A

Its complement #009281

  • sRGB50%#6E5D7C
  • OKLab50%#9A707C
  • OKLCH50%#5B74DD
In CSS
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #db2777, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #db2777 50%, white);

In use

#DB2777 in an interface

A button, a link, a heading, a focused field, an icon and a chart line in this color, on a light page and a dark one. Each check is a WCAG 2 contrast minimum: 1.4.3 for text, 1.4.11 for the rest.

Light page

  • Button labelText, 4.5:14.59:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:14.59:1 Passes
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:14.59:1 Passes
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:14.59:1 Passes

Dark page

  • Button labelText, 4.5:14.59:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:14.07:1 Fails
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:14.07:1 Passes
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:14.07:1 Passes

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #E4327E 4.51:1

Color vision

How #DB2777 looks with color blindness

Deuteranopia changes it most, ΔE2000 34.9; tritanopia changes it least, 11.6.

Simulated with Machado et al. (2009) at full severity, in linear light.

Simulate a whole page What each type sees

  • Protanopia

    No working red (long-wavelength) cones

    #555F79 ΔE2000 32.9

    Distinct

    Reads as grayish blue

  • Deuteranopia

    No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

    #858173 ΔE2000 34.9

    Distinct

    Reads as grayish amber

  • Tritanopia

    No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

    #EE004D ΔE2000 11.6

    Distinct

    Reads as vivid red

  • Achromatopsia

    No cone color vision; lightness only

    #757575 ΔE2000 27.5

    Distinct

    Reads as gray

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #009281. Their lightness contrast is only 1.18:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

VisionThe pairΔE2000Verdict
Normal vision#DB2777 · #00928157.2Stays distinct
Protanopia#555F79 · #8B888023.4Stays distinct
Deuteranopia#858173 · #7B7D8210.3Stays distinct
Tritanopia#EE004D · #00958D64.9Stays distinct
Achromatopsia#757575 · #8282825.1Harder to tell apart

Harmony

Color harmonies for #DB2777

Its complement is #009281, a soft cyan, on the cool side of the wheel.

Hue rotations in OKLCH, mapped into sRGB by trimming chroma so hue and lightness stay put.

Open the Harmony Studio
  • Base#DB2777
  • Complement#009281

Complementary

Open in Harmony Studio
  • −30°#C13AB8
  • Base#DB2777
  • +30°#E22D18

Analogous

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#DB2777
  • +120°#738900
  • +240°#0086C7

Triadic

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#DB2777
  • +150°#009747
  • +210°#008EA0

Split-complementary

Open in Harmony Studio

Code

Design tokens

Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.

CSS custom property

:root {
  --color-pink-600: #db2777;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js — already built in as pink-600;
// pin the v3 value explicitly like this:
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        pink: { 600: '#db2777' },
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  /* v4 has its own pink-600; this pins the v3 value. */
  --color-pink-600: oklch(0.592 0.218 0.6);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "pink-600": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.8588, 0.1529, 0.4667],
        "hex": "#db2777"
      },
      "$description": "Tailwind CSS v3 pink-600"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let pink600 = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.859, green: 0.153, blue: 0.467, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val Pink600 = Color(0xFFDB2777)
}

Matches

The nearest match in each system

The closest CSS name, Tailwind shade, RAL Classic paint and Crayola crayon by ΔE2000; under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side. RAL and Crayola values approximate physical colors.

Neighbors

The eight nearest colors on this site by ΔE2000, closest first. Under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side.

Tools

Open #DB2777 in the tools

Each opens over this page. More colors live in the Color Library, and every color page is listed on the hub.