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magenta / pink · warm

#eedfe7

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

Token name suggestion: Mist Peony

RGB
238, 223, 231
HSL
328°, 31%, 90%
CMYK
0, 6, 3, 7
Luminance
0.7672

#eedfe7 is a pale soft magenta / pink, 328° on the wheel and 36/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (16.34:1). As text it scores 1.28:1 on white — use #A95D86 instead. Nearest name is Lavender Blush, nearest Tailwind family is neutral.

hsl(328 31% 90%)rgb(238 223 231)Base step 200AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #eedfe7 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#eedfe7
Hue
328°
magenta / pink
Saturation
31%
soft
Lightness
90%
pale
Brightness
93%
HSV value
Perceived
90%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.7672
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
36/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
16.34:1
Closest name
Lavender Blush
ΔE2000 3.8
Chroma
6.8
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.918
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
neutral
500 · ΔE 33.6
Web-safe
#FFCCFF
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue328° of 360°
Saturation31%
Lightness90%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #eedfe7.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool36% 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%
Blue8%

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

Every format

HEX#eedfe7
HEX (8-digit)#eedfe7ff
RGBrgb(238, 223, 231)
RGBArgba(238, 223, 231, 1)
HSLhsl(328, 31%, 90%)
HSV / HSBhsv(328, 6%, 93%)
HWBhwb(328 87% 7%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 6%, 3%, 7%)
LABlab(90.2 6.5 -2.1)
LCHlch(90.2 6.8 342.4)
OKLCHoklch(0.918 0.019 344.0)
XYZ (D65)xyz(76.07, 76.72, 86.39)
Decimal15654887
Display P3color(display-p3 0.933 0.875 0.906)
Web-safe#FFCCFF

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #eedfe7;
background-color: #eedfe7;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #eedfe7;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#eedfe7] bg-[#eedfe7]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #eedfe7;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.933, green: 0.875, blue: 0.906)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.933, green: 0.875, blue: 0.906, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#EEDFE7</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFEEDFE7)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFEEDFE7)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(231, 223, 238)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(238, 223, 231)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(238, 223, 231)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 238, 223, 231)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9333f, 0.8745f, 0.9059f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{238,223,231}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #eedfe7 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #eedfe7 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#532C41, #EAD7E1);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #eedfe7 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: #F3ECF0;
  --brand-200: #eedfe7;
  --brand-300: #D8B6C8;
  --brand-400: #C591AD;
  --brand-500: #B16C91;
  --brand-600: #A0557D;
  --brand-700: #854768;
  --brand-800: #6B3953;
  --brand-900: #4E2C3E;
  --brand-950: #311B27;
  --brand: #eedfe7;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF5F8;
  --brand-border: #E3CAD7;
  --brand-hover: #E2C8D6;
  --brand-pressed: #D5B0C4;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #24141D;
    --brand-ink: #EAD7E1;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F9F6F7',
        100: '#F3ECF0',
        200: '#eedfe7',
        300: '#D8B6C8',
        400: '#C591AD',
        500: '#B16C91',
        600: '#A0557D',
        700: '#854768',
        800: '#6B3953',
        900: '#4E2C3E',
        950: '#311B27',
        DEFAULT: '#eedfe7',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F9F6F7,
  '100': #F3ECF0,
  '200': #eedfe7,
  '300': #D8B6C8,
  '400': #C591AD,
  '500': #B16C91,
  '600': #A0557D,
  '700': #854768,
  '800': #6B3953,
  '900': #4E2C3E,
  '950': #311B27,
);
$brand-base: #eedfe7;
$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": "#F3ECF0", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#eedfe7", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#D8B6C8", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#C591AD", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#B16C91", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#A0557D", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#854768", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#6B3953", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#4E2C3E", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#311B27", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #eedfe7 · 16.34:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.28:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 16.34:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #eedfe7 as text scores 1.28:1 on white and 16.34:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #532C41 at 9.06:1.

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
#A95D86 · 4.57:1
AA on white−39% L
#A95D86
The quick fox
#804464 · 7.17:1
AAA on white−52% L
#804464
The quick fox
#eedfe7 · 16.34:1
AA on blackalready passes
#eedfe7
The quick fox
#eedfe7 · 16.34:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#eedfe7

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #BC82A1 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
#eedfe7 on white: 1.28:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#eedfe7 on black: 16.34:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #eedfe7 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #eedfe7.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.28:1AaAa
Slate 501.23:1AaAa
Slate 1001.17:1AaAa
Slate 2001.04:1AaAa
Slate 3001.16:1AaAa
Slate 4002.00:1AaAa
Slate 5003.70:1AaAa
Slate 6005.90:1AaAa
Slate 7008.06:1AaAa
Slate 80011.39:1AaAa
Slate 90013.89:1AaAa
Black16.34:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #E0E2E7
deuteranopia · #E3E4E7
tritanopia · #F0DFE2

