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magenta / pink · warm

#f88fd7

a light, electric magenta / pink · warm · closest name: Plum

Token name suggestion: Meadow Peony

RGB
248, 143, 215
HSL
319°, 88%, 77%
CMYK
0, 42, 13, 3
Luminance
0.4451

#f88fd7 is a light electric magenta / pink, 319° on the wheel and 40/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (9.90:1). As text it scores 2.12:1 on white — use #DB0E9B instead. Nearest name is Plum, nearest Tailwind family is pink.

hsl(319 88% 77%)rgb(248 143 215)Base step 300AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #f88fd7 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#f88fd7
Hue
319°
magenta / pink
Saturation
88%
electric
Lightness
77%
light
Brightness
97%
HSV value
Perceived
74%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.4451
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
40/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
9.90:1
Closest name
Plum
ΔE2000 6.8
Chroma
52.8
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.783
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
pink
500 · ΔE 15.3
Web-safe
#FF99CC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue319° of 360°
Saturation88%
Lightness77%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #f88fd7.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool40% 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
Red45%
Green44%
Blue11%

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

Every format

HEX#f88fd7
HEX (8-digit)#f88fd7ff
RGBrgb(248, 143, 215)
RGBArgba(248, 143, 215, 1)
HSLhsl(319, 88%, 77%)
HSV / HSBhsv(319, 42%, 97%)
HWBhwb(319 56% 3%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 42%, 13%, 3%)
LABlab(72.6 49.0 -19.6)
LCHlch(72.6 52.8 338.2)
OKLCHoklch(0.783 0.153 340.0)
XYZ (D65)xyz(60.80, 44.51, 69.67)
Decimal16289751
Display P3color(display-p3 0.973 0.561 0.843)
Web-safe#FF99CC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #f88fd7;
background-color: #f88fd7;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #f88fd7;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#f88fd7] bg-[#f88fd7]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #f88fd7;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.973, green: 0.561, blue: 0.843)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.973, green: 0.561, blue: 0.843, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#F88FD7</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFF88FD7)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFF88FD7)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(215, 143, 248)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(248, 143, 215)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(248, 143, 215)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 248, 143, 215)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9725f, 0.5608f, 0.8431f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{248,143,215}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #f88fd7 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #f88fd7 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#780855, #EED3E5);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #f88fd7 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: #FDF2F9;
  --brand-100: #FAE5F4;
  --brand-200: #F8C4E7;
  --brand-300: #f88fd7;
  --brand-400: #F561C6;
  --brand-500: #F22CB3;
  --brand-600: #E60EA2;
  --brand-700: #C00C87;
  --brand-800: #9A0A6C;
  --brand-900: #6F0C50;
  --brand-950: #450732;
  --brand: #f88fd7;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF4F8;
  --brand-border: #EDC0DF;
  --brand-hover: #F66ECB;
  --brand-pressed: #F44CBF;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #24141F;
    --brand-ink: #EED3E5;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FDF2F9',
        100: '#FAE5F4',
        200: '#F8C4E7',
        300: '#f88fd7',
        400: '#F561C6',
        500: '#F22CB3',
        600: '#E60EA2',
        700: '#C00C87',
        800: '#9A0A6C',
        900: '#6F0C50',
        950: '#450732',
        DEFAULT: '#f88fd7',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FDF2F9,
  '100': #FAE5F4,
  '200': #F8C4E7,
  '300': #f88fd7,
  '400': #F561C6,
  '500': #F22CB3,
  '600': #E60EA2,
  '700': #C00C87,
  '800': #9A0A6C,
  '900': #6F0C50,
  '950': #450732,
);
$brand-base: #f88fd7;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FDF2F9", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#FAE5F4", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#F8C4E7", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#f88fd7", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#F561C6", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#F22CB3", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#E60EA2", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#C00C87", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#9A0A6C", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#6F0C50", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#450732", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #f88fd7 · 9.90:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 2.12:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 9.90:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #f88fd7 as text scores 2.12:1 on white and 9.90:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #780855 at 5.04:1.

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
#DB0E9B · 4.62:1
AA on white−31% L
#DB0E9B
The quick fox
#A70A75 · 7.13:1
AAA on white−42% L
#A70A75
The quick fox
#f88fd7 · 9.90:1
AA on blackalready passes
#f88fd7
The quick fox
#f88fd7 · 9.90:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#f88fd7

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #F456C2 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
#f88fd7 on white: 2.12:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#f88fd7 on black: 9.90:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #f88fd7 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #f88fd7.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White2.12:1AaAa
Slate 502.03:1AaAa
Slate 1001.94:1AaAa
Slate 2001.72:1AaAa
Slate 3001.43:1AaAa
Slate 4001.21:1AaAa
Slate 5002.24:1AaAa
Slate 6003.57:1AaAa
Slate 7004.88:1AaAa
Slate 8006.90:1AaAa
Slate 9008.42:1AaAa
Black9.90:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #93A8DA
deuteranopia · #AFB8D4
tritanopia · #FF91AA

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. #f88fd7 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.

