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magenta / pink · warm

#f0cadc

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

Token name suggestion: Whisper Ruby

RGB
240, 202, 220
HSL
332°, 56%, 87%
CMYK
0, 16, 8, 6
Luminance
0.6593

#f0cadc is a pale vivid magenta / pink, 332° on the wheel and 32/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (14.19:1). As text it scores 1.48:1 on white — use #CA4383 instead. Nearest name is Thistle, nearest Tailwind family is pink.

hsl(332 56% 87%)rgb(240 202 220)Base step 200AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #f0cadc is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#f0cadc
Hue
332°
magenta / pink
Saturation
56%
vivid
Lightness
87%
pale
Brightness
94%
HSV value
Perceived
85%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.6593
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
32/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
14.19:1
Closest name
Thistle
ΔE2000 5.6
Chroma
16.8
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.877
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
pink
500 · ΔE 28.1
Web-safe
#FFCCCC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue332° of 360°
Saturation56%
Lightness87%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #f0cadc.

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%
Green64%
Blue8%

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

Every format

HEX#f0cadc
HEX (8-digit)#f0cadcff
RGBrgb(240, 202, 220)
RGBArgba(240, 202, 220, 1)
HSLhsl(332, 56%, 87%)
HSV / HSBhsv(332, 16%, 94%)
HWBhwb(332 79% 6%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 16%, 8%, 6%)
LABlab(85.0 16.3 -3.9)
LCHlch(85.0 16.8 346.5)
OKLCHoklch(0.877 0.049 348.0)
XYZ (D65)xyz(69.97, 65.94, 76.74)
Decimal15780572
Display P3color(display-p3 0.941 0.792 0.863)
Web-safe#FFCCCC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #f0cadc;
background-color: #f0cadc;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #f0cadc;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#f0cadc] bg-[#f0cadc]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #f0cadc;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.941, green: 0.792, blue: 0.863)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.941, green: 0.792, blue: 0.863, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#F0CADC</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFF0CADC)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFF0CADC)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(220, 202, 240)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(240, 202, 220)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(240, 202, 220)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 240, 202, 220)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9412f, 0.7922f, 0.8627f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{240,202,220}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #f0cadc 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #f0cadc 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#631C3E, #EED3E0);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #f0cadc 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: #FBF4F7;
  --brand-100: #F6E9EF;
  --brand-200: #f0cadc;
  --brand-300: #E6A8C5;
  --brand-400: #DA7CA8;
  --brand-500: #CE508B;
  --brand-600: #BF3677;
  --brand-700: #9F2D63;
  --brand-800: #7F244F;
  --brand-900: #5D1E3C;
  --brand-950: #3A1325;
  --brand: #f0cadc;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF4F7;
  --brand-border: #EDC0D5;
  --brand-hover: #E8AECA;
  --brand-pressed: #E092B7;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #24141C;
    --brand-ink: #EED3E0;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FBF4F7',
        100: '#F6E9EF',
        200: '#f0cadc',
        300: '#E6A8C5',
        400: '#DA7CA8',
        500: '#CE508B',
        600: '#BF3677',
        700: '#9F2D63',
        800: '#7F244F',
        900: '#5D1E3C',
        950: '#3A1325',
        DEFAULT: '#f0cadc',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FBF4F7,
  '100': #F6E9EF,
  '200': #f0cadc,
  '300': #E6A8C5,
  '400': #DA7CA8,
  '500': #CE508B,
  '600': #BF3677,
  '700': #9F2D63,
  '800': #7F244F,
  '900': #5D1E3C,
  '950': #3A1325,
);
$brand-base: #f0cadc;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FBF4F7", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F6E9EF", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#f0cadc", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#E6A8C5", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#DA7CA8", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#CE508B", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#BF3677", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#9F2D63", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#7F244F", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#5D1E3C", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#3A1325", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #f0cadc · 14.19:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.48:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 14.19:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #f0cadc as text scores 1.48:1 on white and 14.19:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #631C3E at 8.03:1.

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
#CA4383 · 4.52:1
AA on white−34% L
#CA4383
The quick fox
#9A2C60 · 7.23:1
AAA on white−48% L
#9A2C60
The quick fox
#f0cadc · 14.19:1
AA on blackalready passes
#f0cadc
The quick fox
#f0cadc · 14.19:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#f0cadc

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #D773A2 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
#f0cadc on white: 1.48:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#f0cadc on black: 14.19:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #f0cadc as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #f0cadc.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.48:1AaAa
Slate 501.41:1AaAa
Slate 1001.35:1AaAa
Slate 2001.20:1AaAa
Slate 3001.00:1AaAa
Slate 4001.73:1AaAa
Slate 5003.21:1AaAa
Slate 6005.12:1AaAa
Slate 7007.00:1AaAa
Slate 8009.88:1AaAa
Slate 90012.06:1AaAa
Black14.19:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #CDD1DD
deuteranopia · #D5D6DB
tritanopia · #F6C9D0

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. #f0cadc 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.

