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magenta / pink · warm

#eac4da

a light, vivid magenta / pink · warm · closest name: Thistle

Token name suggestion: Drift Fuchsia

RGB
234, 196, 218
HSL
325°, 48%, 84%
CMYK
0, 16, 7, 8
Luminance
0.6203

#eac4da is a light vivid magenta / pink, 325° on the wheel and 36/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (13.41:1). As text it scores 1.57:1 on white — use #BF4C8E instead. Nearest name is Thistle, nearest Tailwind family is pink.

hsl(325 48% 84%)rgb(234 196 218)Base step 200AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #eac4da is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#eac4da
Hue
325°
magenta / pink
Saturation
48%
vivid
Lightness
84%
light
Brightness
92%
HSV value
Perceived
83%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.6203
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
36/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
13.41:1
Closest name
Thistle
ΔE2000 4.3
Chroma
18.1
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.859
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
pink
500 · ΔE 26.9
Web-safe
#FFCCCC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue325° of 360°
Saturation48%
Lightness84%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #eac4da.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool36% cool

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

Luminance by channel
Red28%
Green64%
Blue8%

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

Every format

HEX#eac4da
HEX (8-digit)#eac4daff
RGBrgb(234, 196, 218)
RGBArgba(234, 196, 218, 1)
HSLhsl(325, 48%, 84%)
HSV / HSBhsv(325, 16%, 92%)
HWBhwb(325 77% 8%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 16%, 7%, 8%)
LABlab(82.9 17.1 -5.9)
LCHlch(82.9 18.1 340.9)
OKLCHoklch(0.859 0.052 342.6)
XYZ (D65)xyz(66.33, 62.04, 74.80)
Decimal15385818
Display P3color(display-p3 0.918 0.769 0.855)
Web-safe#FFCCCC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #eac4da;
background-color: #eac4da;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #eac4da;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#eac4da] bg-[#eac4da]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #eac4da;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.918, green: 0.769, blue: 0.855)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.918, green: 0.769, blue: 0.855, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#EAC4DA</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFEAC4DA)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFEAC4DA)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(218, 196, 234)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(234, 196, 218)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(234, 196, 218)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 234, 196, 218)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9176f, 0.7686f, 0.8549f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{234,196,218}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #eac4da 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #eac4da 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#5E2144, #EED3E3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #eac4da 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: #FAF5F8;
  --brand-100: #F5EAF1;
  --brand-200: #eac4da;
  --brand-300: #E2ACCB;
  --brand-400: #D383B1;
  --brand-500: #C45A97;
  --brand-600: #B54084;
  --brand-700: #96366E;
  --brand-800: #782B58;
  --brand-900: #582241;
  --brand-950: #371629;
  --brand: #eac4da;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF4F8;
  --brand-border: #EAC3D9;
  --brand-hover: #E1AAC9;
  --brand-pressed: #D78FB9;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #24141D;
    --brand-ink: #EED3E3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FAF5F8',
        100: '#F5EAF1',
        200: '#eac4da',
        300: '#E2ACCB',
        400: '#D383B1',
        500: '#C45A97',
        600: '#B54084',
        700: '#96366E',
        800: '#782B58',
        900: '#582241',
        950: '#371629',
        DEFAULT: '#eac4da',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FAF5F8,
  '100': #F5EAF1,
  '200': #eac4da,
  '300': #E2ACCB,
  '400': #D383B1,
  '500': #C45A97,
  '600': #B54084,
  '700': #96366E,
  '800': #782B58,
  '900': #582241,
  '950': #371629,
);
$brand-base: #eac4da;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FAF5F8", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F5EAF1", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#eac4da", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#E2ACCB", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#D383B1", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#C45A97", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#B54084", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#96366E", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#782B58", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#582241", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#371629", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #eac4da · 13.41:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.57:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 13.41:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #eac4da as text scores 1.57:1 on white and 13.41:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #5E2144 at 7.54:1.

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
#BF4C8E · 4.53:1
AA on white−32% L
#BF4C8E
The quick fox
#94356C · 7.04:1
AAA on white−45% L
#94356C
The quick fox
#eac4da · 13.41:1
AA on blackalready passes
#eac4da
The quick fox
#eac4da · 13.41:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#eac4da

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #CF79AB 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
#eac4da on white: 1.57:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#eac4da on black: 13.41:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #eac4da as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #eac4da.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.57:1AaAa
Slate 501.50:1AaAa
Slate 1001.43:1AaAa
Slate 2001.27:1AaAa
Slate 3001.06:1AaAa
Slate 4001.64:1AaAa
Slate 5003.04:1AaAa
Slate 6004.84:1AaAa
Slate 7006.61:1AaAa
Slate 8009.34:1AaAa
Slate 90011.40:1AaAa
Black13.41:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #C6CBDB
deuteranopia · #CED1D9
tritanopia · #EFC4CB

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. #eac4da 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.

