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Fuchsia Silk Clear
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Fuchsia Silk Clear

Pink · Hue 300
Hex
#D981D9
RGB
rgb(217, 129, 217)
HSL
hsl(300, 54%, 68%)
CMYK
cmyk(0%, 41%, 0%, 15%)
Metrics
S 54% · L 68%
Contrast (WCAG)
on white
2.6:1Fail
on black
8.1:1AA
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About this color

Fuchsia Silk Clear (#D981D9) belongs to the pink family — hue 300°, 54% saturation, 68% lightness. Copy the hex, RGB, or HSL value above, or paste the CSS custom property below into your stylesheet to reference this color directly.

CSS
:root {
  --colorarchive-fuchsia-silk-clear: #D981D9;
  --colorarchive-fuchsia-silk-clear-hsl: hsl(300, 54%, 68%);
  --colorarchive-fuchsia-silk-clear-rgb: rgb(217, 129, 217);
}

AI Color Names

Let AI suggest alternative poetic names for this color in English and Chinese.

Design Context

SweetNurturingPlayful
Common in

Beauty · Children's Fashion · Dessert Brands

Pairs well with

Mint green for freshness, soft gold for warmth, light gray for sophistication

Design tip

Use for friendly, approachable interfaces. Millennial pink became a design movement — it still works for brands targeting warmth.

Cultural context ▶

Soft pink represents nurturing, innocence, and sweetness. Modern brands have reclaimed it as a gender-neutral color of kindness.

Color Origins

Pink family

From cheap cosmetic to feminist reclamation to gender-neutral comeback.

Heritage

Pink, as a named color, is recent in English (only since the late 17th century, originally referring to the Dianthus flower). The hue itself is even more recent in widespread use — most historical 'reds' that we'd now call pink were either faded cochineal or madder mixed with white lead. The classical Persian rosé and Venetian pink are old, but the cultural identity of 'pink' as its own thing is essentially a 20th-century construction.

Across cultures

Pink-as-girl is a marketing invention from the 1940s; before WWII pink was often suggested for boys ('a stronger, more decided color') and blue for girls. In Japanese culture, sakura pink carries seasonal and nostalgic weight without gender association. In Latin American culture, hot pink is a celebratory color; in much of South Asia, pink is one of the auspicious wedding palette colors. The Pink Triangle was reclaimed from a Nazi badge into a 1970s LGBTQ+ symbol.

In the wild

T-Mobile's magenta is a hard-trademarked, hard-defended brand color. Barbie pink (Pantone 219 C) became its own cultural force in 2023. Owens Corning trademarked the color of its insulation. The Pepto-Bismol pink is calibrated for medicine-cabinet recognizability. Wes Anderson built a career making heritage pinks (The Grand Budapest Hotel) feel deeply specific. Millennial Pink (~2014–2018) was a rebranding effort to make pink read as gender-neutral, sophisticated, and salable to adults.

How it reads

Pink reads softer and warmer than red; biologically it's still a long-wavelength color, but the white in it dampens the arousal response. Light pinks (blush, dusty rose) read as romantic, gentle, premium-feminine. Hot pinks read as energetic, queer-coded, or counterculture. Salmon and coral pinks read as healthy, beachy, or hospitality-friendly. Pink is having a sustained moment in adult-targeted brand design (skincare, DTC, beverage) precisely because it stopped being read as exclusively a children's color.

This particular tone

A confident mid-tone — this is the workhorse register of the hue, and the band where most successful brand colors live.

Lightness band: At mid-lightness the hue carries its full character. This is the band where most identity colors live: bright enough to be distinctive at small sizes, deep enough to sit cleanly on a white canvas.

Saturation band: The clear, mid-saturation register is the most common identity sweet spot — saturated enough to register as a 'real' color, restrained enough not to fight typography or photography placed over it.

Brands using a similar color

Within the public brand-guidelines reference catalog, these are the closest matches to #D981D9.

