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magenta / pink · neutral

#f1acea

a light, vivid magenta / pink · neutral · closest name: Plum

Token name suggestion: Drift Fuchsia

RGB
241, 172, 234
HSL
306°, 71%, 81%
CMYK
0, 29, 3, 6
Luminance
0.5415

#f1acea is a light vivid magenta / pink, 306° on the wheel and 47/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (11.83:1). As text it scores 1.78:1 on white — use #CD23BC instead. Nearest name is Plum, nearest Tailwind family is pink.

hsl(306 71% 81%)rgb(241 172 234)Base step 300AAA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #f1acea is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#f1acea
Hue
306°
magenta / pink
Saturation
71%
vivid
Lightness
81%
light
Brightness
95%
HSV value
Perceived
79%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.5415
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
47/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
11.83:1
Closest name
Plum
ΔE2000 4
Chroma
40.8
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.829
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
pink
500 · ΔE 21.7
Web-safe
#FF99FF
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue306° of 360°
Saturation71%
Lightness81%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #f1acea.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool47% 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
Red35%
Green54%
Blue11%

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

Every format

HEX#f1acea
HEX (8-digit)#f1aceaff
RGBrgb(241, 172, 234)
RGBArgba(241, 172, 234, 1)
HSLhsl(306, 71%, 81%)
HSV / HSBhsv(306, 29%, 95%)
HWBhwb(306 67% 5%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 29%, 3%, 6%)
LABlab(78.5 35.0 -21.0)
LCHlch(78.5 40.8 329.0)
OKLCHoklch(0.829 0.113 330.1)
XYZ (D65)xyz(65.88, 54.15, 84.81)
Decimal15838442
Display P3color(display-p3 0.945 0.675 0.918)
Web-safe#FF99FF

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #f1acea;
background-color: #f1acea;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #f1acea;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#f1acea] bg-[#f1acea]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #f1acea;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.945, green: 0.675, blue: 0.918)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.945, green: 0.675, blue: 0.918, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#F1ACEA</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFF1ACEA)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFF1ACEA)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(234, 172, 241)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(241, 172, 234)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(241, 172, 234)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 241, 172, 234)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9451f, 0.6745f, 0.9176f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{241,172,234}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #f1acea 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #f1acea 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#6D1264, #EED3EB);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #f1acea 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: #FCF3FB;
  --brand-100: #F8E7F6;
  --brand-200: #F3C9EE;
  --brand-300: #f1acea;
  --brand-400: #E76FDB;
  --brand-500: #DF3FCE;
  --brand-600: #D123C0;
  --brand-700: #AF1DA0;
  --brand-800: #8C1880;
  --brand-900: #65155D;
  --brand-950: #3F0D3A;
  --brand: #f1acea;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF4FA;
  --brand-border: #EDC0E8;
  --brand-hover: #EC8EE2;
  --brand-pressed: #E76FDB;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #241423;
    --brand-ink: #EED3EB;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FCF3FB',
        100: '#F8E7F6',
        200: '#F3C9EE',
        300: '#f1acea',
        400: '#E76FDB',
        500: '#DF3FCE',
        600: '#D123C0',
        700: '#AF1DA0',
        800: '#8C1880',
        900: '#65155D',
        950: '#3F0D3A',
        DEFAULT: '#f1acea',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FCF3FB,
  '100': #F8E7F6,
  '200': #F3C9EE,
  '300': #f1acea,
  '400': #E76FDB,
  '500': #DF3FCE,
  '600': #D123C0,
  '700': #AF1DA0,
  '800': #8C1880,
  '900': #65155D,
  '950': #3F0D3A,
);
$brand-base: #f1acea;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FCF3FB", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F8E7F6", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#F3C9EE", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#f1acea", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#E76FDB", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#DF3FCE", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#D123C0", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#AF1DA0", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#8C1880", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#65155D", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#3F0D3A", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #f1acea · 11.83:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.78:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 11.83:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #f1acea as text scores 1.78:1 on white and 11.83:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #6D1264 at 6.16:1.

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
#CD23BC · 4.60:1
AA on white−34% L
#CD23BC
The quick fox
#9D1B90 · 7.02:1
AAA on white−45% L
#9D1B90
The quick fox
#f1acea · 11.83:1
AA on blackalready passes
#f1acea
The quick fox
#f1acea · 11.83:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#f1acea

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #E45ED6 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
#f1acea on white: 1.78:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#f1acea on black: 11.83:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #f1acea as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #f1acea.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.78:1AaAa
Slate 501.70:1AaAa
Slate 1001.62:1AaAa
Slate 2001.44:1AaAa
Slate 3001.20:1AaAa
Slate 4001.44:1AaAa
Slate 5002.68:1AaAa
Slate 6004.27:1AaAa
Slate 7005.83:1AaAa
Slate 8008.24:1AaAa
Slate 90010.06:1AaAa
Black11.83:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #AABDEC
deuteranopia · #BAC6E8
tritanopia · #F6B0C2

