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magenta / pink · warm

#eecada

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

Token name suggestion: Chalk Ruby

RGB
238, 202, 218
HSL
333°, 51%, 86%
CMYK
0, 15, 8, 7
Luminance
0.6548

#eecada is a pale vivid magenta / pink, 333° on the wheel and 32/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (14.10:1). As text it scores 1.49:1 on white — use #C4477E instead. Nearest name is Thistle, nearest Tailwind family is pink.

hsl(333 51% 86%)rgb(238 202 218)Base step 200AAA inkWarm

At a glance

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

Hex
#eecada
Hue
333°
magenta / pink
Saturation
51%
vivid
Lightness
86%
pale
Brightness
93%
HSV value
Perceived
84%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.6548
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
32/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
14.10:1
Closest name
Thistle
ΔE2000 5.5
Chroma
15.6
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.874
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
pink
500 · ΔE 28.3
Web-safe
#FFCCCC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue333° of 360°
Saturation51%
Lightness86%
Saturation × lightness field

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

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool32% 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%
Green65%
Blue8%

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

Every format

HEX#eecada
HEX (8-digit)#eecadaff
RGBrgb(238, 202, 218)
RGBArgba(238, 202, 218, 1)
HSLhsl(333, 51%, 86%)
HSV / HSBhsv(333, 15%, 93%)
HWBhwb(333 79% 7%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 15%, 8%, 7%)
LABlab(84.7 15.3 -3.2)
LCHlch(84.7 15.6 348.2)
OKLCHoklch(0.874 0.045 349.5)
XYZ (D65)xyz(69.03, 65.48, 75.32)
Decimal15649498
Display P3color(display-p3 0.933 0.792 0.855)
Web-safe#FFCCCC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #eecada;
background-color: #eecada;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #eecada;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#eecada] bg-[#eecada]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #eecada;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.933, green: 0.792, blue: 0.855)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.933, green: 0.792, blue: 0.855, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#EECADA</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFEECADA)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFEECADA)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(218, 202, 238)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(238, 202, 218)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(238, 202, 218)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 238, 202, 218)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9333f, 0.7922f, 0.8549f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{238,202,218}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #eecada 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #eecada 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#611F3C, #EED3DF);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #eecada 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: #FAF4F7;
  --brand-100: #F6EAEF;
  --brand-200: #eecada;
  --brand-300: #E4AAC4;
  --brand-400: #D680A6;
  --brand-500: #C85588;
  --brand-600: #B93B73;
  --brand-700: #9A3260;
  --brand-800: #7C284D;
  --brand-900: #5A203A;
  --brand-950: #381424;
  --brand: #eecada;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF4F7;
  --brand-border: #EBC1D4;
  --brand-hover: #E5AFC7;
  --brand-pressed: #DD94B4;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #24141B;
    --brand-ink: #EED3DF;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FAF4F7',
        100: '#F6EAEF',
        200: '#eecada',
        300: '#E4AAC4',
        400: '#D680A6',
        500: '#C85588',
        600: '#B93B73',
        700: '#9A3260',
        800: '#7C284D',
        900: '#5A203A',
        950: '#381424',
        DEFAULT: '#eecada',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FAF4F7,
  '100': #F6EAEF,
  '200': #eecada,
  '300': #E4AAC4,
  '400': #D680A6,
  '500': #C85588,
  '600': #B93B73,
  '700': #9A3260,
  '800': #7C284D,
  '900': #5A203A,
  '950': #381424,
);
$brand-base: #eecada;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FAF4F7", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F6EAEF", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#eecada", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#E4AAC4", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#D680A6", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#C85588", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#B93B73", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#9A3260", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#7C284D", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#5A203A", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#381424", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #eecada · 14.10:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.49:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 14.10:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #eecada as text scores 1.49:1 on white and 14.10:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #611F3C at 7.97:1.

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
#C4477E · 4.62:1
AA on white−34% L
#C4477E
The quick fox
#98315F · 7.14:1
AAA on white−47% L
#98315F
The quick fox
#eecada · 14.10:1
AA on blackalready passes
#eecada
The quick fox
#eecada · 14.10:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#eecada

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #D3759F 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
#eecada on white: 1.49:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#eecada on black: 14.10:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

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

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.49:1AaAa
Slate 501.42:1AaAa
Slate 1001.36:1AaAa
Slate 2001.21:1AaAa
Slate 3001.00:1AaAa
Slate 4001.72:1AaAa
Slate 5003.19:1AaAa
Slate 6005.09:1AaAa
Slate 7006.95:1AaAa
Slate 8009.82:1AaAa
Slate 90011.98:1AaAa
Black14.10:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #CDD0DB
deuteranopia · #D5D6D9
tritanopia · #F4C9CF

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. #eecada 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.