#FDF2F9
#FAE5F4
#F8C4E7
#f88fd7
#F561C6
#F22CB3
#E60EA2
#C00C87
#9A0A6C
#6F0C50
#450732
Base = 300Lightest = 50 · #FDF2F9Darkest = 950 · #450732Text 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 0.038 340.0);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.061 340.0);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.092 340.0);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.119 340.0);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.141 340.0);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.153 340.0);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.153 340.0);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.144 340.0);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.128 340.0);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.107 340.0);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.084 340.0);
}

Colors that work with #f88fd7

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#FAF4F8
Tinted page background
Border#EDC0DF
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B4B82
Captions on the surface
Accent#09C315
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#780855
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FDE7F6
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#24141F
Dark-mode background
Hover#F66ECB
One step down in lightness
Pressed#F44CBF
Two steps down
Disabled#F7F3F6
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#FE9DE0
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 #f88fd7

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 #780855
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #F456C2

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.

At this chroma the association is amplified — it will dominate anything placed beside it, so give it space and use it sparingly. 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
  • FormalityLow
  • EnergyHigh
  • Weight23/100
  • 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#8FF8B0
Analogous left#E58FF8
Analogous right#F88FA3
Split-complement 1#A3F88F
Split-complement 2#8FF8E5
Triadic 1#D7F88F
Triadic 2#8FD7F8
Tetradic#F8E58F
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°319°

#f88fd7 sits at 319°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red97.3%
Green56.1%
Blue84.3%
R · 0–255
248
0xf8
G · 0–255
143
0x8f
B · 0–255
215
0xd7

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta42.3%
Yellow13.3%
Key (black)2.7%

Total ink coverage is 58%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#f88fd7 text on a black background

contrast 9.90:1

Card sample

#f88fd7 text on a white background

contrast 2.12:1

Card sample

#f88fd7 on grey

1.94:1

#f88fd7 on its own surface

1.96:1

#f88fd7 on its dark surface

8.29:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #f88fd7;
Background color
Panel with #f88fd7 background
background-color: #f88fd7;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #f88fd7;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(248, 143, 215, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(248, 143, 215, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #f88fd7;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f88fd7, #F88F91);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #f88fd7, #F8A78F);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #f88fd7;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #f88fd7;
caret-color: #f88fd7;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #f88fd7;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FDE7F6;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #f88fd7;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#f88fd7 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #f88fd7 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(248, 143, 215, 0.5)
rgb(248 143 215 / 50%)
#f88fd780
hsl(319 88% 77% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #f88fd7 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#f88fd71a#FEF4FB
20%#f88fd733#FEE9F7
40%#f88fd766#FCD2EF
60%#f88fd799#FBBCE7
80%#f88fd7cc#F9A5DF

Gradients from #f88fd7

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, #FCC9EC, #f88fd7 45%, #780855);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #f88fd7, #F67B72);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #f88fd7, #8FF8B0);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #FDE6F6 0%, #f88fd7 45%, #780855 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAF4F8, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #EBBFFB 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #FAACB4 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #780855 0%, transparent 65%), #f88fd7;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #f88fd7

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.

#f88fd7 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

Sits outside most CMYK gamuts — expect a duller press result, or specify a spot ink.

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 9.90:1.

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.

#f88fd7, answered

What color is #f88fd7?

#f88fd7 is a light electric magenta / pink, closest to Plum (ΔE2000 6.8). It sits at 319° on the hue wheel with 88% saturation and 77% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #f88fd7?

rgb(248, 143, 215) — 248 red, 143 green and 215 blue out of 255, or 97.3% / 56.1% / 84.3% by channel.

What is #f88fd7 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(319, 88%, 77%) and hsv(319, 42%, 97%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #f88fd7 a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.4451 and perceived brightness is 74%, so black text on it reaches 9.90:1.

Should I use black or white text on #f88fd7?

Black. It scores 9.90:1 against #f88fd7, versus 2.12:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #f88fd7 accessible on a white background?

#f88fd7 on white scores 2.12:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #DB0E9B to reach 4.5:1, or #A70A75 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #f88fd7?

#8FF8B0 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #A3F88F and #8FF8E5, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #f88fd7?

For interface work: #FAF4F8 as the surface, #EDC0DF for borders, #9B4B82 for secondary text, #09C315 as an accent and #780855 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #E58FF8 and #F88FA3 stays calm, while #8FF8B0 is the loudest partner.

What is #f88fd7 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 42%, 13%, 3%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — a color this saturated sits outside most CMYK gamuts and will print duller than it looks here.

Is #f88fd7 warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 40 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #F88FB1; nudged cooler, #F48EF9.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #f88fd7?

The pink family — its 500 step is #ec4899, ΔE2000 15.3 away. That is a visible difference, so define #f88fd7 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #f88fd7 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#f88fd7] or text-[#f88fd7], 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 #f88fd7 with 50% opacity?

rgba(248, 143, 215, 0.5), or #f88fd780 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #FCC7EB; over black, #7C486C.

Is #f88fd7 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FF99CC, ΔE2000 4.9 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #f88fd7 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 #f88fd7?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #FCC9EC, #f88fd7 45%, #780855). For more colour, a short hue run to #F67B72 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #f88fd7 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #f88fd7 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.