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. #f1acea is pinned to step 300; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#FCF3FB
#F8E7F6
#F3C9EE
#f1acea
#E76FDB
#DF3FCE
#D123C0
#AF1DA0
#8C1880
#65155D
#3F0D3A
Base = 300Lightest = 50 · #FCF3FBDarkest = 950 · #3F0D3AText step on white = 700
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 0.028 330.1);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.045 330.1);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.068 330.1);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.088 330.1);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.104 330.1);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.113 330.1);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.113 330.1);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.106 330.1);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.095 330.1);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.079 330.1);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.062 330.1);
}

Colors that work with #f1acea

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#EDC0E8
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B4B93
Captions on the surface
Accent#30B319
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#6D1264
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FBE9F9
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#241423
Dark-mode background
Hover#EC8EE2
One step down in lightness
Pressed#E76FDB
Two steps down
Disabled#F7F3F7
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#F8BAF1
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
Your export is ready

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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #f1acea

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 #6D1264
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #E45ED6

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 lightness keeps it airy and approachable.

Worth knowing

Strong gendered associations in some markets — test it with the audience you actually have.

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium-high
  • Weight19/100
  • 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#ACF1B3
Analogous left#D6ACF1
Analogous right#F1ACC8
Split-complement 1#C8F1AC
Split-complement 2#ACF1D6
Triadic 1#EAF1AC
Triadic 2#ACEAF1
Tetradic#F1D6AC
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°306°

#f1acea sits at 306°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red94.5%
Green67.5%
Blue91.8%
R · 0–255
241
0xf1
G · 0–255
172
0xac
B · 0–255
234
0xea

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta28.6%
Yellow2.9%
Key (black)5.5%

Total ink coverage is 37%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#f1acea text on a black background

contrast 11.83:1

Card sample

#f1acea text on a white background

contrast 1.78:1

Card sample

#f1acea on grey

1.62:1

#f1acea on its own surface

1.64:1

#f1acea on its dark surface

9.86:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #f1acea;
Background color
Panel with #f1acea background
background-color: #f1acea;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #f1acea;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(241, 172, 234, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(241, 172, 234, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #f1acea;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f1acea, #F1ACBC);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #f1acea, #F1ADAC);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #f1acea;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #f1acea;
caret-color: #f1acea;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #f1acea;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FBE9F9;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #f1acea;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#f1acea 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #f1acea 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(241, 172, 234, 0.5)
rgb(241 172 234 / 50%)
#f1acea80
hsl(306 71% 81% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #f1acea 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#f1acea1a#FEF7FD
20%#f1acea33#FCEEFB
40%#f1acea66#F9DEF7
60%#f1acea99#F7CDF2
80%#f1aceacc#F4BDEE

Gradients from #f1acea

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, #FAE0F7, #f1acea 45%, #6D1264);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #f1acea, #ED929F);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #f1acea, #ACF1B3);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #FDF2FC 0%, #f1acea 45%, #6D1264 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%, #E9D8F8 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #F5C6D5 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #6D1264 0%, transparent 65%), #f1acea;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #f1acea

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.

#f1acea 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

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

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 11.83:1.

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.

#f1acea, answered

What color is #f1acea?

#f1acea is a light vivid magenta / pink, closest to Plum (ΔE2000 4). It sits at 306° on the hue wheel with 71% saturation and 81% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #f1acea?

rgb(241, 172, 234) — 241 red, 172 green and 234 blue out of 255, or 94.5% / 67.5% / 91.8% by channel.

What is #f1acea in HSL and HSV?

hsl(306, 71%, 81%) and hsv(306, 29%, 95%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #f1acea a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.5415 and perceived brightness is 79%, so black text on it reaches 11.83:1.

Should I use black or white text on #f1acea?

Black. It scores 11.83:1 against #f1acea, versus 1.78:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #f1acea accessible on a white background?

#f1acea on white scores 1.78:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #CD23BC to reach 4.5:1, or #9D1B90 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #f1acea?

#ACF1B3 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #C8F1AC and #ACF1D6, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #f1acea?

For interface work: #FAF4FA as the surface, #EDC0E8 for borders, #9B4B93 for secondary text, #30B319 as an accent and #6D1264 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #D6ACF1 and #F1ACC8 stays calm, while #ACF1B3 is the loudest partner.

What is #f1acea in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 29%, 3%, 6%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #f1acea warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 47 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #F1ACD1; nudged cooler, #DFABF2.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #f1acea?

The pink family — its 500 step is #ec4899, ΔE2000 21.7 away. That is a visible difference, so define #f1acea as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #f1acea in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#f1acea] or text-[#f1acea], 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 #f1acea with 50% opacity?

rgba(241, 172, 234, 0.5), or #f1acea80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #F8D6F5; over black, #795675.

Is #f1acea a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FF99FF, ΔE2000 6.9 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #f1acea 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 #f1acea?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #FAE0F7, #f1acea 45%, #6D1264). For more colour, a short hue run to #ED929F keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #f1acea in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #f1acea at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.