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#ecb1f2

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

Token name suggestion: Drift Blossom

RGB
236, 177, 242
HSL
295°, 71%, 82%
CMYK
3, 27, 0, 5
Luminance
0.5569

#ecb1f2 is a light vivid magenta / pink, 295° on the wheel and 53/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (12.14:1). As text it scores 1.73:1 on white — use #C724D7 instead. Nearest name is Plum, nearest Tailwind family is fuchsia.

hsl(295 71% 82%)rgb(236 177 242)Base step 300AAA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #ecb1f2 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#ecb1f2
Hue
295°
magenta / pink
Saturation
71%
vivid
Lightness
82%
light
Brightness
95%
HSV value
Perceived
80%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.5569
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
53/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
12.14:1
Closest name
Plum
ΔE2000 4.5
Chroma
40.1
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.835
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
fuchsia
500 · ΔE 22.1
Web-safe
#FF99FF
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue295° of 360°
Saturation71%
Lightness82%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #ecb1f2.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool53% 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
Red32%
Green56%
Blue12%

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

Every format

HEX#ecb1f2
HEX (8-digit)#ecb1f2ff
RGBrgb(236, 177, 242)
RGBArgba(236, 177, 242, 1)
HSLhsl(295, 71%, 82%)
HSV / HSBhsv(294, 27%, 95%)
HWBhwb(295 69% 5%)
CMYKcmyk(3%, 27%, 0%, 5%)
LABlab(79.4 32.2 -24.0)
LCHlch(79.4 40.1 323.3)
OKLCHoklch(0.835 0.109 323.4)
XYZ (D65)xyz(66.34, 55.69, 91.24)
Decimal15512050
Display P3color(display-p3 0.925 0.694 0.949)
Web-safe#FF99FF

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #ecb1f2;
background-color: #ecb1f2;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #ecb1f2;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#ecb1f2] bg-[#ecb1f2]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #ecb1f2;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.925, green: 0.694, blue: 0.949)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.925, green: 0.694, blue: 0.949, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#ECB1F2</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFECB1F2)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFECB1F2)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(242, 177, 236)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(236, 177, 242)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(236, 177, 242)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 236, 177, 242)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9255f, 0.6941f, 0.9490f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{236,177,242}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #ecb1f2 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #ecb1f2 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#65126D, #ECD3EE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #ecb1f2 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: #FBF3FC;
  --brand-100: #F7E7F8;
  --brand-200: #EFC9F3;
  --brand-300: #ecb1f2;
  --brand-400: #DC6FE7;
  --brand-500: #D03FDF;
  --brand-600: #C223D2;
  --brand-700: #A11DAF;
  --brand-800: #81178C;
  --brand-900: #5E1565;
  --brand-950: #3B0D3F;
  --brand: #ecb1f2;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF4FA;
  --brand-border: #E9C0ED;
  --brand-hover: #E593ED;
  --brand-pressed: #DD74E8;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #231424;
    --brand-ink: #ECD3EE;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FBF3FC',
        100: '#F7E7F8',
        200: '#EFC9F3',
        300: '#ecb1f2',
        400: '#DC6FE7',
        500: '#D03FDF',
        600: '#C223D2',
        700: '#A11DAF',
        800: '#81178C',
        900: '#5E1565',
        950: '#3B0D3F',
        DEFAULT: '#ecb1f2',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FBF3FC,
  '100': #F7E7F8,
  '200': #EFC9F3,
  '300': #ecb1f2,
  '400': #DC6FE7,
  '500': #D03FDF,
  '600': #C223D2,
  '700': #A11DAF,
  '800': #81178C,
  '900': #5E1565,
  '950': #3B0D3F,
);
$brand-base: #ecb1f2;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FBF3FC", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F7E7F8", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#EFC9F3", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#ecb1f2", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#DC6FE7", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#D03FDF", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#C223D2", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#A11DAF", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#81178C", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#5E1565", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#3B0D3F", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #ecb1f2 · 12.14:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.73:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 12.14:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #ecb1f2 as text scores 1.73:1 on white and 12.14:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #65126D at 6.52:1.

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
#C724D7 · 4.50:1
AA on white−33% L
#C724D7
The quick fox
#961BA3 · 7.04:1
AAA on white−45% L
#961BA3
The quick fox
#ecb1f2 · 12.14:1
AA on blackalready passes
#ecb1f2
The quick fox
#ecb1f2 · 12.14:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#ecb1f2

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #D963E5 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
#ecb1f2 on white: 1.73:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#ecb1f2 on black: 12.14:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #ecb1f2 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #ecb1f2.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.73:1AaAa
Slate 501.65:1AaAa
Slate 1001.58:1AaAa
Slate 2001.40:1AaAa
Slate 3001.17:1AaAa
Slate 4001.48:1AaAa
Slate 5002.75:1AaAa
Slate 6004.38:1AaAa
Slate 7005.98:1AaAa
Slate 8008.46:1AaAa
Slate 90010.32:1AaAa
Black12.14:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #ABC0F5
deuteranopia · #B9C7F0
tritanopia · #EFB7C8

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. #ecb1f2 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.

