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magenta / pink · neutral

#e7cfe3

a pale, soft magenta / pink · neutral · closest name: Thistle

Token name suggestion: Mist Peony

RGB
231, 207, 227
HSL
310°, 33%, 86%
CMYK
0, 10, 2, 9
Luminance
0.6716

#e7cfe3 is a pale soft magenta / pink, 310° on the wheel and 45/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (14.43:1). As text it scores 1.46:1 on white — use #AB589E instead. Nearest name is Thistle, nearest Tailwind family is pink.

hsl(310 33% 86%)rgb(231 207 227)Base step 200AAA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #e7cfe3 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#e7cfe3
Hue
310°
magenta / pink
Saturation
33%
soft
Lightness
86%
pale
Brightness
91%
HSV value
Perceived
85%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.6716
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
45/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
14.43:1
Closest name
Thistle
ΔE2000 4.1
Chroma
13.6
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.880
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
pink
500 · ΔE 30
Web-safe
#FFCCCC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue310° of 360°
Saturation33%
Lightness86%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #e7cfe3.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool45% cool

Reads neutral. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red25%
Green66%
Blue8%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#e7cfe3
HEX (8-digit)#e7cfe3ff
RGBrgb(231, 207, 227)
RGBArgba(231, 207, 227, 1)
HSLhsl(310, 33%, 86%)
HSV / HSBhsv(310, 10%, 91%)
HWBhwb(310 81% 9%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 10%, 2%, 9%)
LABlab(85.6 11.8 -6.8)
LCHlch(85.6 13.6 330.0)
OKLCHoklch(0.880 0.038 331.4)
XYZ (D65)xyz(69.13, 67.16, 81.98)
Decimal15192035
Display P3color(display-p3 0.906 0.812 0.890)
Web-safe#FFCCCC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #e7cfe3;
background-color: #e7cfe3;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #e7cfe3;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#e7cfe3] bg-[#e7cfe3]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #e7cfe3;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.906, green: 0.812, blue: 0.890)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.906, green: 0.812, blue: 0.890, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#E7CFE3</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFE7CFE3)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFE7CFE3)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(227, 207, 231)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(231, 207, 227)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(231, 207, 227)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 231, 207, 227)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9059f, 0.8118f, 0.8902f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{231,207,227}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #e7cfe3 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #e7cfe3 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#552B4E, #EBD6E7);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #e7cfe3 h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F9F5F9;
  --brand-100: #F4ECF2;
  --brand-200: #e7cfe3;
  --brand-300: #DAB4D3;
  --brand-400: #C78FBE;
  --brand-500: #B469A8;
  --brand-600: #A35296;
  --brand-700: #88447D;
  --brand-800: #6D3664;
  --brand-900: #502A4A;
  --brand-950: #321B2E;
  --brand: #e7cfe3;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF5F9;
  --brand-border: #E4C9DF;
  --brand-hover: #DBB7D5;
  --brand-pressed: #CF9FC7;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #241422;
    --brand-ink: #EBD6E7;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F9F5F9',
        100: '#F4ECF2',
        200: '#e7cfe3',
        300: '#DAB4D3',
        400: '#C78FBE',
        500: '#B469A8',
        600: '#A35296',
        700: '#88447D',
        800: '#6D3664',
        900: '#502A4A',
        950: '#321B2E',
        DEFAULT: '#e7cfe3',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F9F5F9,
  '100': #F4ECF2,
  '200': #e7cfe3,
  '300': #DAB4D3,
  '400': #C78FBE,
  '500': #B469A8,
  '600': #A35296,
  '700': #88447D,
  '800': #6D3664,
  '900': #502A4A,
  '950': #321B2E,
);
$brand-base: #e7cfe3;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F9F5F9", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F4ECF2", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#e7cfe3", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#DAB4D3", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#C78FBE", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#B469A8", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#A35296", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#88447D", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#6D3664", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#502A4A", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#321B2E", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #e7cfe3 · 14.43:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.46:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 14.43:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #e7cfe3 as text scores 1.46:1 on white and 14.43:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #552B4E at 7.84:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#AB589E · 4.54:1
AA on white−35% L
#AB589E
The quick fox
#814076 · 7.17:1
AAA on white−48% L
#814076
The quick fox
#e7cfe3 · 14.43:1
AA on blackalready passes
#e7cfe3
The quick fox
#e7cfe3 · 14.43:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#e7cfe3

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #BE7DB3 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#e7cfe3 on white: 1.46:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#e7cfe3 on black: 14.43:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #e7cfe3 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #e7cfe3.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.46:1AaAa
Slate 501.39:1AaAa
Slate 1001.33:1AaAa
Slate 2001.18:1AaAa
Slate 3001.02:1AaAa
Slate 4001.76:1AaAa
Slate 5003.27:1AaAa
Slate 6005.21:1AaAa
Slate 7007.12:1AaAa
Slate 80010.05:1AaAa
Slate 90012.27:1AaAa
Black14.43:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #CFD4E4
deuteranopia · #D4D7E2
tritanopia · #E9D0D5

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #e7cfe3 is pinned to step 200; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F9F5F9
#F4ECF2
#e7cfe3
#DAB4D3
#C78FBE
#B469A8
#A35296
#88447D
#6D3664
#502A4A
#321B2E
Base = 200Lightest = 50 · #F9F5F9Darkest = 950 · #321B2EText step on white = 600
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.009 331.4);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.015 331.4);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.023 331.4);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.029 331.4);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.035 331.4);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.038 331.4);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.038 331.4);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.035 331.4);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.032 331.4);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.026 331.4);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.021 331.4);
}

Colors that work with #e7cfe3

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#FAF5F9
Tinted page background
Border#E4C9DF
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#994D8C
Captions on the surface
Accent#478B41
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#552B4E
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F6EEF5
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#241422
Dark-mode background
Hover#DBB7D5
One step down in lightness
Pressed#CF9FC7
Two steps down
Disabled#F7F3F6
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#F0DAED
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #e7cfe3

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Charts, tags and secondary surfaces
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • White text placed on it
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #552B4E
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #BE7DB3

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

expressiveyouthfulwarmconfident

Pink is the fastest way to signal that a product is not another enterprise dashboard. It carries beauty, fashion and culture brands.

