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#fad1db

a pale, electric red · warm · closest name: Pink

Token name suggestion: Mist Cardinal

RGB
250, 209, 219
HSL
345°, 80%, 90%
CMYK
0, 16, 12, 2
Luminance
0.7104

#fad1db is a pale electric red, 345° on the wheel and 25/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (15.21:1). As text it scores 1.38:1 on white — use #E6194B instead. Nearest name is Pink, nearest Tailwind family is pink.

hsl(345 80% 90%)rgb(250 209 219)Base step 200AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #fad1db is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#fad1db
Hue
345°
red
Saturation
80%
electric
Lightness
90%
pale
Brightness
98%
HSV value
Perceived
88%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.7104
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
25/100 cool
Color family
Red
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
15.21:1
Closest name
Pink
ΔE2000 5.8
Chroma
15.9
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.898
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
pink
500 · ΔE 29.6
Web-safe
#FFCCCC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue345° of 360°
Saturation80%
Lightness90%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #fad1db.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool25% 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
Red29%
Green64%
Blue7%

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

Every format

HEX#fad1db
HEX (8-digit)#fad1dbff
RGBrgb(250, 209, 219)
RGBArgba(250, 209, 219, 1)
HSLhsl(345, 80%, 90%)
HSV / HSBhsv(345, 16%, 98%)
HWBhwb(345 82% 2%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 16%, 12%, 2%)
LABlab(87.5 15.9 0.5)
LCHlch(87.5 15.9 1.6)
OKLCHoklch(0.898 0.048 1.7)
XYZ (D65)xyz(75.01, 71.04, 76.77)
Decimal16437723
Display P3color(display-p3 0.980 0.820 0.859)
Web-safe#FFCCCC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #fad1db;
background-color: #fad1db;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #fad1db;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#fad1db] bg-[#fad1db]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #fad1db;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.980, green: 0.820, blue: 0.859)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.980, green: 0.820, blue: 0.859, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#FAD1DB</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFFAD1DB)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFFAD1DB)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(219, 209, 250)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(250, 209, 219)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(250, 209, 219)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 250, 209, 219)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9804f, 0.8196f, 0.8588f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{250,209,219}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #fad1db 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #fad1db 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#730C25, #EED3D9);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #fad1db 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: #FCF3F5;
  --brand-100: #F9E6EB;
  --brand-200: #fad1db;
  --brand-300: #F49AB0;
  --brand-400: #EF6788;
  --brand-500: #E93560;
  --brand-600: #DD1848;
  --brand-700: #B8143C;
  --brand-800: #931030;
  --brand-900: #6A1026;
  --brand-950: #430A18;
  --brand: #fad1db;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF4F6;
  --brand-border: #EDC0CB;
  --brand-hover: #F7B1C2;
  --brand-pressed: #F391A9;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #241418;
    --brand-ink: #EED3D9;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FCF3F5',
        100: '#F9E6EB',
        200: '#fad1db',
        300: '#F49AB0',
        400: '#EF6788',
        500: '#E93560',
        600: '#DD1848',
        700: '#B8143C',
        800: '#931030',
        900: '#6A1026',
        950: '#430A18',
        DEFAULT: '#fad1db',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FCF3F5,
  '100': #F9E6EB,
  '200': #fad1db,
  '300': #F49AB0,
  '400': #EF6788,
  '500': #E93560,
  '600': #DD1848,
  '700': #B8143C,
  '800': #931030,
  '900': #6A1026,
  '950': #430A18,
);
$brand-base: #fad1db;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FCF3F5", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F9E6EB", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#fad1db", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#F49AB0", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#EF6788", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#E93560", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#DD1848", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#B8143C", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#931030", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#6A1026", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#430A18", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #fad1db · 15.21:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.38:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 15.21:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #fad1db as text scores 1.38:1 on white and 15.21:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #730C25 at 8.41:1.

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
#E6194B · 4.56:1
AA on white−40% L
#E6194B
The quick fox
#AF1339 · 7.06:1
AAA on white−52% L
#AF1339
The quick fox
#fad1db · 15.21:1
AA on blackalready passes
#fad1db
The quick fox
#fad1db · 15.21:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#fad1db

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #EF6788 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
#fad1db on white: 1.38:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#fad1db on black: 15.21:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #fad1db as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #fad1db.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.38:1AaAa
Slate 501.32:1AaAa
Slate 1001.26:1AaAa
Slate 2001.12:1AaAa
Slate 3001.08:1AaAa
Slate 4001.86:1AaAa
Slate 5003.45:1AaAa
Slate 6005.49:1AaAa
Slate 7007.50:1AaAa
Slate 80010.59:1AaAa
Slate 90012.93:1AaAa
Black15.21:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #D6D7DB
deuteranopia · #DFDEDA
tritanopia · #FFCFD4

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. #fad1db 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.

