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magenta / pink · neutral

#eca1df

a light, vivid magenta / pink · neutral · closest name: Plum

Token name suggestion: Meadow Blossom

RGB
236, 161, 223
HSL
310°, 66%, 78%
CMYK
0, 32, 6, 8
Luminance
0.4865

#eca1df is a light vivid magenta / pink, 310° on the wheel and 44/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (10.73:1). As text it scores 1.96:1 on white — use #CF2AB2 instead. Nearest name is Plum, nearest Tailwind family is pink.

hsl(310 66% 78%)rgb(236 161 223)Base step 300AAA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #eca1df is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#eca1df
Hue
310°
magenta / pink
Saturation
66%
vivid
Lightness
78%
light
Brightness
93%
HSV value
Perceived
76%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.4865
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
44/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
10.73:1
Closest name
Plum
ΔE2000 2.9
Chroma
42.3
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.801
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
pink
500 · ΔE 19.1
Web-safe
#FF99CC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue310° of 360°
Saturation66%
Lightness78%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #eca1df.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool44% 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
Red37%
Green52%
Blue11%

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

Every format

HEX#eca1df
HEX (8-digit)#eca1dfff
RGBrgb(236, 161, 223)
RGBArgba(236, 161, 223, 1)
HSLhsl(310, 66%, 78%)
HSV / HSBhsv(310, 32%, 93%)
HWBhwb(310 63% 7%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 32%, 6%, 8%)
LABlab(75.2 37.2 -20.1)
LCHlch(75.2 42.3 331.6)
OKLCHoklch(0.801 0.119 333.0)
XYZ (D65)xyz(60.66, 48.65, 75.99)
Decimal15507935
Display P3color(display-p3 0.925 0.631 0.875)
Web-safe#FF99CC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #eca1df;
background-color: #eca1df;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #eca1df;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#eca1df] bg-[#eca1df]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #eca1df;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.925, green: 0.631, blue: 0.875)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.925, green: 0.631, blue: 0.875, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#ECA1DF</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFECA1DF)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFECA1DF)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(223, 161, 236)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(236, 161, 223)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(236, 161, 223)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 236, 161, 223)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9255f, 0.6314f, 0.8745f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{236,161,223}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #eca1df 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #eca1df 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#6A155B, #EED3E9);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #eca1df 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: #FBF3FA;
  --brand-100: #F8E8F5;
  --brand-200: #F1CAEB;
  --brand-300: #eca1df;
  --brand-400: #E373CF;
  --brand-500: #D944BF;
  --brand-600: #CC29AF;
  --brand-700: #AA2292;
  --brand-800: #881B75;
  --brand-900: #631856;
  --brand-950: #3E0F36;
  --brand: #eca1df;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF4F9;
  --brand-border: #EDC0E5;
  --brand-hover: #E683D5;
  --brand-pressed: #E065CB;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #241422;
    --brand-ink: #EED3E9;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FBF3FA',
        100: '#F8E8F5',
        200: '#F1CAEB',
        300: '#eca1df',
        400: '#E373CF',
        500: '#D944BF',
        600: '#CC29AF',
        700: '#AA2292',
        800: '#881B75',
        900: '#631856',
        950: '#3E0F36',
        DEFAULT: '#eca1df',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FBF3FA,
  '100': #F8E8F5,
  '200': #F1CAEB,
  '300': #eca1df,
  '400': #E373CF,
  '500': #D944BF,
  '600': #CC29AF,
  '700': #AA2292,
  '800': #881B75,
  '900': #631856,
  '950': #3E0F36,
);
$brand-base: #eca1df;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FBF3FA", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F8E8F5", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#F1CAEB", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#eca1df", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#E373CF", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#D944BF", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#CC29AF", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#AA2292", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#881B75", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#631856", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#3E0F36", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #eca1df · 10.73:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.96:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 10.73:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #eca1df as text scores 1.96:1 on white and 10.73:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #6A155B at 5.73:1.

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
#CF2AB2 · 4.54:1
AA on white−29% L
#CF2AB2
The quick fox
#9C2087 · 7.07:1
AAA on white−41% L
#9C2087
The quick fox
#eca1df · 10.73:1
AA on blackalready passes
#eca1df
The quick fox
#eca1df · 10.73:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#eca1df

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #E065CB 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
#eca1df on white: 1.96:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#eca1df on black: 10.73:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #eca1df as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #eca1df.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.96:1AaAa
Slate 501.87:1AaAa
Slate 1001.79:1AaAa
Slate 2001.59:1AaAa
Slate 3001.32:1AaAa
Slate 4001.31:1AaAa
Slate 5002.43:1AaAa
Slate 6003.87:1AaAa
Slate 7005.29:1AaAa
Slate 8007.47:1AaAa
Slate 9009.12:1AaAa
Black10.73:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #A0B3E1
deuteranopia · #B2BDDD
tritanopia · #F3A5B7

