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magenta / pink · neutral

#f0daf0

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

Token name suggestion: Whisper Ruby

RGB
240, 218, 240
HSL
300°, 42%, 90%
CMYK
0, 9, 0, 6
Luminance
0.7496

#f0daf0 is a pale soft magenta / pink, 300° on the wheel and 50/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (15.99:1). As text it scores 1.31:1 on white — use #B549B5 instead. Nearest name is Thistle, nearest Tailwind family is pink.

hsl(300 42% 90%)rgb(240 218 240)Base step 200AAA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #f0daf0 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#f0daf0
Hue
300°
magenta / pink
Saturation
42%
soft
Lightness
90%
pale
Brightness
94%
HSV value
Perceived
89%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.7496
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
50/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
15.99:1
Closest name
Thistle
ΔE2000 6.3
Chroma
13.9
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.913
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
pink
500 · ΔE 32
Web-safe
#FFCCFF
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue300° of 360°
Saturation42%
Lightness90%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #f0daf0.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool50% 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
Red25%
Green67%
Blue8%

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

Every format

HEX#f0daf0
HEX (8-digit)#f0daf0ff
RGBrgb(240, 218, 240)
RGBArgba(240, 218, 240, 1)
HSLhsl(300, 42%, 90%)
HSV / HSBhsv(300, 9%, 94%)
HWBhwb(300 85% 6%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 9%, 0%, 6%)
LABlab(89.4 11.4 -8.0)
LCHlch(89.4 13.9 324.9)
OKLCHoklch(0.913 0.038 325.9)
XYZ (D65)xyz(76.73, 74.96, 92.85)
Decimal15784688
Display P3color(display-p3 0.941 0.855 0.941)
Web-safe#FFCCFF

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #f0daf0;
background-color: #f0daf0;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #f0daf0;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#f0daf0] bg-[#f0daf0]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #f0daf0;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.941, green: 0.855, blue: 0.941)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.941, green: 0.855, blue: 0.941, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#F0DAF0</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFF0DAF0)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFF0DAF0)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(240, 218, 240)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(240, 218, 240)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(240, 218, 240)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 240, 218, 240)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9412f, 0.8549f, 0.9412f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{240,218,240}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #f0daf0 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #f0daf0 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#5B255B, #EDD3ED);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #f0daf0 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: #FAF5FA;
  --brand-100: #F5EBF5;
  --brand-200: #f0daf0;
  --brand-300: #DFAFDF;
  --brand-400: #CE87CE;
  --brand-500: #BE5FBE;
  --brand-600: #AE47AE;
  --brand-700: #913B91;
  --brand-800: #742F74;
  --brand-900: #552555;
  --brand-950: #351735;
  --brand: #f0daf0;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF4FA;
  --brand-border: #E7C5E7;
  --brand-hover: #E6C1E6;
  --brand-pressed: #DBA7DB;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #241424;
    --brand-ink: #EDD3ED;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FAF5FA',
        100: '#F5EBF5',
        200: '#f0daf0',
        300: '#DFAFDF',
        400: '#CE87CE',
        500: '#BE5FBE',
        600: '#AE47AE',
        700: '#913B91',
        800: '#742F74',
        900: '#552555',
        950: '#351735',
        DEFAULT: '#f0daf0',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FAF5FA,
  '100': #F5EBF5,
  '200': #f0daf0,
  '300': #DFAFDF,
  '400': #CE87CE,
  '500': #BE5FBE,
  '600': #AE47AE,
  '700': #913B91,
  '800': #742F74,
  '900': #552555,
  '950': #351735,
);
$brand-base: #f0daf0;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FAF5FA", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F5EBF5", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#f0daf0", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#DFAFDF", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#CE87CE", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#BE5FBE", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#AE47AE", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#913B91", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#742F74", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#552555", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#351735", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #f0daf0 · 15.99:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.31:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 15.99:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #f0daf0 as text scores 1.31:1 on white and 15.99:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #5B255B at 8.60:1.

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
#B549B5 · 4.58:1
AA on white−40% L
#B549B5
The quick fox
#893889 · 7.02:1
AAA on white−52% L
#893889
The quick fox
#f0daf0 · 15.99:1
AA on blackalready passes
#f0daf0
The quick fox
#f0daf0 · 15.99:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#f0daf0

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #C878C8 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
#f0daf0 on white: 1.31:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#f0daf0 on black: 15.99:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #f0daf0 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #f0daf0.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.31:1AaAa
Slate 501.26:1AaAa
Slate 1001.20:1AaAa
Slate 2001.07:1AaAa
Slate 3001.13:1AaAa
Slate 4001.95:1AaAa
Slate 5003.62:1AaAa
Slate 6005.77:1AaAa
Slate 7007.89:1AaAa
Slate 80011.14:1AaAa
Slate 90013.60:1AaAa
Black15.99:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #D9DFF1
deuteranopia · #DDE2EF
tritanopia · #F2DCE1

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. #f0daf0 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.

