Rose and Indigo color palette
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Indigo carries real weight. At an OKLCH lightness of 0.339, it reads as a deep, saturated purple that feels closer to night than to lavender. Rose lands much brighter and warmer, a vivid pink with a slight red lean.
The two sit 70 degrees apart on the wheel, which gives the pairing energy without the clash of true complements. measures 3.47 to 1, enough for large headings on either background but not for body text.
This is a popular web gradient combination. Tailwind users often run from rose through the purple midpoint (#94357D) into indigo for hero sections, buttons, and marketing pages that want a romantic but confident feel.
See Rose and Indigo in use
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Rose Tailwind scale (50-900)
Indigo Tailwind scale (50-900)
Rose to Indigo blend
A continuous interpolation from Rose to Indigo, sampled into the 10 steps below. Tap any swatch to copy its hex.
Why Rose and Indigo blend best in OKLab
The same two colors blended three ways. This site uses OKLab, which keeps the blend smooth and evenly lit. The other two are shown so you can see what to avoid: sRGB darkens and muddies the middle, and HSL detours through colors that are not in your palette.
Accessibility
Do not place Rose text on Indigo (or the reverse) for body copy. For readable text, pair a dark scale step such as rose-800 or indigo-900 with a light one like indigo-50.
Contrast pairing grid
Rows are Rose steps, columns are Indigo steps. Each mark is a Rose step shown on a Indigo step: a check means it clears WCAG AA for text (4.5:1). If you can read the mark, the pairing is legible.
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Copy for Tailwind
Tailwind v4 — @theme (paste into your CSS)
@theme {
--color-rose-50: #FFF5F6;
--color-rose-100: #FFEBEC;
--color-rose-200: #FFDADD;
--color-rose-300: #FEC2C8;
--color-rose-400: #FAA1AB;
--color-rose-500: #E84A6B;
--color-rose-600: #BE3B56;
--color-rose-700: #902A3F;
--color-rose-800: #541522;
--color-rose-900: #24050B;
--color-indigo-50: #F3F0F8;
--color-indigo-100: #E7E2F1;
--color-indigo-200: #D4CAE5;
--color-indigo-300: #B9A9D5;
--color-indigo-400: #967CBD;
--color-indigo-500: #4B0082;
--color-indigo-600: #3C0069;
--color-indigo-700: #2B004E;
--color-indigo-800: #16002C;
--color-indigo-900: #05000F;
}
Tailwind v3 — tailwind.config.js
// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
theme: {
extend: {
colors: {
'rose': {
50: '#FFF5F6',
100: '#FFEBEC',
200: '#FFDADD',
300: '#FEC2C8',
400: '#FAA1AB',
500: '#E84A6B',
600: '#BE3B56',
700: '#902A3F',
800: '#541522',
900: '#24050B',
},
'indigo': {
50: '#F3F0F8',
100: '#E7E2F1',
200: '#D4CAE5',
300: '#B9A9D5',
400: '#967CBD',
500: '#4B0082',
600: '#3C0069',
700: '#2B004E',
800: '#16002C',
900: '#05000F',
},
},
},
},
};
CSS variables
:root {
--rose-50: #FFF5F6;
--rose-100: #FFEBEC;
--rose-200: #FFDADD;
--rose-300: #FEC2C8;
--rose-400: #FAA1AB;
--rose-500: #E84A6B;
--rose-600: #BE3B56;
--rose-700: #902A3F;
--rose-800: #541522;
--rose-900: #24050B;
--indigo-50: #F3F0F8;
--indigo-100: #E7E2F1;
--indigo-200: #D4CAE5;
--indigo-300: #B9A9D5;
--indigo-400: #967CBD;
--indigo-500: #4B0082;
--indigo-600: #3C0069;
--indigo-700: #2B004E;
--indigo-800: #16002C;
--indigo-900: #05000F;
}SCSS variables
$rose-50: #FFF5F6; $rose-100: #FFEBEC; $rose-200: #FFDADD; $rose-300: #FEC2C8; $rose-400: #FAA1AB; $rose-500: #E84A6B; $rose-600: #BE3B56; $rose-700: #902A3F; $rose-800: #541522; $rose-900: #24050B; $indigo-50: #F3F0F8; $indigo-100: #E7E2F1; $indigo-200: #D4CAE5; $indigo-300: #B9A9D5; $indigo-400: #967CBD; $indigo-500: #4B0082; $indigo-600: #3C0069; $indigo-700: #2B004E; $indigo-800: #16002C; $indigo-900: #05000F;
JSON tokens
{
"rose": {
"50": "#FFF5F6",
"100": "#FFEBEC",
"200": "#FFDADD",
"300": "#FEC2C8",
"400": "#FAA1AB",
"500": "#E84A6B",
"600": "#BE3B56",
"700": "#902A3F",
"800": "#541522",
"900": "#24050B"
},
"indigo": {
"50": "#F3F0F8",
"100": "#E7E2F1",
"200": "#D4CAE5",
"300": "#B9A9D5",
"400": "#967CBD",
"500": "#4B0082",
"600": "#3C0069",
"700": "#2B004E",
"800": "#16002C",
"900": "#05000F"
}
}How we name colors
There is no single official authority for naming colors. We use the common, widely recognized name as the primary label for each color (here, Rose and Indigo); many common names are themselves W3C CSS named colors. For transparency we also show the nearest W3C CSS named color and the perceptual distance, ΔE, measured in OKLab. A small ΔE means the name is essentially exact; a larger one means it is the closest standard name rather than a perfect match.
Sources: W3C CSS Color Module Level 4 and the open color-name-list dataset, used to verify every color sits near a recognized name.