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Deep Pink

Hex #FF1493, rgb(255 20 147). A pink CSS named color.

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About Deep Pink

Deep Pink is a medium vivid pink with the hex code #FF1493. In RGB it is made of 255 red, 20 green and 147 blue; in HSL its hue is 328°, with 100% saturation and 54% lightness. Its perceptual lightness (OKLCH L) is 65.5%.

It is a CSS named color, so you can write "deeppink" anywhere CSS accepts a color. Against white it has a contrast ratio of 3.64:1 and against black 5.77:1, so black text reads better on it and passes WCAG AA for normal text.

Tints, shades and tones

Deep Pink mixed step by step with white, black and middle gray (#808080).

Tints (with white)

Shades (with black)

Tones (with gray)

Deep Pink 50-950 scale

A Tailwind-style scale built in OKLCH; the original color sits on the step with the closest lightness.

Colors that go with Deep Pink

Color harmonies rotate the hue in OKLCH and keep the lightness and chroma. Each color links to its closest named color.

Complementary

Analogous

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Monochromatic

Contrast and readability

WCAG 2 contrast of Deep Pink with white and black. The readable text color on Deep Pink is black.

Deep Pink textSmall text on white

On white3.64:1

  • AA fail
  • AA Large pass
  • AAA fail
  • UI 3:1 pass

APCA Lc 62

Deep Pink textSmall text on black

On black5.77:1

  • AA pass
  • AA Large pass
  • AAA fail
  • UI 3:1 pass

APCA Lc -40

Black text on Deep Pink (#000000)

Test any pair in the contrast checker.

Color blindness preview

How Deep Pink appears with each type of color vision deficiency (simulated with the Machado model).

  • Protanopia#596C95
  • Deuteranopia#96958E
  • Tritanopia#FF0058
  • Protanomaly#9F6493
  • Deuteranomaly#B3828F
  • Tritanomaly#FF007C
  • Achromatopsia#868686

Colors similar to Deep Pink

The closest named colors by perceptual difference (OKLab).

Use Deep Pink in CSS and Tailwind

CSS
.deep-pink {
  color: deeppink; /* #FF1493 */
  background-color: rgb(255 20 147);
  border-color: oklch(65.5% 0.261 356.9);
}
Tailwind CSS
/* Tailwind CSS v4: bg-deep-pink-500, text-deep-pink-700... */
@theme {
  --color-deep-pink-50: #FFF8FA;
  --color-deep-pink-100: #FFE7EF;
  --color-deep-pink-200: #FFCFDE;
  --color-deep-pink-300: #FFA7C6;
  --color-deep-pink-400: #FF67A7;
  --color-deep-pink-500: #FF1493;
  --color-deep-pink-600: #DC007D;
  --color-deep-pink-700: #B20064;
  --color-deep-pink-800: #8F004F;
  --color-deep-pink-900: #750040;
  --color-deep-pink-950: #300017;
}

<!-- or the exact color, no config -->
<div class="bg-[#FF1493] text-[#000000]">…</div>