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magenta / pink · neutral

#ecccf1

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

Token name suggestion: Frost Fuchsia

RGB
236, 204, 241
HSL
292°, 57%, 87%
CMYK
2, 15, 0, 6
Luminance
0.6737

#ecccf1 is a pale vivid magenta / pink, 292° on the wheel and 55/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (14.47:1). As text it scores 1.45:1 on white — use #B840CB instead. Nearest name is Thistle, nearest Tailwind family is pink.

hsl(292 57% 87%)rgb(236 204 241)Base step 200AAA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #ecccf1 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#ecccf1
Hue
292°
magenta / pink
Saturation
57%
vivid
Lightness
87%
pale
Brightness
95%
HSV value
Perceived
86%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.6737
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
55/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
14.47:1
Closest name
Thistle
ΔE2000 5.3
Chroma
22.5
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.883
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
pink
500 · ΔE 28.9
Web-safe
#FFCCFF
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue292° of 360°
Saturation57%
Lightness87%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #ecccf1.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool55% 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
Red26%
Green64%
Blue9%

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

Every format

HEX#ecccf1
HEX (8-digit)#ecccf1ff
RGBrgb(236, 204, 241)
RGBArgba(236, 204, 241, 1)
HSLhsl(292, 57%, 87%)
HSV / HSBhsv(292, 15%, 95%)
HWBhwb(292 80% 5%)
CMYKcmyk(2%, 15%, 0%, 6%)
LABlab(85.7 17.6 -14.0)
LCHlch(85.7 22.5 321.4)
OKLCHoklch(0.883 0.061 321.7)
XYZ (D65)xyz(72.06, 67.37, 92.41)
Decimal15518961
Display P3color(display-p3 0.925 0.800 0.945)
Web-safe#FFCCFF

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #ecccf1;
background-color: #ecccf1;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #ecccf1;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#ecccf1] bg-[#ecccf1]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #ecccf1;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.925, green: 0.800, blue: 0.945)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.925, green: 0.800, blue: 0.945, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#ECCCF1</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFECCCF1)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFECCCF1)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(241, 204, 236)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(236, 204, 241)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(236, 204, 241)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 236, 204, 241)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9255f, 0.8000f, 0.9451f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{236,204,241}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #ecccf1 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #ecccf1 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#5A1B64, #EAD3EE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #ecccf1 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: #FAF4FB;
  --brand-100: #F5E9F6;
  --brand-200: #ecccf1;
  --brand-300: #DEA7E7;
  --brand-400: #CE7BDB;
  --brand-500: #BD4FCF;
  --brand-600: #AD35C0;
  --brand-700: #902CA0;
  --brand-800: #732380;
  --brand-900: #551D5D;
  --brand-950: #35123A;
  --brand: #ecccf1;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF4FA;
  --brand-border: #E7C0ED;
  --brand-hover: #E2B0E9;
  --brand-pressed: #D794E2;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #221424;
    --brand-ink: #EAD3EE;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FAF4FB',
        100: '#F5E9F6',
        200: '#ecccf1',
        300: '#DEA7E7',
        400: '#CE7BDB',
        500: '#BD4FCF',
        600: '#AD35C0',
        700: '#902CA0',
        800: '#732380',
        900: '#551D5D',
        950: '#35123A',
        DEFAULT: '#ecccf1',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FAF4FB,
  '100': #F5E9F6,
  '200': #ecccf1,
  '300': #DEA7E7,
  '400': #CE7BDB,
  '500': #BD4FCF,
  '600': #AD35C0,
  '700': #902CA0,
  '800': #732380,
  '900': #551D5D,
  '950': #35123A,
);
$brand-base: #ecccf1;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FAF4FB", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F5E9F6", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#ecccf1", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#DEA7E7", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#CE7BDB", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#BD4FCF", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#AD35C0", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#902CA0", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#732380", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#551D5D", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#35123A", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #ecccf1 · 14.47:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.45:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 14.47:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #ecccf1 as text scores 1.45:1 on white and 14.47:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #5A1B64 at 8.15:1.

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
#B840CB · 4.53:1
AA on white−35% L
#B840CB
The quick fox
#8E2B9D · 7.04:1
AAA on white−48% L
#8E2B9D
The quick fox
#ecccf1 · 14.47:1
AA on blackalready passes
#ecccf1
The quick fox
#ecccf1 · 14.47:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#ecccf1

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #CA70D8 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
#ecccf1 on white: 1.45:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#ecccf1 on black: 14.47:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #ecccf1 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #ecccf1.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.45:1AaAa
Slate 501.39:1AaAa
Slate 1001.32:1AaAa
Slate 2001.18:1AaAa
Slate 3001.02:1AaAa
Slate 4001.77:1AaAa
Slate 5003.28:1AaAa
Slate 6005.22:1AaAa
Slate 7007.14:1AaAa
Slate 80010.08:1AaAa
Slate 90012.30:1AaAa
Black14.47:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #C9D4F3
deuteranopia · #CFD7F0
tritanopia · #EDCFD8

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. #ecccf1 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.