#FBF3FC
#F7E7F8
#EFC9F3
#ecb1f2
#DC6FE7
#D03FDF
#C223D2
#A11DAF
#81178C
#5E1565
#3B0D3F
Base = 300Lightest = 50 · #FBF3FCDarkest = 950 · #3B0D3FText 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 0.027 323.4);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.044 323.4);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.065 323.4);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.085 323.4);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.100 323.4);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.109 323.4);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.109 323.4);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.102 323.4);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.092 323.4);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.076 323.4);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.060 323.4);
}

Colors that work with #ecb1f2

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#FAF4FA
Tinted page background
Border#E9C0ED
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#944B9B
Captions on the surface
Accent#4FB319
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#65126D
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FAE9FB
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#231424
Dark-mode background
Hover#E593ED
One step down in lightness
Pressed#DD74E8
Two steps down
Disabled#F7F3F7
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#F3BFF8
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 #ecb1f2

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 #65126D
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #D963E5

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
  • Weight18/100
  • TemperatureNeutral
  • ApproachabilityBalanced

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#B7F2B1
Analogous left#CCB1F2
Analogous right#F2B1D8
Split-complement 1#D8F2B1
Split-complement 2#B1F2CC
Triadic 1#F2ECB1
Triadic 2#B1F2EC
Tetradic#F2CCB1
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°295°

#ecb1f2 sits at 295°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red92.5%
Green69.4%
Blue94.9%
R · 0–255
236
0xec
G · 0–255
177
0xb1
B · 0–255
242
0xf2

CMYK percentages

Cyan2.5%
Magenta26.9%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)5.1%

Total ink coverage is 35%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#ecb1f2 text on a black background

contrast 12.14:1

Card sample

#ecb1f2 text on a white background

contrast 1.73:1

Card sample

#ecb1f2 on grey

1.58:1

#ecb1f2 on its own surface

1.60:1

#ecb1f2 on its dark surface

10.14:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #ecb1f2;
Background color
Panel with #ecb1f2 background
background-color: #ecb1f2;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #ecb1f2;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(236, 177, 242, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(236, 177, 242, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #ecb1f2;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ecb1f2, #F2B1CD);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #ecb1f2, #F2B1BD);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #ecb1f2;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #ecb1f2;
caret-color: #ecb1f2;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #ecb1f2;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FAE9FB;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #ecb1f2;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#ecb1f2 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #ecb1f2 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, 177, 242, 0.5)
rgb(236 177 242 / 50%)
#ecb1f280
hsl(295 71% 82% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #ecb1f2 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#ecb1f21a#FDF7FE
20%#ecb1f233#FBEFFC
40%#ecb1f266#F7E0FA
60%#ecb1f299#F4D0F7
80%#ecb1f2cc#F0C1F5

Gradients from #ecb1f2

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, #F9E6FB, #ecb1f2 45%, #65126D);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #ecb1f2, #EE97B5);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #ecb1f2, #B7F2B1);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #FCF2FD 0%, #ecb1f2 45%, #65126D 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAF4FA, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #E6DDF9 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #F6CBE1 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #65126D 0%, transparent 65%), #ecb1f2;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #ecb1f2

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.

#ecb1f2 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 12.14:1.

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.

#ecb1f2, answered

What color is #ecb1f2?

#ecb1f2 is a light vivid magenta / pink, closest to Plum (ΔE2000 4.5). It sits at 295° on the hue wheel with 71% saturation and 82% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #ecb1f2?

rgb(236, 177, 242) — 236 red, 177 green and 242 blue out of 255, or 92.5% / 69.4% / 94.9% by channel.

What is #ecb1f2 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(295, 71%, 82%) and hsv(294, 27%, 95%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #ecb1f2 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.5569 and perceived brightness is 80%, so black text on it reaches 12.14:1.

Should I use black or white text on #ecb1f2?

Black. It scores 12.14:1 against #ecb1f2, versus 1.73:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #ecb1f2 accessible on a white background?

#ecb1f2 on white scores 1.73:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #C724D7 to reach 4.5:1, or #961BA3 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #ecb1f2?

#B7F2B1 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #D8F2B1 and #B1F2CC, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #ecb1f2?

For interface work: #FAF4FA as the surface, #E9C0ED for borders, #944B9B for secondary text, #4FB319 as an accent and #65126D for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #CCB1F2 and #F2B1D8 stays calm, while #B7F2B1 is the loudest partner.

What is #ecb1f2 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(3%, 27%, 0%, 5%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #ecb1f2 warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 53 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #F2B1E0; nudged cooler, #D4B0F3.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #ecb1f2?

The fuchsia family — its 500 step is #d946ef, ΔE2000 22.1 away. That is a visible difference, so define #ecb1f2 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #ecb1f2 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#ecb1f2] or text-[#ecb1f2], 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 #ecb1f2 with 50% opacity?

rgba(236, 177, 242, 0.5), or #ecb1f280 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #F6D8F9; over black, #765979.

Is #ecb1f2 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FF99FF, ΔE2000 7.3 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #ecb1f2 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 #ecb1f2?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #F9E6FB, #ecb1f2 45%, #65126D). For more colour, a short hue run to #EE97B5 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #ecb1f2 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #ecb1f2 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.