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magenta / pink · warm

#eddfe4

a pale, soft magenta / pink · warm · closest name: Lavender Blush

Token name suggestion: Whisper Peony

RGB
237, 223, 228
HSL
339°, 28%, 90%
CMYK
0, 6, 4, 7
Luminance
0.7638

#eddfe4 is a pale soft magenta / pink, 339° on the wheel and 33/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (16.28:1). As text it scores 1.29:1 on white — use #A56079 instead. Nearest name is Lavender Blush, nearest Tailwind family is neutral.

hsl(339 28% 90%)rgb(237 223 228)Base step 200AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #eddfe4 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#eddfe4
Hue
339°
magenta / pink
Saturation
28%
soft
Lightness
90%
pale
Brightness
93%
HSV value
Perceived
89%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.7638
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
33/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
16.28:1
Closest name
Lavender Blush
ΔE2000 3.7
Chroma
5.7
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.916
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
neutral
500 · ΔE 33.2
Web-safe
#FFCCCC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue339° of 360°
Saturation28%
Lightness90%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #eddfe4.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool33% 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
Red24%
Green69%
Blue7%

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

Every format

HEX#eddfe4
HEX (8-digit)#eddfe4ff
RGBrgb(237, 223, 228)
RGBArgba(237, 223, 228, 1)
HSLhsl(339, 28%, 90%)
HSV / HSBhsv(339, 6%, 93%)
HWBhwb(339 87% 7%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 6%, 4%, 7%)
LABlab(90.0 5.6 -0.7)
LCHlch(90.0 5.7 352.7)
OKLCHoklch(0.916 0.017 353.7)
XYZ (D65)xyz(75.31, 76.38, 84.16)
Decimal15589348
Display P3color(display-p3 0.929 0.875 0.894)
Web-safe#FFCCCC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #eddfe4;
background-color: #eddfe4;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #eddfe4;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#eddfe4] bg-[#eddfe4]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #eddfe4;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.929, green: 0.875, blue: 0.894)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.929, green: 0.875, blue: 0.894, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#EDDFE4</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFEDDFE4)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFEDDFE4)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(228, 223, 237)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(237, 223, 228)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(237, 223, 228)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 237, 223, 228)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9294f, 0.8745f, 0.8941f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{237,223,228}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #eddfe4 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #eddfe4 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#522E3B, #E9D8DE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #eddfe4 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: #F9F6F7;
  --brand-100: #F3ECEF;
  --brand-200: #eddfe4;
  --brand-300: #D7B7C2;
  --brand-400: #C293A4;
  --brand-500: #AE6F86;
  --brand-600: #9D5871;
  --brand-700: #83495E;
  --brand-800: #683B4B;
  --brand-900: #4D2D39;
  --brand-950: #301C23;
  --brand: #eddfe4;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F9F5F7;
  --brand-border: #E2CBD3;
  --brand-hover: #E0C8D1;
  --brand-pressed: #D3B1BD;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #24141A;
    --brand-ink: #E9D8DE;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F9F6F7',
        100: '#F3ECEF',
        200: '#eddfe4',
        300: '#D7B7C2',
        400: '#C293A4',
        500: '#AE6F86',
        600: '#9D5871',
        700: '#83495E',
        800: '#683B4B',
        900: '#4D2D39',
        950: '#301C23',
        DEFAULT: '#eddfe4',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F9F6F7,
  '100': #F3ECEF,
  '200': #eddfe4,
  '300': #D7B7C2,
  '400': #C293A4,
  '500': #AE6F86,
  '600': #9D5871,
  '700': #83495E,
  '800': #683B4B,
  '900': #4D2D39,
  '950': #301C23,
);
$brand-base: #eddfe4;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F9F6F7", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F3ECEF", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#eddfe4", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#D7B7C2", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#C293A4", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#AE6F86", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#9D5871", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#83495E", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#683B4B", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#4D2D39", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#301C23", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #eddfe4 · 16.28:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.29:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 16.28:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #eddfe4 as text scores 1.29:1 on white and 16.28:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #522E3B at 8.98:1.

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
#A56079 · 4.62:1
AA on white−39% L
#A56079
The quick fox
#80485C · 7.00:1
AAA on white−51% L
#80485C
The quick fox
#eddfe4 · 16.28:1
AA on blackalready passes
#eddfe4
The quick fox
#eddfe4 · 16.28:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#eddfe4

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #BA8497 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
#eddfe4 on white: 1.29:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#eddfe4 on black: 16.28:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #eddfe4 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #eddfe4.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.29:1AaAa
Slate 501.23:1AaAa
Slate 1001.18:1AaAa
Slate 2001.05:1AaAa
Slate 3001.15:1AaAa
Slate 4001.99:1AaAa
Slate 5003.69:1AaAa
Slate 6005.87:1AaAa
Slate 7008.03:1AaAa
Slate 80011.34:1AaAa
Slate 90013.84:1AaAa
Black16.28:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #E0E1E4
deuteranopia · #E3E3E4
tritanopia · #F0DFE1

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. #eddfe4 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.

