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magenta / pink · warm

#faecf2

a pale, vivid magenta / pink · warm · closest name: Lavender Blush

Token name suggestion: Chalk Fuchsia

RGB
250, 236, 242
HSL
334°, 58%, 95%
CMYK
0, 6, 3, 2
Luminance
0.8673

#faecf2 is a pale vivid magenta / pink, 334° on the wheel and 31/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (18.35:1). As text it scores 1.14:1 on white — use #CC3E7B instead. Nearest name is Lavender Blush, nearest Tailwind family is amber.

hsl(334 58% 95%)rgb(250 236 242)Base step 100AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #faecf2 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#faecf2
Hue
334°
magenta / pink
Saturation
58%
vivid
Lightness
95%
pale
Brightness
98%
HSV value
Perceived
94%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.8673
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
31/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
18.35:1
Closest name
Lavender Blush
ΔE2000 1
Chroma
5.9
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.956
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
amber
500 · ΔE 35
Web-safe
#FFFFFF
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue334° of 360°
Saturation58%
Lightness95%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #faecf2.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool31% 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
Red23%
Green69%
Blue7%

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

Every format

HEX#faecf2
HEX (8-digit)#faecf2ff
RGBrgb(250, 236, 242)
RGBArgba(250, 236, 242, 1)
HSLhsl(334, 58%, 95%)
HSV / HSBhsv(334, 6%, 98%)
HWBhwb(334 93% 2%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 6%, 3%, 2%)
LABlab(94.6 5.7 -1.2)
LCHlch(94.6 5.9 348.2)
OKLCHoklch(0.956 0.017 349.5)
XYZ (D65)xyz(85.44, 86.73, 96.23)
Decimal16444658
Display P3color(display-p3 0.980 0.925 0.949)
Web-safe#FFFFFF

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #faecf2;
background-color: #faecf2;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #faecf2;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#faecf2] bg-[#faecf2]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #faecf2;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.980, green: 0.925, blue: 0.949)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.980, green: 0.925, blue: 0.949, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#FAECF2</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFFAECF2)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFFAECF2)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(242, 236, 250)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(250, 236, 242)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(250, 236, 242)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 250, 236, 242)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9804f, 0.9255f, 0.9490f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{250,236,242}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #faecf2 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #faecf2 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#651B3A, #EED3DE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #faecf2 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: #FBF4F7;
  --brand-100: #faecf2;
  --brand-200: #EFCDDB;
  --brand-300: #E8A6C2;
  --brand-400: #DC7AA4;
  --brand-500: #D04D85;
  --brand-600: #C23370;
  --brand-700: #A12B5D;
  --brand-800: #81224B;
  --brand-900: #5E1C38;
  --brand-950: #3B1223;
  --brand: #faecf2;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF4F7;
  --brand-border: #EDC0D3;
  --brand-hover: #F3D0DF;
  --brand-pressed: #EBB4CB;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #24141B;
    --brand-ink: #EED3DE;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FBF4F7',
        100: '#faecf2',
        200: '#EFCDDB',
        300: '#E8A6C2',
        400: '#DC7AA4',
        500: '#D04D85',
        600: '#C23370',
        700: '#A12B5D',
        800: '#81224B',
        900: '#5E1C38',
        950: '#3B1223',
        DEFAULT: '#faecf2',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FBF4F7,
  '100': #faecf2,
  '200': #EFCDDB,
  '300': #E8A6C2,
  '400': #DC7AA4,
  '500': #D04D85,
  '600': #C23370,
  '700': #A12B5D,
  '800': #81224B,
  '900': #5E1C38,
  '950': #3B1223,
);
$brand-base: #faecf2;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FBF4F7", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#faecf2", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#EFCDDB", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#E8A6C2", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#DC7AA4", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#D04D85", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#C23370", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#A12B5D", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#81224B", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#5E1C38", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#3B1223", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #faecf2 · 18.35:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.14:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 18.35:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #faecf2 as text scores 1.14:1 on white and 18.35:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #651B3A at 10.36:1.

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
#CC3E7B · 4.62:1
AA on white−43% L
#CC3E7B
The quick fox
#9F2A5C · 7.09:1
AAA on white−56% L
#9F2A5C
The quick fox
#faecf2 · 18.35:1
AA on blackalready passes
#faecf2
The quick fox
#faecf2 · 18.35:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#faecf2

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #DA739F 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
#faecf2 on white: 1.14:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#faecf2 on black: 18.35:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #faecf2 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #faecf2.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.14:1AaAa
Slate 501.09:1AaAa
Slate 1001.04:1AaAa
Slate 2001.08:1AaAa
Slate 3001.30:1AaAa
Slate 4002.24:1AaAa
Slate 5004.16:1AaAa
Slate 6006.62:1AaAa
Slate 7009.05:1AaAa
Slate 80012.78:1AaAa
Slate 90015.60:1AaAa
Black18.35:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #EDEEF2
deuteranopia · #F0F0F2
tritanopia · #FCECEE

