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magenta / pink · neutral

#f1daec

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

Token name suggestion: Whisper Ruby

RGB
241, 218, 236
HSL
313°, 45%, 90%
CMYK
0, 10, 2, 6
Luminance
0.7490

#f1daec is a pale vivid magenta / pink, 313° on the wheel and 43/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (15.98:1). As text it scores 1.31:1 on white — use #BA4AA2 instead. Nearest name is Thistle, nearest Tailwind family is pink.

hsl(313 45% 90%)rgb(241 218 236)Base step 200AAA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #f1daec is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#f1daec
Hue
313°
magenta / pink
Saturation
45%
vivid
Lightness
90%
pale
Brightness
95%
HSV value
Perceived
89%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.7490
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
43/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
15.98:1
Closest name
Thistle
ΔE2000 6.7
Chroma
12.5
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.912
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
pink
500 · ΔE 32
Web-safe
#FFCCFF
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue313° of 360°
Saturation45%
Lightness90%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #f1daec.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool43% 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#f1daec
HEX (8-digit)#f1daecff
RGBrgb(241, 218, 236)
RGBArgba(241, 218, 236, 1)
HSLhsl(313, 45%, 90%)
HSV / HSBhsv(313, 10%, 95%)
HWBhwb(313 85% 5%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 10%, 2%, 6%)
LABlab(89.3 11.0 -5.9)
LCHlch(89.3 12.5 331.8)
OKLCHoklch(0.912 0.035 333.2)
XYZ (D65)xyz(76.49, 74.90, 89.77)
Decimal15850220
Display P3color(display-p3 0.945 0.855 0.925)
Web-safe#FFCCFF

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #f1daec;
background-color: #f1daec;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #f1daec;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#f1daec] bg-[#f1daec]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #f1daec;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.945, green: 0.855, blue: 0.925)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.945, green: 0.855, blue: 0.925, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#F1DAEC</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFF1DAEC)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFF1DAEC)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(236, 218, 241)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(241, 218, 236)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(241, 218, 236)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 241, 218, 236)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9451f, 0.8549f, 0.9255f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{241,218,236}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #f1daec 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #f1daec 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#5D2350, #EED3E8);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #f1daec 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: #FAF5F9;
  --brand-100: #F5EAF3;
  --brand-200: #f1daec;
  --brand-300: #E0AED5;
  --brand-400: #D185C0;
  --brand-500: #C15CAB;
  --brand-600: #B2439A;
  --brand-700: #943880;
  --brand-800: #762D66;
  --brand-900: #57244C;
  --brand-950: #36162F;
  --brand: #f1daec;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF4F9;
  --brand-border: #E9C4E1;
  --brand-hover: #E7C0DF;
  --brand-pressed: #DDA6D1;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #241421;
    --brand-ink: #EED3E8;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FAF5F9',
        100: '#F5EAF3',
        200: '#f1daec',
        300: '#E0AED5',
        400: '#D185C0',
        500: '#C15CAB',
        600: '#B2439A',
        700: '#943880',
        800: '#762D66',
        900: '#57244C',
        950: '#36162F',
        DEFAULT: '#f1daec',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FAF5F9,
  '100': #F5EAF3,
  '200': #f1daec,
  '300': #E0AED5,
  '400': #D185C0,
  '500': #C15CAB,
  '600': #B2439A,
  '700': #943880,
  '800': #762D66,
  '900': #57244C,
  '950': #36162F,
);
$brand-base: #f1daec;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FAF5F9", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F5EAF3", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#f1daec", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#E0AED5", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#D185C0", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#C15CAB", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#B2439A", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#943880", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#762D66", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#57244C", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#36162F", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #f1daec · 15.98:1
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 · 15.98:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #f1daec as text scores 1.31:1 on white and 15.98:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #5D2350 at 8.77:1.

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
#BA4AA2 · 4.58:1
AA on white−39% L
#BA4AA2
The quick fox
#8D357A · 7.18:1
AAA on white−52% L
#8D357A
The quick fox
#f1daec · 15.98:1
AA on blackalready passes
#f1daec
The quick fox
#f1daec · 15.98:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#f1daec

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #CB76B9 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
#f1daec on white: 1.31:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#f1daec on black: 15.98:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #f1daec as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #f1daec.

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 7007.88:1AaAa
Slate 80011.13:1AaAa
Slate 90013.58:1AaAa
Black15.98:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #DADFED
deuteranopia · #DFE2EB
tritanopia · #F4DBE0

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. #f1daec 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.