#FAF5F8
#F5EAF1
#eac4da
#E2ACCB
#D383B1
#C45A97
#B54084
#96366E
#782B58
#582241
#371629
Base = 200Lightest = 50 · #FAF5F8Darkest = 950 · #371629Text 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 0.013 342.6);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.021 342.6);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.031 342.6);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.040 342.6);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.048 342.6);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.052 342.6);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.052 342.6);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.049 342.6);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.043 342.6);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.036 342.6);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.028 342.6);
}

Colors that work with #eac4da

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#FAF4F8
Tinted page background
Border#EAC3D9
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B4B79
Captions on the surface
Accent#309C42
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#5E2144
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F8ECF3
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#24141D
Dark-mode background
Hover#E1AAC9
One step down in lightness
Pressed#D78FB9
Two steps down
Disabled#F7F3F5
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#F2D0E4
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 #eac4da

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

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • 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 #5E2144
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #CF79AB

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.

This is a confident chroma: strong enough to lead a brand, restrained enough to live in an interface all day. The lightness keeps it airy and approachable.

Worth knowing

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

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium-high
  • Weight16/100
  • TemperatureWarm
  • 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#C4EAD4
Analogous left#E7C4EA
Analogous right#EAC4C7
Split-complement 1#C7EAC4
Split-complement 2#C4EAE7
Triadic 1#DAEAC4
Triadic 2#C4DAEA
Tetradic#EAE7C4
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°325°

#eac4da sits at 325°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red91.8%
Green76.9%
Blue85.5%
R · 0–255
234
0xea
G · 0–255
196
0xc4
B · 0–255
218
0xda

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta16.2%
Yellow6.8%
Key (black)8.2%

Total ink coverage is 31%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#eac4da text on a black background

contrast 13.41:1

Card sample

#eac4da text on a white background

contrast 1.57:1

Card sample

#eac4da on grey

1.43:1

#eac4da on its own surface

1.44:1

#eac4da on its dark surface

11.24:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #eac4da;
Background color
Panel with #eac4da background
background-color: #eac4da;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #eac4da;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(234, 196, 218, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(234, 196, 218, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #eac4da;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eac4da, #EAC7C4);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #eac4da, #EAD1C4);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #eac4da;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #eac4da;
caret-color: #eac4da;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #eac4da;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F8ECF3;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #eac4da;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#eac4da 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #eac4da 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(234, 196, 218, 0.5)
rgb(234 196 218 / 50%)
#eac4da80
hsl(325 48% 84% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #eac4da 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#eac4da1a#FDF9FB
20%#eac4da33#FBF3F8
40%#eac4da66#F7E7F0
60%#eac4da99#F2DCE9
80%#eac4dacc#EED0E1

Gradients from #eac4da

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, #FAF0F6, #eac4da 45%, #5E2144);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #eac4da, #E2B6AD);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #eac4da, #C4EAD4);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #FBF4F8 0%, #eac4da 45%, #5E2144 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAF4F8, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #F5EAF7 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #F2DBDB 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #5E2144 0%, transparent 65%), #eac4da;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #eac4da

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.

#eac4da 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

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

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 13.41:1.

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.

#eac4da, answered

What color is #eac4da?

#eac4da is a light vivid magenta / pink, closest to Thistle (ΔE2000 4.3). It sits at 325° on the hue wheel with 48% saturation and 84% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #eac4da?

rgb(234, 196, 218) — 234 red, 196 green and 218 blue out of 255, or 91.8% / 76.9% / 85.5% by channel.

What is #eac4da in HSL and HSV?

hsl(325, 48%, 84%) and hsv(325, 16%, 92%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #eac4da a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.6203 and perceived brightness is 83%, so black text on it reaches 13.41:1.

Should I use black or white text on #eac4da?

Black. It scores 13.41:1 against #eac4da, versus 1.57:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #eac4da accessible on a white background?

#eac4da on white scores 1.57:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #BF4C8E to reach 4.5:1, or #94356C for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #eac4da?

#C4EAD4 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #C7EAC4 and #C4EAE7, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #eac4da?

For interface work: #FAF4F8 as the surface, #EAC3D9 for borders, #9B4B79 for secondary text, #309C42 as an accent and #5E2144 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #E7C4EA and #EAC4C7 stays calm, while #C4EAD4 is the loudest partner.

What is #eac4da in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 16%, 7%, 8%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #eac4da warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 36 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #EAC4CC; nudged cooler, #EBC3E9.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #eac4da?

The pink family — its 500 step is #ec4899, ΔE2000 26.9 away. That is a visible difference, so define #eac4da as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #eac4da in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#eac4da] or text-[#eac4da], 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 #eac4da with 50% opacity?

rgba(234, 196, 218, 0.5), or #eac4da80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #F5E2ED; over black, #75626D.

Is #eac4da a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FFCCCC, ΔE2000 9 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #eac4da 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 chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #eac4da?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #FAF0F6, #eac4da 45%, #5E2144). For more colour, a short hue run to #E2B6AD keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #eac4da in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #eac4da at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.