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#f2dad7

a pale, vivid red · warm · closest name: Misty Rose

Token name suggestion: Mist Rust

RGB
242, 218, 215
HSL
7°, 51%, 90%
CMYK
0, 10, 11, 5
Luminance
0.7393

#f2dad7 is a pale vivid red, 7° on the wheel and 13/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (15.79:1). As text it scores 1.33:1 on white — use #C25345 instead. Nearest name is Misty Rose, nearest Tailwind family is amber.

hsl(7 51% 90%)rgb(242 218 215)Base step 200AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #f2dad7 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#f2dad7
Hue
red
Saturation
51%
vivid
Lightness
90%
pale
Brightness
95%
HSV value
Perceived
88%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.7393
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
13/100 cool
Color family
Red
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
15.79:1
Closest name
Misty Rose
ΔE2000 2.5
Chroma
9.0
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.907
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
amber
500 · ΔE 29.5
Web-safe
#FFCCCC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue7° of 360°
Saturation51%
Lightness90%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #f2dad7.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool13% 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
Red26%
Green68%
Blue7%

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

Every format

HEX#f2dad7
HEX (8-digit)#f2dad7ff
RGBrgb(242, 218, 215)
RGBArgba(242, 218, 215, 1)
HSLhsl(7, 51%, 90%)
HSV / HSBhsv(7, 11%, 95%)
HWBhwb(7 84% 5%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 10%, 11%, 5%)
LABlab(88.9 7.8 4.5)
LCHlch(88.9 9.0 30.0)
OKLCHoklch(0.907 0.027 26.2)
XYZ (D65)xyz(73.95, 73.93, 74.65)
Decimal15915735
Display P3color(display-p3 0.949 0.855 0.843)
Web-safe#FFCCCC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #f2dad7;
background-color: #f2dad7;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #f2dad7;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#f2dad7] bg-[#f2dad7]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #f2dad7;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.949, green: 0.855, blue: 0.843)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.949, green: 0.855, blue: 0.843, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#F2DAD7</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFF2DAD7)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFF2DAD7)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(215, 218, 242)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(242, 218, 215)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(242, 218, 215)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 242, 218, 215)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9490f, 0.8549f, 0.8431f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{242,218,215}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #f2dad7 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #f2dad7 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#60271F, #EED6D3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #f2dad7 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: #FAF5F4;
  --brand-100: #F6EBEA;
  --brand-200: #f2dad7;
  --brand-300: #E3B1AA;
  --brand-400: #D68A80;
  --brand-500: #C86256;
  --brand-600: #B94A3C;
  --brand-700: #9A3E32;
  --brand-800: #7B3128;
  --brand-900: #5A2721;
  --brand-950: #381814;
  --brand: #f2dad7;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF5F4;
  --brand-border: #EBC6C1;
  --brand-hover: #E9C1BC;
  --brand-pressed: #E0A8A1;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #241614;
    --brand-ink: #EED6D3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FAF5F4',
        100: '#F6EBEA',
        200: '#f2dad7',
        300: '#E3B1AA',
        400: '#D68A80',
        500: '#C86256',
        600: '#B94A3C',
        700: '#9A3E32',
        800: '#7B3128',
        900: '#5A2721',
        950: '#381814',
        DEFAULT: '#f2dad7',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FAF5F4,
  '100': #F6EBEA,
  '200': #f2dad7,
  '300': #E3B1AA,
  '400': #D68A80,
  '500': #C86256,
  '600': #B94A3C,
  '700': #9A3E32,
  '800': #7B3128,
  '900': #5A2721,
  '950': #381814,
);
$brand-base: #f2dad7;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FAF5F4", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F6EBEA", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#f2dad7", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#E3B1AA", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#D68A80", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#C86256", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#B94A3C", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#9A3E32", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#7B3128", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#5A2721", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#381814", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #f2dad7 · 15.79:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.33:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 15.79:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #f2dad7 as text scores 1.33:1 on white and 15.79:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #60271F at 8.73:1.

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
#C25345 · 4.55:1
AA on white−38% L
#C25345
The quick fox
#953C30 · 7.08:1
AAA on white−51% L
#953C30
The quick fox
#f2dad7 · 15.79:1
AA on blackalready passes
#f2dad7
The quick fox
#f2dad7 · 15.79:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#f2dad7

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #D17D73 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
#f2dad7 on white: 1.33:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#f2dad7 on black: 15.79:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #f2dad7 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #f2dad7.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.33:1AaAa
Slate 501.27:1AaAa
Slate 1001.21:1AaAa
Slate 2001.08:1AaAa
Slate 3001.12:1AaAa
Slate 4001.93:1AaAa
Slate 5003.58:1AaAa
Slate 6005.70:1AaAa
Slate 7007.78:1AaAa
Slate 80011.00:1AaAa
Slate 90013.42:1AaAa
Black15.79:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #DEDDD7
deuteranopia · #E4E1D7
tritanopia · #F8D8D9

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. #f2dad7 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.