#FAF5FA
#F5EBF5
#f0daf0
#DFAFDF
#CE87CE
#BE5FBE
#AE47AE
#913B91
#742F74
#552555
#351735
Base = 200Lightest = 50 · #FAF5FADarkest = 950 · #351735Text 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 0.009 325.9);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.015 325.9);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.023 325.9);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.029 325.9);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.035 325.9);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.038 325.9);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.038 325.9);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.036 325.9);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.032 325.9);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.026 325.9);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.021 325.9);
}

Colors that work with #f0daf0

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#E7C5E7
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B4B9B
Captions on the surface
Accent#4E9537
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#5B255B
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F8EDF8
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#241424
Dark-mode background
Hover#E6C1E6
One step down in lightness
Pressed#DBA7DB
Two steps down
Disabled#F7F3F7
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#F5E0F5
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 #f0daf0

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 #5B255B
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #C878C8

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
  • 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#DAF0DA
Analogous left#E5DAF0
Analogous right#F0DAE5
Split-complement 1#E5F0DA
Split-complement 2#DAF0E5
Triadic 1#F0F0DA
Triadic 2#DAF0F0
Tetradic#F0E5DA
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°300°

#f0daf0 sits at 300°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red94.1%
Green85.5%
Blue94.1%
R · 0–255
240
0xf0
G · 0–255
218
0xda
B · 0–255
240
0xf0

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta9.2%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)5.9%

Total ink coverage is 15%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#f0daf0 text on a black background

contrast 15.99:1

Card sample

#f0daf0 text on a white background

contrast 1.31:1

Card sample

#f0daf0 on grey

1.20:1

#f0daf0 on its own surface

1.21:1

#f0daf0 on its dark surface

13.32:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #f0daf0;
Background color
Panel with #f0daf0 background
background-color: #f0daf0;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #f0daf0;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(240, 218, 240, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(240, 218, 240, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #f0daf0;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f0daf0, #F0DAE1);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #f0daf0, #F0DADC);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #f0daf0;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #f0daf0;
caret-color: #f0daf0;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #f0daf0;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F8EDF8;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #f0daf0;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#f0daf0 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #f0daf0 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, 218, 240, 0.5)
rgb(240 218 240 / 50%)
#f0daf080
hsl(300 42% 90% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #f0daf0 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#f0daf01a#FEFBFE
20%#f0daf033#FCF8FC
40%#f0daf066#F9F0F9
60%#f0daf099#F6E9F6
80%#f0daf0cc#F3E1F3

Gradients from #f0daf0

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, #F9F0F9, #f0daf0 45%, #5B255B);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #f0daf0, #E7C4CD);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #f0daf0, #DAF0DA);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #FBF4FB 0%, #f0daf0 45%, #5B255B 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%, #FEFEFF 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #F9F0F4 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #5B255B 0%, transparent 65%), #f0daf0;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #f0daf0

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.

#f0daf0 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 15.99:1.

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.

#f0daf0, answered

What color is #f0daf0?

#f0daf0 is a pale soft magenta / pink, closest to Thistle (ΔE2000 6.3). It sits at 300° on the hue wheel with 42% saturation and 90% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #f0daf0?

rgb(240, 218, 240) — 240 red, 218 green and 240 blue out of 255, or 94.1% / 85.5% / 94.1% by channel.

What is #f0daf0 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(300, 42%, 90%) and hsv(300, 9%, 94%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #f0daf0 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.7496 and perceived brightness is 89%, so black text on it reaches 15.99:1.

Should I use black or white text on #f0daf0?

Black. It scores 15.99:1 against #f0daf0, versus 1.31:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #f0daf0 accessible on a white background?

#f0daf0 on white scores 1.31:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #B549B5 to reach 4.5:1, or #893889 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #f0daf0?

#DAF0DA sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #E5F0DA and #DAF0E5, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #f0daf0?

For interface work: #FAF4FA as the surface, #E7C5E7 for borders, #9B4B9B for secondary text, #4E9537 as an accent and #5B255B for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #E5DAF0 and #F0DAE5 stays calm, while #DAF0DA is the loudest partner.

What is #f0daf0 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 9%, 0%, 6%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #f0daf0 warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 50 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #F0DAE8; nudged cooler, #E8D9F1.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #f0daf0?

The pink family — its 500 step is #ec4899, ΔE2000 32 away. That is a visible difference, so define #f0daf0 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #f0daf0 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#f0daf0] or text-[#f0daf0], 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 #f0daf0 with 50% opacity?

rgba(240, 218, 240, 0.5), or #f0daf080 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #F8EDF8; over black, #786D78.

Is #f0daf0 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FFCCFF, ΔE2000 9.5 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #f0daf0 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 #f0daf0?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #F9F0F9, #f0daf0 45%, #5B255B). For more colour, a short hue run to #E7C4CD keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #f0daf0 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #f0daf0 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.