The muted chroma softens the association — it reads considered rather than loud, which suits long-form and data-heavy screens. The high lightness makes it recede — a surface colour rather than a statement.

Worth knowing

Strong gendered associations in some markets — test it with the audience you actually have.

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium
  • Weight14/100
  • TemperatureNeutral
  • ApproachabilityHigh

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#CFE7D3
Analogous left#DFCFE7
Analogous right#E7CFD7
Split-complement 1#D7E7CF
Split-complement 2#CFE7DF
Triadic 1#E3E7CF
Triadic 2#CFE3E7
Tetradic#E7DFCF
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°310°

#e7cfe3 sits at 310°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red90.6%
Green81.2%
Blue89.0%
R · 0–255
231
0xe7
G · 0–255
207
0xcf
B · 0–255
227
0xe3

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta10.4%
Yellow1.7%
Key (black)9.4%

Total ink coverage is 22%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#e7cfe3 text on a black background

contrast 14.43:1

Card sample

#e7cfe3 text on a white background

contrast 1.46:1

Card sample

#e7cfe3 on grey

1.33:1

#e7cfe3 on its own surface

1.35:1

#e7cfe3 on its dark surface

12.05:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #e7cfe3;
Background color
Panel with #e7cfe3 background
background-color: #e7cfe3;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #e7cfe3;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(231, 207, 227, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(231, 207, 227, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #e7cfe3;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e7cfe3, #E7CFD3);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #e7cfe3, #E7D1CF);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #e7cfe3;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #e7cfe3;
caret-color: #e7cfe3;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #e7cfe3;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F6EEF5;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #e7cfe3;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#e7cfe3 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #e7cfe3 over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(231, 207, 227, 0.5)
rgb(231 207 227 / 50%)
#e7cfe380
hsl(310 33% 86% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #e7cfe3 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#e7cfe31a#FDFAFC
20%#e7cfe333#FAF5F9
40%#e7cfe366#F5ECF4
60%#e7cfe399#F1E2EE
80%#e7cfe3cc#ECD9E9

Gradients from #e7cfe3

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #F8F1F7, #e7cfe3 45%, #552B4E);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #e7cfe3, #DDBBBE);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #e7cfe3, #CFE7D3);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #FAF5F9 0%, #e7cfe3 45%, #552B4E 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAF5F9, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #F5F1F8 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #F1E3E7 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #552B4E 0%, transparent 65%), #e7cfe3;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #e7cfe3

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#e7cfe3 in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
BeautyFashionLifestyleYouth brands
Common UI roles
SurfacesBadgesHighlightsEmpty states
Print note

Very light tints can drop out on uncoated stock; check it at 100% size before signing off.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 14.43:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#e7cfe3, answered

What color is #e7cfe3?

#e7cfe3 is a pale soft magenta / pink, closest to Thistle (ΔE2000 4.1). It sits at 310° on the hue wheel with 33% saturation and 86% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #e7cfe3?

rgb(231, 207, 227) — 231 red, 207 green and 227 blue out of 255, or 90.6% / 81.2% / 89% by channel.

What is #e7cfe3 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(310, 33%, 86%) and hsv(310, 10%, 91%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #e7cfe3 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.6716 and perceived brightness is 85%, so black text on it reaches 14.43:1.

Should I use black or white text on #e7cfe3?

Black. It scores 14.43:1 against #e7cfe3, versus 1.46:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #e7cfe3 accessible on a white background?

#e7cfe3 on white scores 1.46:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #AB589E to reach 4.5:1, or #814076 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #e7cfe3?

#CFE7D3 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #D7E7CF and #CFE7DF, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #e7cfe3?

For interface work: #FAF5F9 as the surface, #E4C9DF for borders, #994D8C for secondary text, #478B41 as an accent and #552B4E for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #DFCFE7 and #E7CFD7 stays calm, while #CFE7D3 is the loudest partner.

What is #e7cfe3 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 10%, 2%, 9%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #e7cfe3 warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 45 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #E7CFDA; nudged cooler, #E3CEE8.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #e7cfe3?

The pink family — its 500 step is #ec4899, ΔE2000 30 away. That is a visible difference, so define #e7cfe3 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #e7cfe3 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#e7cfe3] or text-[#e7cfe3], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #e7cfe3 with 50% opacity?

rgba(231, 207, 227, 0.5), or #e7cfe380 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #F3E7F1; over black, #746872.

Is #e7cfe3 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FFCCCC, ΔE2000 10.5 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #e7cfe3 mean?

As a magenta / pink, it reads expressive, youthful, warm. Pink is the fastest way to signal that a product is not another enterprise dashboard. It carries beauty, fashion and culture brands. At this moderate chroma the association is present but not shouted.

What gradient works with #e7cfe3?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #F8F1F7, #e7cfe3 45%, #552B4E). For more colour, a short hue run to #DDBBBE keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #e7cfe3 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #e7cfe3 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.