#F9F6F7
#F3ECEF
#eddfe4
#D7B7C2
#C293A4
#AE6F86
#9D5871
#83495E
#683B4B
#4D2D39
#301C23
Base = 200Lightest = 50 · #F9F6F7Darkest = 950 · #301C23Text 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 0.004 353.7);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.007 353.7);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.010 353.7);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.013 353.7);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.015 353.7);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.017 353.7);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.017 353.7);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.016 353.7);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.014 353.7);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.012 353.7);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.009 353.7);
}

Colors that work with #eddfe4

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#F9F5F7
Tinted page background
Border#E2CBD3
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#93536A
Captions on the surface
Accent#45875E
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#522E3B
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F6EFF1
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#24141A
Dark-mode background
Hover#E0C8D1
One step down in lightness
Pressed#D3B1BD
Two steps down
Disabled#F7F3F4
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#F2E3E8
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 #eddfe4

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 #522E3B
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #BA8497

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
  • Weight10/100
  • 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#DFEDE8
Analogous left#EDDFEB
Analogous right#EDE1DF
Split-complement 1#DFEDE1
Split-complement 2#DFEBED
Triadic 1#E4EDDF
Triadic 2#DFE4ED
Tetradic#EBEDDF
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°339°

#eddfe4 sits at 339°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red92.9%
Green87.5%
Blue89.4%
R · 0–255
237
0xed
G · 0–255
223
0xdf
B · 0–255
228
0xe4

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta5.9%
Yellow3.8%
Key (black)7.1%

Total ink coverage is 17%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#eddfe4 text on a black background

contrast 16.28:1

Card sample

#eddfe4 text on a white background

contrast 1.29:1

Card sample

#eddfe4 on grey

1.18:1

#eddfe4 on its own surface

1.19:1

#eddfe4 on its dark surface

13.68:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #eddfe4;
Background color
Panel with #eddfe4 background
background-color: #eddfe4;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #eddfe4;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(237, 223, 228, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(237, 223, 228, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #eddfe4;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eddfe4, #EDE3DF);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #eddfe4, #EDE7DF);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #eddfe4;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #eddfe4;
caret-color: #eddfe4;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #eddfe4;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F6EFF1;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #eddfe4;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#eddfe4 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #eddfe4 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(237, 223, 228, 0.5)
rgb(237 223 228 / 50%)
#eddfe480
hsl(339 28% 90% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #eddfe4 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#eddfe41a#FDFCFC
20%#eddfe433#FBF9FA
40%#eddfe466#F8F2F4
60%#eddfe499#F4ECEF
80%#eddfe4cc#F1E5E9

Gradients from #eddfe4

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, #F8F2F4, #eddfe4 45%, #522E3B);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #eddfe4, #E2D4CB);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #eddfe4, #DFEDE8);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F9F5F7 0%, #eddfe4 45%, #522E3B 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F9F5F7, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #FFFFFF 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #F8F4F3 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #522E3B 0%, transparent 65%), #eddfe4;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #eddfe4

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.

#eddfe4 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 16.28:1.

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.

#eddfe4, answered

What color is #eddfe4?

#eddfe4 is a pale soft magenta / pink, closest to Lavender Blush (ΔE2000 3.7). It sits at 339° on the hue wheel with 28% saturation and 90% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #eddfe4?

rgb(237, 223, 228) — 237 red, 223 green and 228 blue out of 255, or 92.9% / 87.5% / 89.4% by channel.

What is #eddfe4 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(339, 28%, 90%) and hsv(339, 6%, 93%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #eddfe4 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.7638 and perceived brightness is 89%, so black text on it reaches 16.28:1.

Should I use black or white text on #eddfe4?

Black. It scores 16.28:1 against #eddfe4, versus 1.29:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #eddfe4 accessible on a white background?

#eddfe4 on white scores 1.29:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #A56079 to reach 4.5:1, or #80485C for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #eddfe4?

#DFEDE8 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #DFEDE1 and #DFEBED, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #eddfe4?

For interface work: #F9F5F7 as the surface, #E2CBD3 for borders, #93536A for secondary text, #45875E as an accent and #522E3B for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #EDDFEB and #EDE1DF stays calm, while #DFEDE8 is the loudest partner.

What is #eddfe4 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 6%, 4%, 7%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #eddfe4 warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 33 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #EDDFDF; nudged cooler, #EEDFE9.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #eddfe4?

The neutral family — its 500 step is #737373, ΔE2000 33.2 away. That is a visible difference, so define #eddfe4 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #eddfe4 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#eddfe4] or text-[#eddfe4], 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 #eddfe4 with 50% opacity?

rgba(237, 223, 228, 0.5), or #eddfe480 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #F6EFF2; over black, #777072.

Is #eddfe4 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FFCCCC, ΔE2000 11.4 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #eddfe4 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 #eddfe4?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #F8F2F4, #eddfe4 45%, #522E3B). For more colour, a short hue run to #E2D4CB keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #eddfe4 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #eddfe4 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.