#FAF5F4
#F6EBEA
#f2dad7
#E3B1AA
#D68A80
#C86256
#B94A3C
#9A3E32
#7B3128
#5A2721
#381814
Base = 200Lightest = 50 · #FAF5F4Darkest = 950 · #381814Text 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 0.007 26.2);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.011 26.2);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.016 26.2);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.021 26.2);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.025 26.2);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.027 26.2);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.027 26.2);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.025 26.2);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.023 26.2);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.019 26.2);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.015 26.2);
}

Colors that work with #f2dad7

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#FAF5F4
Tinted page background
Border#EBC6C1
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B544B
Captions on the surface
Accent#2E9E8E
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#60271F
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F9EDEC
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#241614
Dark-mode background
Hover#E9C1BC
One step down in lightness
Pressed#E0A8A1
Two steps down
Disabled#F7F3F3
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#F7E1DE
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

The file stays available for seven days. Download it before it expires.

NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #f2dad7

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
  • Status meaning — pair it with an icon or label, never colour alone
  • 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 #60271F
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #D17D73

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

urgentappetisingboldphysical

Red arrives before the rest of the page does. It raises attention and appetite, which is why it runs food, sport and clearance pricing.

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

It is also the universal error colour. Use it as a brand accent and users may read a warning that is not there.

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium-high
  • 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#D7EFF2
Analogous left#F2D7E1
Analogous right#F2E7D7
Split-complement 1#D7F2E7
Split-complement 2#D7E1F2
Triadic 1#D7F2DA
Triadic 2#DAD7F2
Tetradic#E1F2D7
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°7°

#f2dad7 sits at 7°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red94.9%
Green85.5%
Blue84.3%
R · 0–255
242
0xf2
G · 0–255
218
0xda
B · 0–255
215
0xd7

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta9.9%
Yellow11.2%
Key (black)5.1%

Total ink coverage is 26%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#f2dad7 text on a black background

contrast 15.79:1

Card sample

#f2dad7 text on a white background

contrast 1.33:1

Card sample

#f2dad7 on grey

1.21:1

#f2dad7 on its own surface

1.23:1

#f2dad7 on its dark surface

13.16:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #f2dad7;
Background color
Panel with #f2dad7 background
background-color: #f2dad7;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #f2dad7;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(242, 218, 215, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(242, 218, 215, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #f2dad7;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f2dad7, #F2ECD7);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #f2dad7, #F1F2D7);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #f2dad7;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #f2dad7;
caret-color: #f2dad7;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #f2dad7;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F9EDEC;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #f2dad7;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#f2dad7 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #f2dad7 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(242, 218, 215, 0.5)
rgb(242 218 215 / 50%)
#f2dad780
hsl(7 51% 90% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #f2dad7 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#f2dad71a#FEFBFB
20%#f2dad733#FCF8F7
40%#f2dad766#FAF0EF
60%#f2dad799#F7E9E7
80%#f2dad7cc#F5E1DF

Gradients from #f2dad7

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, #FAF1F0, #f2dad7 45%, #60271F);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #f2dad7, #EAE5C0);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #f2dad7, #D7EFF2);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #FBF4F3 0%, #f2dad7 45%, #60271F 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAF5F4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #FEFDFE 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #F9F6EE 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #60271F 0%, transparent 65%), #f2dad7;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #f2dad7

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.

#f2dad7 in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
Food and drinkEntertainmentRetailSport
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 15.79:1.

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.

#f2dad7, answered

What color is #f2dad7?

#f2dad7 is a pale vivid red, closest to Misty Rose (ΔE2000 2.5). It sits at 7° on the hue wheel with 51% saturation and 90% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #f2dad7?

rgb(242, 218, 215) — 242 red, 218 green and 215 blue out of 255, or 94.9% / 85.5% / 84.3% by channel.

What is #f2dad7 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(7, 51%, 90%) and hsv(7, 11%, 95%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #f2dad7 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.7393 and perceived brightness is 88%, so black text on it reaches 15.79:1.

Should I use black or white text on #f2dad7?

Black. It scores 15.79:1 against #f2dad7, versus 1.33:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #f2dad7 accessible on a white background?

#f2dad7 on white scores 1.33:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #C25345 to reach 4.5:1, or #953C30 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #f2dad7?

#D7EFF2 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #D7F2E7 and #D7E1F2, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #f2dad7?

For interface work: #FAF5F4 as the surface, #EBC6C1 for borders, #9B544B for secondary text, #2E9E8E as an accent and #60271F for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #F2D7E1 and #F2E7D7 stays calm, while #D7EFF2 is the loudest partner.

What is #f2dad7 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 10%, 11%, 5%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #f2dad7 warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 13 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #F2E2D7; nudged cooler, #F3D6DE.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #f2dad7?

The amber family — its 500 step is #f59e0b, ΔE2000 29.5 away. That is a visible difference, so define #f2dad7 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #f2dad7 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#f2dad7] or text-[#f2dad7], 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 #f2dad7 with 50% opacity?

rgba(242, 218, 215, 0.5), or #f2dad780 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #F9EDEB; over black, #796D6C.

Is #f2dad7 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FFCCCC, ΔE2000 8.2 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #f2dad7 mean?

As a red, it reads urgent, appetising, bold. Red arrives before the rest of the page does. It raises attention and appetite, which is why it runs food, sport and clearance pricing. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #f2dad7?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #FAF1F0, #f2dad7 45%, #60271F). For more colour, a short hue run to #EAE5C0 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #f2dad7 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #f2dad7 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.