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. #eedfe7 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
#F3ECF0
#eedfe7
#D8B6C8
#C591AD
#B16C91
#A0557D
#854768
#6B3953
#4E2C3E
#311B27
Base = 200Lightest = 50 · #F9F6F7Darkest = 950 · #311B27Text 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 0.005 344.0);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.008 344.0);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.012 344.0);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.015 344.0);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.018 344.0);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.019 344.0);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.019 344.0);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.018 344.0);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.016 344.0);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.014 344.0);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.011 344.0);
}

Colors that work with #eedfe7

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#FAF5F8
Tinted page background
Border#E3CAD7
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#965075
Captions on the surface
Accent#438953
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#532C41
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F6EEF3
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#24141D
Dark-mode background
Hover#E2C8D6
One step down in lightness
Pressed#D5B0C4
Two steps down
Disabled#F7F3F5
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#F3E2EB
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 #eedfe7

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 #532C41
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #BC82A1

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#DFEEE6
Analogous left#EEDFEE
Analogous right#EEDFE0
Split-complement 1#E0EEDF
Split-complement 2#DFEEEE
Triadic 1#E7EEDF
Triadic 2#DFE7EE
Tetradic#EEEEDF
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°328°

#eedfe7 sits at 328°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red93.3%
Green87.5%
Blue90.6%
R · 0–255
238
0xee
G · 0–255
223
0xdf
B · 0–255
231
0xe7

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta6.3%
Yellow2.9%
Key (black)6.7%

Total ink coverage is 16%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#eedfe7 text on a black background

contrast 16.34:1

Card sample

#eedfe7 text on a white background

contrast 1.28:1

Card sample

#eedfe7 on grey

1.17:1

#eedfe7 on its own surface

1.19:1

#eedfe7 on its dark surface

13.70:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #eedfe7;
Background color
Panel with #eedfe7 background
background-color: #eedfe7;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #eedfe7;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(238, 223, 231, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(238, 223, 231, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #eedfe7;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eedfe7, #EEE1DF);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #eedfe7, #EEE5DF);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #eedfe7;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #eedfe7;
caret-color: #eedfe7;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #eedfe7;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F6EEF3;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #eedfe7;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#eedfe7 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #eedfe7 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, 223, 231, 0.5)
rgb(238 223 231 / 50%)
#eedfe780
hsl(328 31% 90% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #eedfe7 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#eedfe71a#FDFCFD
20%#eedfe733#FCF9FA
40%#eedfe766#F8F2F5
60%#eedfe799#F5ECF1
80%#eedfe7cc#F1E5EC

Gradients from #eedfe7

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, #F8F2F5, #eedfe7 45%, #532C41);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #eedfe7, #E3D0CB);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #eedfe7, #DFEEE6);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #FAF5F8 0%, #eedfe7 45%, #532C41 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAF5F8, #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%, #F9F3F3 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #532C41 0%, transparent 65%), #eedfe7;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #eedfe7

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.

#eedfe7 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 16.34:1.

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.

#eedfe7, answered

What color is #eedfe7?

#eedfe7 is a pale soft magenta / pink, closest to Lavender Blush (ΔE2000 3.8). It sits at 328° on the hue wheel with 31% saturation and 90% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #eedfe7?

rgb(238, 223, 231) — 238 red, 223 green and 231 blue out of 255, or 93.3% / 87.5% / 90.6% by channel.

What is #eedfe7 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(328, 31%, 90%) and hsv(328, 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 #eedfe7 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.7672 and perceived brightness is 90%, so black text on it reaches 16.34:1.

Should I use black or white text on #eedfe7?

Black. It scores 16.34:1 against #eedfe7, versus 1.28:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #eedfe7 accessible on a white background?

#eedfe7 on white scores 1.28:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #A95D86 to reach 4.5:1, or #804464 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #eedfe7?

#DFEEE6 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #E0EEDF and #DFEEEE, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #eedfe7?

For interface work: #FAF5F8 as the surface, #E3CAD7 for borders, #965075 for secondary text, #438953 as an accent and #532C41 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #EEDFEE and #EEDFE0 stays calm, while #DFEEE6 is the loudest partner.

What is #eedfe7 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 6%, 3%, 7%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #eedfe7 warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 36 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #EEDFE2; nudged cooler, #EFDFED.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #eedfe7?

The neutral family — its 500 step is #737373, ΔE2000 33.6 away. That is a visible difference, so define #eedfe7 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #eedfe7 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#eedfe7] or text-[#eedfe7], 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 #eedfe7 with 50% opacity?

rgba(238, 223, 231, 0.5), or #eedfe780 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #F7EFF3; over black, #777074.

Is #eedfe7 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FFCCFF, ΔE2000 15 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #eedfe7 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 #eedfe7?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #F8F2F5, #eedfe7 45%, #532C41). For more colour, a short hue run to #E3D0CB keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #eedfe7 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #eedfe7 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.