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#DA90CC — Light Muted Pink

#DA90CC is a pink color we call Light Muted Pink, closest to the named color Plum (#DDA0DD). It belongs to the pink family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: plum (#DDA0DD) — not an exact match. CSS plum gives you #DDA0DD, a different color; use #DA90CC when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#DA90CC is a warm-leaning pink color associated with playfulness, romance and softness. It sits comfortably in the middle: usable for large areas in soft schemes, or as a supporting color beside something stronger.

Its strongest partner is its complement #90DA9E; it also sits naturally between #C390DA and #DA90A7. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#DA90CC · RGB 218, 144, 204

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Color values

HEX#DA90CC
RGB218, 144, 204
HSL311°, 50%, 71%
HSV311°, 34%, 85%
CMYK0%, 34%, 6%, 15%
XYZ49.79, 39.21, 62.07
Yxy39.21, 0.3296, 0.2596
CIE-Lab68.90, 37.08, -19.45
Hunter Lab62.62, 36.25, -19.05

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 85% · Green 56% · Blue 80%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 34% · Yellow 6% · Key 15%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #DA90CC on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #DA90CC on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #DA90CC

.text { color: #DA90CC; }
.background { background-color: #DA90CC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DA90CC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(218, 144, 204); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(311, 50%, 71%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DA90CC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(218, 144, 204, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DA90CC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(218, 144, 204, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#DA90CC">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#DA90CC">Div content here</div>

Shades of #DA90CC

#D175C0#C95EB6#C144AA#A83894#913080#772868#5C1F51#411639#2A0E25#0F050D

Tints of #DA90CC

#DE9CD2#E0A3D5#E4AFDA#E7B6DE#EBC2E3#EDC9E7#F1D5EC#F4DDEF#F7E8F5#FAF0F8

Tones of #DA90CC

#D595C9#D09AC6#CAA0C3#C5A6BF#BFABBC#BAB0B8

Color harmonies

Complementary — #90DA9E:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.37:1 Fails
Against black text8.84:1 AAA

Best text color on #DA90CC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #DA90CC

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #DA90CC: ·

How #DA90CC looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #BAB9BDDeuteranopia · #BEC4BATritanopia · #D6B2B0

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Material Grey 500 · #9E9E9ETailwind fuchsia 500 · #D946EFTailwind purple 500 · #A855F7

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #DA90CC rather than the exact color:

Lucky Ruby Canyon
#AB53C6 · #D991CA · #B53B63 · #C65949
Palette B33791
#B33791 · #C562AF · #DB8DD0 · #FEC5F6
Vintage Ruby Saffron
#E3B0D6 · #D78EC5 · #732B61 · #4D1940
Radiant Dusk
#E28DCA · #D133A5 · #8D1B6D · #591747
Palette F5f5f5
#F5F5F5 · #F8E7F6 · #DD88CF · #4B164C
Palette 15173d
#15173D · #982598 · #E491C9 · #F1E9E9

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#D991CA#DB8DD0#D78EC5#E28DCA#DD88CF#E491C9#E893CF#D895DA#CD90D5#DB93BC#E594D8#CA8BCD

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DA90CB  ·  #DA90CD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DA90CC?

#DA90CC is Light Muted Pink, a pink color (RGB 218, 144, 204). Its closest standard named color is Plum.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DA90CC?

#DA90CC is RGB 218, 144, 204 — HSL 311°, 50%, 71% — CMYK 0%, 34%, 6%, 15%.

What colors go with #DA90CC?

Its complement is #90DA9E; analogous partners are #C390DA and #DA90A7. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DA90CC for text?

Black text on #DA90CC has a contrast ratio of 8.84:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.37:1.