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. #faecf2 is pinned to step 100; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#FBF4F7
#faecf2
#EFCDDB
#E8A6C2
#DC7AA4
#D04D85
#C23370
#A12B5D
#81224B
#5E1C38
#3B1223
Base = 100Lightest = 50 · #FBF4F7Darkest = 950 · #3B1223Text 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 0.004 349.5);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.007 349.5);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.010 349.5);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.013 349.5);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.016 349.5);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.017 349.5);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.017 349.5);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.016 349.5);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.014 349.5);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.012 349.5);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.009 349.5);
}

Colors that work with #faecf2

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#FAF4F7
Tinted page background
Border#EDC0D3
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B4B6D
Captions on the surface
Accent#2BA14C
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#651B3A
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FAEBF1
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#24141B
Dark-mode background
Hover#F3D0DF
One step down in lightness
Pressed#EBB4CB
Two steps down
Disabled#F7F3F4
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#F9DDE9
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 #faecf2

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 #651B3A
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #DA739F

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
  • Weight5/100
  • 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#ECFAF4
Analogous left#FAECF9
Analogous right#FAEDEC
Split-complement 1#ECFAED
Split-complement 2#ECF9FA
Triadic 1#F2FAEC
Triadic 2#ECF2FA
Tetradic#F9FAEC
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°334°

#faecf2 sits at 334°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red98.0%
Green92.5%
Blue94.9%
R · 0–255
250
0xfa
G · 0–255
236
0xec
B · 0–255
242
0xf2

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta5.6%
Yellow3.2%
Key (black)2.0%

Total ink coverage is 11%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#faecf2 text on a black background

contrast 18.35:1

Card sample

#faecf2 text on a white background

contrast 1.14:1

Card sample

#faecf2 on grey

1.04:1

#faecf2 on its own surface

1.05:1

#faecf2 on its dark surface

15.40:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #faecf2;
Background color
Panel with #faecf2 background
background-color: #faecf2;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #faecf2;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(250, 236, 242, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(250, 236, 242, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #faecf2;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #faecf2, #FAEFEC);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #faecf2, #FAF3EC);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #faecf2;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #faecf2;
caret-color: #faecf2;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #faecf2;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FAEBF1;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #faecf2;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#faecf2 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #faecf2 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, 236, 242, 0.5)
rgb(250 236 242 / 50%)
#faecf280
hsl(334 58% 95% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #faecf2 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#faecf21a#FFFDFE
20%#faecf233#FEFBFC
40%#faecf266#FDF7FA
60%#faecf299#FCF4F7
80%#faecf2cc#FBF0F5

Gradients from #faecf2

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, #FBEFF4, #faecf2 45%, #651B3A);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #faecf2, #F4DED4);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #faecf2, #ECFAF4);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #FCF3F7 0%, #faecf2 45%, #651B3A 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAF4F7, #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%, #FFFFFF 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #651B3A 0%, transparent 65%), #faecf2;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #faecf2

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.

#faecf2 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

Very light values are indistinguishable from white on a dim phone screen outdoors. Give it a border if the boundary matters.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 18.35:1.

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.

#faecf2, answered

What color is #faecf2?

#faecf2 is a pale vivid magenta / pink, closest to Lavender Blush (ΔE2000 1). It sits at 334° on the hue wheel with 58% saturation and 95% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #faecf2?

rgb(250, 236, 242) — 250 red, 236 green and 242 blue out of 255, or 98% / 92.5% / 94.9% by channel.

What is #faecf2 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(334, 58%, 95%) and hsv(334, 6%, 98%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #faecf2 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.8673 and perceived brightness is 94%, so black text on it reaches 18.35:1.

Should I use black or white text on #faecf2?

Black. It scores 18.35:1 against #faecf2, versus 1.14:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #faecf2 accessible on a white background?

#faecf2 on white scores 1.14:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #CC3E7B to reach 4.5:1, or #9F2A5C for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #faecf2?

#ECFAF4 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #ECFAED and #ECF9FA, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #faecf2?

For interface work: #FAF4F7 as the surface, #EDC0D3 for borders, #9B4B6D for secondary text, #2BA14C as an accent and #651B3A for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #FAECF9 and #FAEDEC stays calm, while #ECFAF4 is the loudest partner.

What is #faecf2 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 6%, 3%, 2%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #faecf2 warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 31 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #FAECED; nudged cooler, #FAECF7.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #faecf2?

The amber family — its 500 step is #f59e0b, ΔE2000 35 away. That is a visible difference, so define #faecf2 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #faecf2 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#faecf2] or text-[#faecf2], 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 #faecf2 with 50% opacity?

rgba(250, 236, 242, 0.5), or #faecf280 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #FDF6F9; over black, #7D7679.

Is #faecf2 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FFFFFF, ΔE2000 7.9 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #faecf2 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 #faecf2?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #FBEFF4, #faecf2 45%, #651B3A). For more colour, a short hue run to #F4DED4 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #faecf2 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #faecf2 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.