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Magenta Shadow Soft
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Magenta Shadow Soft

Pink · Hue 290
Hex
#582F60
RGB
rgb(88, 47, 96)
HSL
hsl(290, 34%, 28%)
CMYK
cmyk(8%, 51%, 0%, 62%)
Metrics
S 34% · L 28%
Contrast (WCAG)
on white
10.6:1AA
on black
2:1Fail
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About this color

Magenta Shadow Soft (#582F60) belongs to the pink family — hue 290°, 34% saturation, 28% 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-magenta-shadow-soft: #582F60;
  --colorarchive-magenta-shadow-soft-hsl: hsl(290, 34%, 28%);
  --colorarchive-magenta-shadow-soft-rgb: rgb(88, 47, 96);
}

AI Color Names

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

Design Context

SensualDramaticSophisticated
Common in

Fine Wine · Luxury Lingerie · Event Design

Pairs well with

Gold for opulence, charcoal for drama, deep emerald for richness

Design tip

Use sparingly as an accent in luxury interfaces. Deep pink against dark backgrounds creates an unforgettable visual signature.

Cultural context ▶

Deep pinks and magentas bridge passion and sophistication. Common in luxury branding and high-fashion editorials.

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 deep, weighted version of the hue — formal, considered, and pairs especially well with off-white and warm metallic accents.

Lightness band: At this depth the hue starts behaving like a neutral — it can substitute for black in many contexts while still carrying a faint chromatic temperature. It pairs especially well with off-whites and warm metallics.

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 #582F60.

  • Aesopprimary
    Aesop Amber · #5C2E1F
    →
  • Slackprimary
    Aubergine · #4A154B
    →
  • Airbnbneutral
    Hof Gray · #484848
    →

Cultures using a similar color

From the cultural-palette catalog, these regions feature a color close to #582F60.

  • France (Paris)Bordeaux Wine
    #5C2E2A · Bordeaux region red wine
    →
  • Italy (Tuscany)Chianti Wine
    #722F37 · Sangiovese grape
    →
  • BrazilAçaí Purple
    #3D1F4D · Euterpe oleracea berry
    →

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
Magenta Dusk Soft
#6A3974 · hsl(290, 34%, 34%)
Darker companion
Magenta Nocturne Soft
#3F2244 · hsl(290, 34%, 20%)
Complementary counterpoint
Leaf Shadow Soft
#37602F · hsl(110, 34%, 28%)
Analogous lead
Peony Shadow Soft
#602F58 · hsl(310, 34%, 28%)
Analogous echo
Plum Shadow Soft
#472F60 · hsl(270, 34%, 28%)
Triadic +120°
Amber Shadow Soft
#60582F · hsl(50, 34%, 28%)
Triadic +240°
Lagoon Shadow Soft
#2F6058 · hsl(170, 34%, 28%)
Split-comp +150°
Olive Shadow Soft
#4F602F · hsl(80, 34%, 28%)
Split-comp +210°
Seafoam Shadow Soft
#2F603F · hsl(140, 34%, 28%)
Export preview
Base: Magenta Shadow Soft #582F60
Lighter companion: Magenta Dusk Soft #6A3974
Darker companion: Magenta Nocturne Soft #3F2244
Complementary counterpoint: Leaf Shadow Soft #37602F
Analogous lead: Peony Shadow Soft #602F58
Analogous echo: Plum Shadow Soft #472F60
Triadic +120°: Amber Shadow Soft #60582F
Triadic +240°: Lagoon Shadow Soft #2F6058
Split-comp +150°: Olive Shadow Soft #4F602F
Split-comp +210°: Seafoam Shadow Soft #2F603F

Compare

See how Magenta Shadow Soft compares side by side with related colors.

vsMagenta Dusk SoftvsMagenta Nocturne SoftvsLeaf Shadow SoftvsPeony Shadow SoftvsPlum Shadow SoftvsAmber Shadow Soft

Nearest neighbors

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

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Nearby match
Magenta Shadow Dust
#54355A · hsl(290, 26%, 28%)
Nearby match
Magenta Dusk Soft
#6A3974 · hsl(290, 34%, 34%)
Nearby match
Magenta Nocturne Soft
#3F2244 · hsl(290, 34%, 20%)
Nearby match
Magenta Shadow Muted
#503B54 · hsl(290, 18%, 28%)
Nearby match
Magenta Dusk Dust
#66406D · hsl(290, 26%, 34%)
Nearby match
Magenta Shadow Clear
#61216E · hsl(290, 54%, 28%)

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
AAA10.1:1
Leaf Veil Faint
#FAFAF9
AAA10.1:1
Leaf Veil Muted
#F9FBF9
AAA10.1:1
Leaf Veil Dust
#F9FBF9
AAA10.2:1
Leaf Veil Soft
#F9FCF8
AAA10.2:1
Leaf Veil Clear
#F8FDF7
AAA10.3:1
Leaf Veil Vivid
#F7FEF6

Color Vision Simulation

How this color appears with different color vision deficiencies.

Full simulator
Deuteranopia
#4C4E55
Protanopia
#4A4957
Tritanopia
#564F4D
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