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magenta / pink · warm

#fcb7da

a pale, electric magenta / pink · warm · closest name: Pink

Token name suggestion: Chalk Peony

RGB
252, 183, 218
HSL
330°, 92%, 85%
CMYK
0, 27, 14, 1
Luminance
0.5962

#fcb7da is a pale electric magenta / pink, 330° on the wheel and 34/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (12.92:1). As text it scores 1.62:1 on white — use #E30978 instead. Nearest name is Pink, nearest Tailwind family is pink.

hsl(330 92% 85%)rgb(252 183 218)Base step 200AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #fcb7da is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#fcb7da
Hue
330°
magenta / pink
Saturation
92%
electric
Lightness
85%
pale
Brightness
99%
HSV value
Perceived
82%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.5962
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
34/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
12.92:1
Closest name
Pink
ΔE2000 7.3
Chroma
31.1
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.853
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
pink
500 · ΔE 22.8
Web-safe
#FFCCCC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue330° of 360°
Saturation92%
Lightness85%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #fcb7da.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool34% 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
Red35%
Green57%
Blue8%

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

Every format

HEX#fcb7da
HEX (8-digit)#fcb7daff
RGBrgb(252, 183, 218)
RGBArgba(252, 183, 218, 1)
HSLhsl(330, 92%, 85%)
HSV / HSBhsv(330, 27%, 99%)
HWBhwb(330 72% 1%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 27%, 14%, 1%)
LABlab(81.6 30.1 -7.6)
LCHlch(81.6 31.1 345.8)
OKLCHoklch(0.853 0.091 347.4)
XYZ (D65)xyz(69.73, 59.63, 74.15)
Decimal16562138
Display P3color(display-p3 0.988 0.718 0.855)
Web-safe#FFCCCC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #fcb7da;
background-color: #fcb7da;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #fcb7da;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#fcb7da] bg-[#fcb7da]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #fcb7da;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.988, green: 0.718, blue: 0.855)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.988, green: 0.718, blue: 0.855, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#FCB7DA</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFFCB7DA)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFFCB7DA)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(218, 183, 252)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(252, 183, 218)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(252, 183, 218)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 252, 183, 218)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9882f, 0.7176f, 0.8549f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{252,183,218}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #fcb7da 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #fcb7da 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#7A0541, #EED3E1);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #fcb7da 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: #FDF2F7;
  --brand-100: #FBE4F0;
  --brand-200: #fcb7da;
  --brand-300: #FB93C8;
  --brand-400: #F85DAC;
  --brand-500: #F62890;
  --brand-600: #EB0A7C;
  --brand-700: #C40867;
  --brand-800: #9D0753;
  --brand-900: #71093E;
  --brand-950: #470627;
  --brand: #fcb7da;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF4F7;
  --brand-border: #EDC0D6;
  --brand-hover: #FB95C8;
  --brand-pressed: #F972B7;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #24141C;
    --brand-ink: #EED3E1;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FDF2F7',
        100: '#FBE4F0',
        200: '#fcb7da',
        300: '#FB93C8',
        400: '#F85DAC',
        500: '#F62890',
        600: '#EB0A7C',
        700: '#C40867',
        800: '#9D0753',
        900: '#71093E',
        950: '#470627',
        DEFAULT: '#fcb7da',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FDF2F7,
  '100': #FBE4F0,
  '200': #fcb7da,
  '300': #FB93C8,
  '400': #F85DAC,
  '500': #F62890,
  '600': #EB0A7C,
  '700': #C40867,
  '800': #9D0753,
  '900': #71093E,
  '950': #470627,
);
$brand-base: #fcb7da;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FDF2F7", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#FBE4F0", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#fcb7da", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#FB93C8", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#F85DAC", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#F62890", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#EB0A7C", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#C40867", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#9D0753", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#71093E", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#470627", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #fcb7da · 12.92:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.62:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 12.92:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #fcb7da as text scores 1.62:1 on white and 12.92:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #7A0541 at 6.71:1.

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
#E30978 · 4.59:1
AA on white−39% L
#E30978
The quick fox
#AD075B · 7.10:1
AAA on white−50% L
#AD075B
The quick fox
#fcb7da · 12.92:1
AA on blackalready passes
#fcb7da
The quick fox
#fcb7da · 12.92:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#fcb7da

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #F855A8 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
#fcb7da on white: 1.62:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#fcb7da on black: 12.92:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #fcb7da as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #fcb7da.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.62:1AaAa
Slate 501.55:1AaAa
Slate 1001.48:1AaAa
Slate 2001.32:1AaAa
Slate 3001.09:1AaAa
Slate 4001.58:1AaAa
Slate 5002.93:1AaAa
Slate 6004.66:1AaAa
Slate 7006.37:1AaAa
Slate 8009.00:1AaAa
Slate 90010.99:1AaAa
Black12.92:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #BCC4DB
deuteranopia · #CCCFD8
tritanopia · #FFB6C3

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. #fcb7da 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.