#FAF4FB
#F5E9F6
#ecccf1
#DEA7E7
#CE7BDB
#BD4FCF
#AD35C0
#902CA0
#732380
#551D5D
#35123A
Base = 200Lightest = 50 · #FAF4FBDarkest = 950 · #35123AText 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 0.015 321.7);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.024 321.7);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.036 321.7);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.047 321.7);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.056 321.7);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.061 321.7);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.061 321.7);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.057 321.7);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.051 321.7);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.042 321.7);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.033 321.7);
}

Colors that work with #ecccf1

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#E7C0ED
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#904B9B
Captions on the surface
Accent#58A329
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#5A1B64
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F8EBFA
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#221424
Dark-mode background
Hover#E2B0E9
One step down in lightness
Pressed#D794E2
Two steps down
Disabled#F6F3F7
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#F4DAF8
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 #ecccf1

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 #5A1B64
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #CA70D8

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 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-high
  • Weight13/100
  • 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#D1F1CC
Analogous left#DACCF1
Analogous right#F1CCE4
Split-complement 1#E4F1CC
Split-complement 2#CCF1DA
Triadic 1#F1ECCC
Triadic 2#CCF1EC
Tetradic#F1DACC
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°292°

#ecccf1 sits at 292°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red92.5%
Green80.0%
Blue94.5%
R · 0–255
236
0xec
G · 0–255
204
0xcc
B · 0–255
241
0xf1

CMYK percentages

Cyan2.1%
Magenta15.4%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)5.5%

Total ink coverage is 23%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#ecccf1 text on a black background

contrast 14.47:1

Card sample

#ecccf1 text on a white background

contrast 1.45:1

Card sample

#ecccf1 on grey

1.32:1

#ecccf1 on its own surface

1.34:1

#ecccf1 on its dark surface

12.13:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #ecccf1;
Background color
Panel with #ecccf1 background
background-color: #ecccf1;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #ecccf1;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(236, 204, 241, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(236, 204, 241, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #ecccf1;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ecccf1, #F1CCDD);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #ecccf1, #F1CCD4);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #ecccf1;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #ecccf1;
caret-color: #ecccf1;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #ecccf1;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F8EBFA;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #ecccf1;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#ecccf1 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #ecccf1 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, 204, 241, 0.5)
rgb(236 204 241 / 50%)
#ecccf180
hsl(292 57% 87% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #ecccf1 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#ecccf11a#FDFAFE
20%#ecccf133#FBF5FC
40%#ecccf166#F7EBF9
60%#ecccf199#F4E0F7
80%#ecccf1cc#F0D6F4

Gradients from #ecccf1

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, #F9EFFB, #ecccf1 45%, #5A1B64);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #ecccf1, #EAB4C9);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #ecccf1, #D1F1CC);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #FBF3FC 0%, #ecccf1 45%, #5A1B64 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%, #F6F4FC 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #F8E4EF 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #5A1B64 0%, transparent 65%), #ecccf1;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #ecccf1

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.

#ecccf1 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 14.47:1.

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.

#ecccf1, answered

What color is #ecccf1?

#ecccf1 is a pale vivid magenta / pink, closest to Thistle (ΔE2000 5.3). It sits at 292° on the hue wheel with 57% saturation and 87% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #ecccf1?

rgb(236, 204, 241) — 236 red, 204 green and 241 blue out of 255, or 92.5% / 80% / 94.5% by channel.

What is #ecccf1 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(292, 57%, 87%) and hsv(292, 15%, 95%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #ecccf1 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.6737 and perceived brightness is 86%, so black text on it reaches 14.47:1.

Should I use black or white text on #ecccf1?

Black. It scores 14.47:1 against #ecccf1, versus 1.45:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #ecccf1 accessible on a white background?

#ecccf1 on white scores 1.45:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #B840CB to reach 4.5:1, or #8E2B9D for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #ecccf1?

#D1F1CC sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #E4F1CC and #CCF1DA, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #ecccf1?

For interface work: #FAF4FA as the surface, #E7C0ED for borders, #904B9B for secondary text, #58A329 as an accent and #5A1B64 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #DACCF1 and #F1CCE4 stays calm, while #D1F1CC is the loudest partner.

What is #ecccf1 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(2%, 15%, 0%, 6%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #ecccf1 warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 55 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #F1CCE9; nudged cooler, #DFCCF2.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #ecccf1?

The pink family — its 500 step is #ec4899, ΔE2000 28.9 away. That is a visible difference, so define #ecccf1 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #ecccf1 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#ecccf1] or text-[#ecccf1], 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 #ecccf1 with 50% opacity?

rgba(236, 204, 241, 0.5), or #ecccf180 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #F6E6F8; over black, #766679.

Is #ecccf1 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FFCCFF, ΔE2000 4.8 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #ecccf1 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 #ecccf1?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #F9EFFB, #ecccf1 45%, #5A1B64). For more colour, a short hue run to #EAB4C9 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #ecccf1 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #ecccf1 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.