#FAF4F7
#F6EAEF
#eecada
#E4AAC4
#D680A6
#C85588
#B93B73
#9A3260
#7C284D
#5A203A
#381424
Base = 200Lightest = 50 · #FAF4F7Darkest = 950 · #381424Text 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 0.011 349.5);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.018 349.5);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.027 349.5);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.035 349.5);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.042 349.5);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.045 349.5);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.045 349.5);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.043 349.5);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.038 349.5);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.032 349.5);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.025 349.5);
}

Colors that work with #eecada

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#FAF4F7
Tinted page background
Border#EBC1D4
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B4B6E
Captions on the surface
Accent#2F9D52
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#611F3C
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F9ECF2
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#24141B
Dark-mode background
Hover#E5AFC7
One step down in lightness
Pressed#DD94B4
Two steps down
Disabled#F7F3F5
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#F5D7E5
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 #eecada

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 #611F3C
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #D3759F

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
  • Weight14/100
  • 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#CAEEDE
Analogous left#EECAEC
Analogous right#EECCCA
Split-complement 1#CAEECC
Split-complement 2#CAECEE
Triadic 1#DAEECA
Triadic 2#CADAEE
Tetradic#ECEECA
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°333°

#eecada sits at 333°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red93.3%
Green79.2%
Blue85.5%
R · 0–255
238
0xee
G · 0–255
202
0xca
B · 0–255
218
0xda

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta15.1%
Yellow8.4%
Key (black)6.7%

Total ink coverage is 30%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#eecada text on a black background

contrast 14.10:1

Card sample

#eecada text on a white background

contrast 1.49:1

Card sample

#eecada on grey

1.36:1

#eecada on its own surface

1.37:1

#eecada on its dark surface

11.84:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

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

Glowing headline

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

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(238, 202, 218, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(238, 202, 218, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #eecada;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eecada, #EED2CA);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

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

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #eecada;
caret-color: #eecada;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #eecada;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F9ECF2;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #eecada;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#eecada 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #eecada 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(238, 202, 218, 0.5)
rgb(238 202 218 / 50%)
#eecada80
hsl(333 51% 86% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #eecada 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#eecada1a#FDFAFB
20%#eecada33#FCF4F8
40%#eecada66#F8EAF0
60%#eecada99#F5DFE9
80%#eecadacc#F1D5E1

Gradients from #eecada

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, #FAF0F4, #eecada 45%, #611F3C);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #eecada, #E7C3B3);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #eecada, #CAEEDE);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #FBF3F7 0%, #eecada 45%, #611F3C 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAF4F7, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #FAF1FA 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #F5E4E1 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #611F3C 0%, transparent 65%), #eecada;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #eecada

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.

#eecada 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 14.10:1.

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.

#eecada, answered

What color is #eecada?

#eecada is a pale vivid magenta / pink, closest to Thistle (ΔE2000 5.5). It sits at 333° on the hue wheel with 51% saturation and 86% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #eecada?

rgb(238, 202, 218) — 238 red, 202 green and 218 blue out of 255, or 93.3% / 79.2% / 85.5% by channel.

What is #eecada in HSL and HSV?

hsl(333, 51%, 86%) and hsv(333, 15%, 93%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #eecada a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.6548 and perceived brightness is 84%, so black text on it reaches 14.10:1.

Should I use black or white text on #eecada?

Black. It scores 14.10:1 against #eecada, versus 1.49:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #eecada accessible on a white background?

#eecada on white scores 1.49:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #C4477E to reach 4.5:1, or #98315F for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #eecada?

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

What colors go well with #eecada?

For interface work: #FAF4F7 as the surface, #EBC1D4 for borders, #9B4B6E for secondary text, #2F9D52 as an accent and #611F3C for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #EECAEC and #EECCCA stays calm, while #CAEEDE is the loudest partner.

What is #eecada in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 15%, 8%, 7%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #eecada warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 32 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #EECACD; nudged cooler, #EFC9E8.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #eecada?

The pink family — its 500 step is #ec4899, ΔE2000 28.3 away. That is a visible difference, so define #eecada as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #eecada in Tailwind CSS?

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

rgba(238, 202, 218, 0.5), or #eecada80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #F7E5ED; over black, #77656D.

Is #eecada a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FFCCCC, ΔE2000 7.2 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #eecada 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 #eecada?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #FAF0F4, #eecada 45%, #611F3C). For more colour, a short hue run to #E7C3B3 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #eecada in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

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