#FDF2F7
#FBE4F0
#fcb7da
#FB93C8
#F85DAC
#F62890
#EB0A7C
#C40867
#9D0753
#71093E
#470627
Base = 200Lightest = 50 · #FDF2F7Darkest = 950 · #470627Text 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 0.023 347.4);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.036 347.4);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.055 347.4);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.071 347.4);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.084 347.4);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.091 347.4);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.091 347.4);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.085 347.4);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.076 347.4);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.064 347.4);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.050 347.4);
}

Colors that work with #fcb7da

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#EDC0D6
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B4B73
Captions on the surface
Accent#03C932
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#7A0541
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FEE7F2
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#24141C
Dark-mode background
Hover#FB95C8
One step down in lightness
Pressed#F972B7
Two steps down
Disabled#F7F3F5
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#FFC8E4
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 #fcb7da

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 #7A0541
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #F855A8

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 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
  • FormalityLow
  • EnergyHigh
  • Weight15/100
  • 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#B7FCD9
Analogous left#FCB7FC
Analogous right#FCB7B7
Split-complement 1#B7FCB7
Split-complement 2#B7FCFC
Triadic 1#DAFCB7
Triadic 2#B7DAFC
Tetradic#FCFCB7
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°330°

#fcb7da sits at 330°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red98.8%
Green71.8%
Blue85.5%
R · 0–255
252
0xfc
G · 0–255
183
0xb7
B · 0–255
218
0xda

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta27.4%
Yellow13.5%
Key (black)1.2%

Total ink coverage is 42%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#fcb7da text on a black background

contrast 12.92:1

Card sample

#fcb7da text on a white background

contrast 1.62:1

Card sample

#fcb7da on grey

1.48:1

#fcb7da on its own surface

1.50:1

#fcb7da on its dark surface

10.84:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #fcb7da;
Background color
Panel with #fcb7da background
background-color: #fcb7da;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #fcb7da;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(252, 183, 218, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(252, 183, 218, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #fcb7da;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fcb7da, #FCC2B7);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #fcb7da, #FCD3B7);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #fcb7da;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #fcb7da;
caret-color: #fcb7da;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #fcb7da;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FEE7F2;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #fcb7da;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#fcb7da 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #fcb7da 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(252, 183, 218, 0.5)
rgb(252 183 218 / 50%)
#fcb7da80
hsl(330 92% 85% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #fcb7da 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#fcb7da1a#FFF8FB
20%#fcb7da33#FEF1F8
40%#fcb7da66#FEE2F0
60%#fcb7da99#FDD4E9
80%#fcb7dacc#FDC5E1

Gradients from #fcb7da

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, #FEEBF5, #fcb7da 45%, #7A0541);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #fcb7da, #FBB19A);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #fcb7da, #B7FCD9);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #FEF0F7 0%, #fcb7da 45%, #7A0541 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%, #FCE8FE 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #FDD8D4 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #7A0541 0%, transparent 65%), #fcb7da;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #fcb7da

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.

#fcb7da 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 12.92:1.

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.

#fcb7da, answered

What color is #fcb7da?

#fcb7da is a pale electric magenta / pink, closest to Pink (ΔE2000 7.3). It sits at 330° on the hue wheel with 92% saturation and 85% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #fcb7da?

rgb(252, 183, 218) — 252 red, 183 green and 218 blue out of 255, or 98.8% / 71.8% / 85.5% by channel.

What is #fcb7da in HSL and HSV?

hsl(330, 92%, 85%) and hsv(330, 27%, 99%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #fcb7da a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.5962 and perceived brightness is 82%, so black text on it reaches 12.92:1.

Should I use black or white text on #fcb7da?

Black. It scores 12.92:1 against #fcb7da, versus 1.62:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #fcb7da accessible on a white background?

#fcb7da on white scores 1.62:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #E30978 to reach 4.5:1, or #AD075B for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #fcb7da?

#B7FCD9 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #B7FCB7 and #B7FCFC, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #fcb7da?

For interface work: #FAF4F7 as the surface, #EDC0D6 for borders, #9B4B73 for secondary text, #03C932 as an accent and #7A0541 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #FCB7FC and #FCB7B7 stays calm, while #B7FCD9 is the loudest partner.

What is #fcb7da in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 27%, 14%, 1%). 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 #fcb7da warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 34 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #FCB7C1; nudged cooler, #FDB6F4.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #fcb7da?

The pink family — its 500 step is #ec4899, ΔE2000 22.8 away. That is a visible difference, so define #fcb7da as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #fcb7da in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#fcb7da] or text-[#fcb7da], 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 #fcb7da with 50% opacity?

rgba(252, 183, 218, 0.5), or #fcb7da80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #FEDBED; over black, #7E5C6D.

Is #fcb7da a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FFCCCC, ΔE2000 11.7 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #fcb7da 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 #fcb7da?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #FEEBF5, #fcb7da 45%, #7A0541). For more colour, a short hue run to #FBB19A keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #fcb7da in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #fcb7da at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.