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. #eca1df is pinned to step 300; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#FBF3FA
#F8E8F5
#F1CAEB
#eca1df
#E373CF
#D944BF
#CC29AF
#AA2292
#881B75
#631856
#3E0F36
Base = 300Lightest = 50 · #FBF3FADarkest = 950 · #3E0F36Text 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 0.030 333.0);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.048 333.0);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.071 333.0);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.093 333.0);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.109 333.0);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.119 333.0);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.119 333.0);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.112 333.0);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.100 333.0);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.083 333.0);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.065 333.0);
}

Colors that work with #eca1df

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#FAF4F9
Tinted page background
Border#EDC0E5
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B4B8D
Captions on the surface
Accent#2AAD1F
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#6A155B
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FBEAF8
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#241422
Dark-mode background
Hover#E683D5
One step down in lightness
Pressed#E065CB
Two steps down
Disabled#F7F3F6
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#F4ADE8
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 #eca1df

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 #6A155B
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #E065CB

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
  • Weight22/100
  • 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#A1ECAE
Analogous left#D3A1EC
Analogous right#ECA1B9
Split-complement 1#B9ECA1
Split-complement 2#A1ECD3
Triadic 1#DFECA1
Triadic 2#A1DFEC
Tetradic#ECD3A1
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°310°

#eca1df sits at 310°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red92.5%
Green63.1%
Blue87.5%
R · 0–255
236
0xec
G · 0–255
161
0xa1
B · 0–255
223
0xdf

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta31.8%
Yellow5.5%
Key (black)7.5%

Total ink coverage is 45%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#eca1df text on a black background

contrast 10.73:1

Card sample

#eca1df text on a white background

contrast 1.96:1

Card sample

#eca1df on grey

1.79:1

#eca1df on its own surface

1.81:1

#eca1df on its dark surface

8.96:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #eca1df;
Background color
Panel with #eca1df background
background-color: #eca1df;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #eca1df;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(236, 161, 223, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(236, 161, 223, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #eca1df;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eca1df, #ECA1AD);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #eca1df, #ECA8A1);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #eca1df;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #eca1df;
caret-color: #eca1df;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #eca1df;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FBEAF8;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #eca1df;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#eca1df 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #eca1df 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(236, 161, 223, 0.5)
rgb(236 161 223 / 50%)
#eca1df80
hsl(310 66% 78% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #eca1df 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#eca1df1a#FDF6FC
20%#eca1df33#FBECF9
40%#eca1df66#F7D9F2
60%#eca1df99#F4C7EC
80%#eca1dfcc#F0B4E5

Gradients from #eca1df

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, #F6D4F0, #eca1df 45%, #6A155B);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #eca1df, #E7878F);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #eca1df, #A1ECAE);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #FBEDF9 0%, #eca1df 45%, #6A155B 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAF4F9, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #E4CBF5 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #F1BAC8 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #6A155B 0%, transparent 65%), #eca1df;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #eca1df

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.

#eca1df 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 10.73:1.

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.

#eca1df, answered

What color is #eca1df?

#eca1df is a light vivid magenta / pink, closest to Plum (ΔE2000 2.9). It sits at 310° on the hue wheel with 66% saturation and 78% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #eca1df?

rgb(236, 161, 223) — 236 red, 161 green and 223 blue out of 255, or 92.5% / 63.1% / 87.5% by channel.

What is #eca1df in HSL and HSV?

hsl(310, 66%, 78%) and hsv(310, 32%, 93%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #eca1df a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.4865 and perceived brightness is 76%, so black text on it reaches 10.73:1.

Should I use black or white text on #eca1df?

Black. It scores 10.73:1 against #eca1df, versus 1.96:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #eca1df accessible on a white background?

#eca1df on white scores 1.96:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #CF2AB2 to reach 4.5:1, or #9C2087 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #eca1df?

#A1ECAE sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #B9ECA1 and #A1ECD3, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #eca1df?

For interface work: #FAF4F9 as the surface, #EDC0E5 for borders, #9B4B8D for secondary text, #2AAD1F as an accent and #6A155B for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #D3A1EC and #ECA1B9 stays calm, while #A1ECAE is the loudest partner.

What is #eca1df in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 32%, 6%, 8%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #eca1df warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 44 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #ECA1C3; nudged cooler, #DEA0ED.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #eca1df?

The pink family — its 500 step is #ec4899, ΔE2000 19.1 away. That is a visible difference, so define #eca1df as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #eca1df in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#eca1df] or text-[#eca1df], 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 #eca1df with 50% opacity?

rgba(236, 161, 223, 0.5), or #eca1df80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #F6D0EF; over black, #765170.

Is #eca1df a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FF99CC, ΔE2000 6.4 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #eca1df 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 #eca1df?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #F6D4F0, #eca1df 45%, #6A155B). For more colour, a short hue run to #E7878F keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #eca1df in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #eca1df at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.