#FAF5F9
#F5EAF3
#f1daec
#E0AED5
#D185C0
#C15CAB
#B2439A
#943880
#762D66
#57244C
#36162F
Base = 200Lightest = 50 · #FAF5F9Darkest = 950 · #36162FText 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 0.009 333.2);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.014 333.2);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.021 333.2);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.027 333.2);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.032 333.2);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.035 333.2);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.035 333.2);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.033 333.2);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.029 333.2);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.024 333.2);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.019 333.2);
}

Colors that work with #f1daec

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#FAF4F9
Tinted page background
Border#E9C4E1
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B4B8A
Captions on the surface
Accent#389834
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#5D2350
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F8ECF6
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#241421
Dark-mode background
Hover#E7C0DF
One step down in lightness
Pressed#DDA6D1
Two steps down
Disabled#F7F3F6
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#F6DFF1
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 #f1daec

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 #5D2350
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #CB76B9

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
  • Weight10/100
  • TemperatureNeutral
  • 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#DAF1DF
Analogous left#EADAF1
Analogous right#F1DAE1
Split-complement 1#E1F1DA
Split-complement 2#DAF1EA
Triadic 1#ECF1DA
Triadic 2#DAECF1
Tetradic#F1EADA
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°313°

#f1daec sits at 313°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red94.5%
Green85.5%
Blue92.5%
R · 0–255
241
0xf1
G · 0–255
218
0xda
B · 0–255
236
0xec

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta9.5%
Yellow2.1%
Key (black)5.5%

Total ink coverage is 17%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#f1daec text on a black background

contrast 15.98:1

Card sample

#f1daec text on a white background

contrast 1.31:1

Card sample

#f1daec on grey

1.20:1

#f1daec on its own surface

1.21:1

#f1daec on its dark surface

13.35:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #f1daec;
Background color
Panel with #f1daec background
background-color: #f1daec;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #f1daec;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(241, 218, 236, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(241, 218, 236, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #f1daec;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f1daec, #F1DADD);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #f1daec, #F1DDDA);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #f1daec;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #f1daec;
caret-color: #f1daec;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #f1daec;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F8ECF6;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #f1daec;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#f1daec 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #f1daec 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, 218, 236, 0.5)
rgb(241 218 236 / 50%)
#f1daec80
hsl(313 45% 90% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #f1daec 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#f1daec1a#FEFBFD
20%#f1daec33#FCF8FB
40%#f1daec66#F9F0F7
60%#f1daec99#F7E9F4
80%#f1daeccc#F4E1F0

Gradients from #f1daec

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, #F9F0F7, #f1daec 45%, #5D2350);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #f1daec, #E9C4C5);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #f1daec, #DAF1DF);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #FBF4F9 0%, #f1daec 45%, #5D2350 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAF4F9, #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%, #F9F0F2 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #5D2350 0%, transparent 65%), #f1daec;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #f1daec

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.

#f1daec 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 15.98:1.

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.

#f1daec, answered

What color is #f1daec?

#f1daec is a pale vivid magenta / pink, closest to Thistle (ΔE2000 6.7). It sits at 313° on the hue wheel with 45% saturation and 90% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #f1daec?

rgb(241, 218, 236) — 241 red, 218 green and 236 blue out of 255, or 94.5% / 85.5% / 92.5% by channel.

What is #f1daec in HSL and HSV?

hsl(313, 45%, 90%) and hsv(313, 10%, 95%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #f1daec a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.7490 and perceived brightness is 89%, so black text on it reaches 15.98:1.

Should I use black or white text on #f1daec?

Black. It scores 15.98:1 against #f1daec, versus 1.31:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #f1daec accessible on a white background?

#f1daec on white scores 1.31:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #BA4AA2 to reach 4.5:1, or #8D357A for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #f1daec?

#DAF1DF sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #E1F1DA and #DAF1EA, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #f1daec?

For interface work: #FAF4F9 as the surface, #E9C4E1 for borders, #9B4B8A for secondary text, #389834 as an accent and #5D2350 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #EADAF1 and #F1DAE1 stays calm, while #DAF1DF is the loudest partner.

What is #f1daec in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 10%, 2%, 6%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #f1daec warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 43 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #F1DAE4; nudged cooler, #EED9F2.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #f1daec?

The pink family — its 500 step is #ec4899, ΔE2000 32 away. That is a visible difference, so define #f1daec as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #f1daec in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#f1daec] or text-[#f1daec], 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 #f1daec with 50% opacity?

rgba(241, 218, 236, 0.5), or #f1daec80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #F8EDF6; over black, #796D76.

Is #f1daec a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FFCCFF, ΔE2000 10.5 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #f1daec 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 #f1daec?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #F9F0F7, #f1daec 45%, #5D2350). For more colour, a short hue run to #E9C4C5 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #f1daec in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #f1daec at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.