Magenta Dye #CA1F7B

Magenta Dye (#CA1F7B) is a mid-tone, vivid pink with an OKLCH hue of 355°, lightness 0.56 and chroma 0.213. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as an accent color: strong in focal moments, dominant over large fields.

Color values

HEX#CA1F7B
RGBrgb(202, 31, 123)
HSLhsl(328, 73%, 46%)
HSVhsv(328, 85%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 85%, 39%, 21%)
CIE Lablab(45.6 68.9 -7.7)
OKLCHoklch(0.559 0.213 355)

How Magenta Dye behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Magenta Dye shifts subtly: leans toward red; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 1.2), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Contrast & accessibility

Against white it measures 5.26:1 and against black 3.99:1, so white text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.

Palettes built from Magenta Dye

Tonal

One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.

#ffafce · #f76aa9 · #ca1f7b · #a30060 · #6b003d · #38001d

Analogous

The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.

#ed685e · #df466a · #ca1f7b · #a41e88 · #7e1d8b · #591a85

Shifted

The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.

#ff8e54 · #c77d57 · #ca1f7b · #9d0d5d · #720041 · #3f1500

Contrast

One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.

#00e4be · #b58597 · #ca1f7b · #853459 · #5f193b · #35091f

Quiet Support

The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.

#def9f0 · #a58590 · #ca1f7b · #4d5f5a · #381a26 · #000402

Bright Accent

This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.

#e8f5f1 · #becec9 · #90a29d · #132b25 · #000905 · #ca1f7b

Complementary

The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.

#d8dbb5 · #36c191 · #a177a6 · #ca1f7b · #52674c · #1e0504

Split-complementary

The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.

#cbffef · #3ba945 · #ca1f7b · #006770 · #002f04 · #000304

Triadic

Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.

#f0f8c7 · #8d9800 · #ca1f7b · #00628a · #00293d · #020200

Tetradic

Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.

#fff0d2 · #b48700 · #ca1f7b · #006a57 · #02017b · #000402

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#D94C8F · #E86DA3 · #F58CB7 · #FFACCC · #FFCFE1

Shades

#AC0766 · #8B0051 · #6B003D · #4D002A · #310018

Muted

#BB3F7A · #AA5278 · #986177

Using Magenta Dye

Its chroma is high enough to carry accents, calls to action, and focal moments; large fields of it will dominate a composition. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.

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