  • Bilibili 哔哩哔哩primary
    Bilibili Pink · #FB7299
    →
  • PlayStationaccent
    Square Purple · #A363D9
    →
  • Figmaprimary
    Figma Purple · #A259FF
    →

Cultures using a similar color

From the cultural-palette catalog, these regions feature a color close to #D981D9.

  • ScandinaviaFaded Rose
    #D3A6A0 · Vintage Swedish wallpaper
    →
  • MexicoBarragán Earth Pink
    #D77176 · Casa Gilardi, Mexico City (1976)
    →
  • IcelandMidnight Sun Pink
    #F2AEB5 · Horizon light, June
    →

Tonal strip

All lightness levels at this hue and saturation. Click any to navigate.

Palette moves

Instead of stopping at one swatch, use nearby, opposite, and tonal neighbors to branch into a broader palette.

Lighter companion
Fuchsia Bloom Clear
#E3A1E3 · hsl(300, 54%, 76%)
Darker companion
Fuchsia Tone Clear
#D062D0 · hsl(300, 54%, 60%)
Complementary counterpoint
Emerald Silk Clear
#81D981 · hsl(120, 54%, 68%)
Analogous lead
Rose Silk Clear
#D981BC · hsl(320, 54%, 68%)
Analogous echo
Mulberry Silk Clear
#BC81D9 · hsl(280, 54%, 68%)
Triadic +120°
Citrine Silk Clear
#D9D981 · hsl(60, 54%, 68%)
Triadic +240°
Aqua Silk Clear
#81D9D9 · hsl(180, 54%, 68%)
Split-comp +150°
Lime Silk Clear
#ADD981 · hsl(90, 54%, 68%)
Split-comp +210°
Jade Silk Clear
#81D9AD · hsl(150, 54%, 68%)
Export preview
Base: Fuchsia Silk Clear #D981D9
Lighter companion: Fuchsia Bloom Clear #E3A1E3
Darker companion: Fuchsia Tone Clear #D062D0
Complementary counterpoint: Emerald Silk Clear #81D981
Analogous lead: Rose Silk Clear #D981BC
Analogous echo: Mulberry Silk Clear #BC81D9
Triadic +120°: Citrine Silk Clear #D9D981
Triadic +240°: Aqua Silk Clear #81D9D9
Split-comp +150°: Lime Silk Clear #ADD981
Split-comp +210°: Jade Silk Clear #81D9AD

Compare

See how Fuchsia Silk Clear compares side by side with related colors.

vsFuchsia Bloom ClearvsFuchsia Tone ClearvsEmerald Silk ClearvsRose Silk ClearvsMulberry Silk ClearvsCitrine Silk Clear

Nearest neighbors

The closest archive matches by hue, saturation, and lightness.

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Nearby match
Mauve Silk Clear
#D981D2 · hsl(305, 54%, 68%)
Nearby match
Fuchsia Tone Clear
#D062D0 · hsl(300, 54%, 60%)
Nearby match
Fuchsia Bloom Clear
#E3A1E3 · hsl(300, 54%, 76%)
Nearby match
Fuchsia Silk Soft
#C992C9 · hsl(300, 34%, 68%)
Nearby match
Fuchsia Silk Vivid
#EA71EA · hsl(300, 74%, 68%)
Nearby match
Fuchsia Radiant Clear
#C94AC9 · hsl(300, 54%, 54%)

Accessible pairings

Archive colors that meet WCAG contrast standards when paired with this color. Use as text-on-background or background-on-text.

Contrast checker
AAA7:1
Indigo Ink Bright
#061042
AAA7:1
Indigo Ink Pure
#030E45
AAA7:1
Iris Ink Clear
#101037
AAA7.2:1
Iris Ink Vivid
#09093E
AAA7.3:1
Iris Ink Bright
#060642
AAA7.3:1
Iris Ink Pure
#030345

Color Vision Simulation

How this color appears with different color vision deficiencies.

Full simulator
Deuteranopia
#BEC4C4
Protanopia
#BAB9C8
Tritanopia
#D6BAB6
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