#FCF3F5
#F9E6EB
#fad1db
#F49AB0
#EF6788
#E93560
#DD1848
#B8143C
#931030
#6A1026
#430A18
Base = 200Lightest = 50 · #FCF3F5Darkest = 950 · #430A18Text 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 0.012 1.7);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.019 1.7);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.029 1.7);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.037 1.7);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.044 1.7);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.048 1.7);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.048 1.7);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.045 1.7);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.040 1.7);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.033 1.7);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.026 1.7);
}

Colors that work with #fad1db

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#FAF4F6
Tinted page background
Border#EDC0CB
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B4B5E
Captions on the surface
Accent#10BC68
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#730C25
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FDE8ED
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#241418
Dark-mode background
Hover#F7B1C2
One step down in lightness
Pressed#F391A9
Two steps down
Disabled#F7F3F4
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#FDD8E1
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 #fad1db

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 #730C25
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #EF6788

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.

At this chroma the association is amplified — it will dominate anything placed beside it, so give it space and use it sparingly. 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
  • FormalityLow
  • EnergyHigh
  • 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#D1FAF0
Analogous left#FAD1EF
Analogous right#FADCD1
Split-complement 1#D1FADC
Split-complement 2#D1EFFA
Triadic 1#DBFAD1
Triadic 2#D1DBFA
Tetradic#EFFAD1
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°345°

#fad1db sits at 345°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red98.0%
Green82.0%
Blue85.9%
R · 0–255
250
0xfa
G · 0–255
209
0xd1
B · 0–255
219
0xdb

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta16.4%
Yellow12.4%
Key (black)2.0%

Total ink coverage is 31%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#fad1db text on a black background

contrast 15.21:1

Card sample

#fad1db text on a white background

contrast 1.38:1

Card sample

#fad1db on grey

1.26:1

#fad1db on its own surface

1.27:1

#fad1db on its dark surface

12.80:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #fad1db;
Background color
Panel with #fad1db background
background-color: #fad1db;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #fad1db;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(250, 209, 219, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(250, 209, 219, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #fad1db;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fad1db, #FAE2D1);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #fad1db, #FAEDD1);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #fad1db;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #fad1db;
caret-color: #fad1db;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #fad1db;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FDE8ED;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #fad1db;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#fad1db 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #fad1db 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(250, 209, 219, 0.5)
rgb(250 209 219 / 50%)
#fad1db80
hsl(345 80% 90% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #fad1db 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#fad1db1a#FFFAFB
20%#fad1db33#FEF6F8
40%#fad1db66#FDEDF1
60%#fad1db99#FCE3E9
80%#fad1dbcc#FBDAE2

Gradients from #fad1db

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, #FDEDF1, #fad1db 45%, #730C25);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #fad1db, #F7D7B5);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #fad1db, #D1FAF0);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #FEF1F4 0%, #fad1db 45%, #730C25 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAF4F6, #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%, #FDF2ED 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #730C25 0%, transparent 65%), #fad1db;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #fad1db

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.

#fad1db 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

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 15.21:1.

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.

#fad1db, answered

What color is #fad1db?

#fad1db is a pale electric red, closest to Pink (ΔE2000 5.8). It sits at 345° on the hue wheel with 80% saturation and 90% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #fad1db?

rgb(250, 209, 219) — 250 red, 209 green and 219 blue out of 255, or 98% / 82% / 85.9% by channel.

What is #fad1db in HSL and HSV?

hsl(345, 80%, 90%) and hsv(345, 16%, 98%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #fad1db a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.7104 and perceived brightness is 88%, so black text on it reaches 15.21:1.

Should I use black or white text on #fad1db?

Black. It scores 15.21:1 against #fad1db, versus 1.38:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #fad1db accessible on a white background?

#fad1db on white scores 1.38:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #E6194B to reach 4.5:1, or #AF1339 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #fad1db?

#D1FAF0 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #D1FADC and #D1EFFA, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #fad1db?

For interface work: #FAF4F6 as the surface, #EDC0CB for borders, #9B4B5E for secondary text, #10BC68 as an accent and #730C25 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #FAD1EF and #FADCD1 stays calm, while #D1FAF0 is the loudest partner.

What is #fad1db in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 16%, 12%, 2%). 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 #fad1db warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 25 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #FAD6D1; nudged cooler, #FBD0EA.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #fad1db?

The pink family — its 500 step is #ec4899, ΔE2000 29.6 away. That is a visible difference, so define #fad1db as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #fad1db in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#fad1db] or text-[#fad1db], 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 #fad1db with 50% opacity?

rgba(250, 209, 219, 0.5), or #fad1db80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #FDE8ED; over black, #7D696E.

Is #fad1db a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FFCCCC, ΔE2000 4.6 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #fad1db 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 #fad1db?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #FDEDF1, #fad1db 45%, #730C25). For more colour, a short hue run to #F7D7B5 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #fad1db in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #fad1db at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.