#FBF4F7
#F6E9EF
#f0cadc
#E6A8C5
#DA7CA8
#CE508B
#BF3677
#9F2D63
#7F244F
#5D1E3C
#3A1325
Base = 200Lightest = 50 · #FBF4F7Darkest = 950 · #3A1325Text 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 0.012 348.0);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.019 348.0);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.029 348.0);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.038 348.0);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.045 348.0);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.049 348.0);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.049 348.0);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.046 348.0);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.041 348.0);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.034 348.0);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.027 348.0);
}

Colors that work with #f0cadc

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#EDC0D5
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B4B71
Captions on the surface
Accent#2AA24B
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#631C3E
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F9EBF2
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#24141C
Dark-mode background
Hover#E8AECA
One step down in lightness
Pressed#E092B7
Two steps down
Disabled#F7F3F5
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#F7D8E6
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 #f0cadc

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 #631C3E
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #D773A2

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
  • 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#CAF0DE
Analogous left#F0CAEF
Analogous right#F0CBCA
Split-complement 1#CAF0CB
Split-complement 2#CAEFF0
Triadic 1#DCF0CA
Triadic 2#CADCF0
Tetradic#EFF0CA
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°332°

#f0cadc sits at 332°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red94.1%
Green79.2%
Blue86.3%
R · 0–255
240
0xf0
G · 0–255
202
0xca
B · 0–255
220
0xdc

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta15.8%
Yellow8.3%
Key (black)5.9%

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

Color previews

#f0cadc text on a black background

contrast 14.19:1

Card sample

#f0cadc text on a white background

contrast 1.48:1

Card sample

#f0cadc on grey

1.35:1

#f0cadc on its own surface

1.36:1

#f0cadc on its dark surface

11.90:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #f0cadc;
Background color
Panel with #f0cadc background
background-color: #f0cadc;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #f0cadc;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(240, 202, 220, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(240, 202, 220, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #f0cadc;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f0cadc, #F0D1CA);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #f0cadc, #F0DBCA);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #f0cadc;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #f0cadc;
caret-color: #f0cadc;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #f0cadc;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F9EBF2;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #f0cadc;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#f0cadc 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #f0cadc 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(240, 202, 220, 0.5)
rgb(240 202 220 / 50%)
#f0cadc80
hsl(332 56% 87% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #f0cadc 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#f0cadc1a#FEFAFC
20%#f0cadc33#FCF4F8
40%#f0cadc66#F9EAF1
60%#f0cadc99#F6DFEA
80%#f0cadccc#F3D5E3

Gradients from #f0cadc

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, #FBEFF4, #f0cadc 45%, #631C3E);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #f0cadc, #E9C1B2);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #f0cadc, #CAF0DE);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #FCF3F7 0%, #f0cadc 45%, #631C3E 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%, #FBF2FB 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #F7E4E2 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #631C3E 0%, transparent 65%), #f0cadc;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #f0cadc

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.

#f0cadc 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 14.19:1.

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.

#f0cadc, answered

What color is #f0cadc?

#f0cadc is a pale vivid magenta / pink, closest to Thistle (ΔE2000 5.6). It sits at 332° on the hue wheel with 56% saturation and 87% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #f0cadc?

rgb(240, 202, 220) — 240 red, 202 green and 220 blue out of 255, or 94.1% / 79.2% / 86.3% by channel.

What is #f0cadc in HSL and HSV?

hsl(332, 56%, 87%) and hsv(332, 16%, 94%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #f0cadc a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.6593 and perceived brightness is 85%, so black text on it reaches 14.19:1.

Should I use black or white text on #f0cadc?

Black. It scores 14.19:1 against #f0cadc, versus 1.48:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #f0cadc accessible on a white background?

#f0cadc on white scores 1.48:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #CA4383 to reach 4.5:1, or #9A2C60 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #f0cadc?

#CAF0DE sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #CAF0CB and #CAEFF0, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #f0cadc?

For interface work: #FAF4F7 as the surface, #EDC0D5 for borders, #9B4B71 for secondary text, #2AA24B as an accent and #631C3E for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #F0CAEF and #F0CBCA stays calm, while #CAF0DE is the loudest partner.

What is #f0cadc in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 16%, 8%, 6%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #f0cadc 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 #F0CACE; nudged cooler, #F1C9EA.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #f0cadc?

The pink family — its 500 step is #ec4899, ΔE2000 28.1 away. That is a visible difference, so define #f0cadc as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #f0cadc in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#f0cadc] or text-[#f0cadc], 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 #f0cadc with 50% opacity?

rgba(240, 202, 220, 0.5), or #f0cadc80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #F8E5EE; over black, #78656E.

Is #f0cadc a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FFCCCC, ΔE2000 7.5 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #f0cadc 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 #f0cadc?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #FBEFF4, #f0cadc 45%, #631C3E). For more colour, a short hue run to #E9C1B2 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #f0cadc in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #f0cadc at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.