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#feadee

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

Token name suggestion: Drift Blossom

RGB
254, 173, 238
HSL
312°, 98%, 84%
CMYK
0, 32, 6, 0
Luminance
0.5713

#feadee is a light electric magenta / pink, 312° on the wheel and 43/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (12.43:1). As text it scores 1.69:1 on white — use #D703AD instead. Nearest name is Plum, nearest Tailwind family is pink.

hsl(312 98% 84%)rgb(254 173 238)Base step 200AAA inkNeutral

At a glance

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

Hex
#feadee
Hue
312°
magenta / pink
Saturation
98%
electric
Lightness
84%
light
Brightness
100%
HSV value
Perceived
82%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.5713
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
43/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
12.43:1
Closest name
Plum
ΔE2000 5.9
Chroma
44.3
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.845
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
pink
500 · ΔE 21.6
Web-safe
#FF99FF
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue312° of 360°
Saturation98%
Lightness84%
Saturation × lightness field

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

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool43% cool

Reads neutral. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red37%
Green52%
Blue11%

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

Every format

HEX#feadee
HEX (8-digit)#feadeeff
RGBrgb(254, 173, 238)
RGBArgba(254, 173, 238, 1)
HSLhsl(312, 98%, 84%)
HSV / HSBhsv(312, 32%, 100%)
HWBhwb(312 68% 0%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 32%, 6%, 0%)
LABlab(80.3 39.3 -20.4)
LCHlch(80.3 44.3 332.5)
OKLCHoklch(0.845 0.125 333.9)
XYZ (D65)xyz(71.25, 57.13, 88.15)
Decimal16690670
Display P3color(display-p3 0.996 0.678 0.933)
Web-safe#FF99FF

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #feadee;
background-color: #feadee;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #feadee;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#feadee] bg-[#feadee]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #feadee;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.996, green: 0.678, blue: 0.933)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.996, green: 0.678, blue: 0.933, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#FEADEE</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFFEADEE)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFFEADEE)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(238, 173, 254)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(254, 173, 238)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(254, 173, 238)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 254, 173, 238)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9961f, 0.6784f, 0.9333f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{254,173,238}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #feadee 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #feadee 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#7E0265, #EED3E9);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #feadee 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: #FDF1FB;
  --brand-100: #FCE4F7;
  --brand-200: #feadee;
  --brand-300: #FE90E8;
  --brand-400: #FD59DC;
  --brand-500: #FC21D1;
  --brand-600: #F203C2;
  --brand-700: #CA02A2;
  --brand-800: #A10282;
  --brand-900: #74065E;
  --brand-950: #49043B;
  --brand: #feadee;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF4F9;
  --brand-border: #EDC0E4;
  --brand-hover: #FE8AE7;
  --brand-pressed: #FD66DF;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #241421;
    --brand-ink: #EED3E9;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FDF1FB',
        100: '#FCE4F7',
        200: '#feadee',
        300: '#FE90E8',
        400: '#FD59DC',
        500: '#FC21D1',
        600: '#F203C2',
        700: '#CA02A2',
        800: '#A10282',
        900: '#74065E',
        950: '#49043B',
        DEFAULT: '#feadee',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FDF1FB,
  '100': #FCE4F7,
  '200': #feadee,
  '300': #FE90E8,
  '400': #FD59DC,
  '500': #FC21D1,
  '600': #F203C2,
  '700': #CA02A2,
  '800': #A10282,
  '900': #74065E,
  '950': #49043B,
);
$brand-base: #feadee;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FDF1FB", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#FCE4F7", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#feadee", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#FE90E8", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#FD59DC", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#FC21D1", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#F203C2", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#CA02A2", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#A10282", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#74065E", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#49043B", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #feadee · 12.43:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.69:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 12.43:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #feadee as text scores 1.69:1 on white and 12.43:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #7E0265 at 5.96:1.

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
#D703AD · 4.66:1
AA on white−41% L
#D703AD
The quick fox
#A50284 · 7.14:1
AAA on white−51% L
#A50284
The quick fox
#feadee · 12.43:1
AA on blackalready passes
#feadee
The quick fox
#feadee · 12.43:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#feadee

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #FD43D8 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
#feadee on white: 1.69:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#feadee on black: 12.43:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

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

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.69:1AaAa
Slate 501.62:1AaAa
Slate 1001.54:1AaAa
Slate 2001.37:1AaAa
Slate 3001.14:1AaAa
Slate 4001.52:1AaAa
Slate 5002.82:1AaAa
Slate 6004.48:1AaAa
Slate 7006.13:1AaAa
Slate 8008.66:1AaAa
Slate 90010.56:1AaAa
Black12.43:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #ADC0F1
deuteranopia · #C0CBEB
tritanopia · #FFB1C4

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. #feadee 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.

#FDF1FB
#FCE4F7
#feadee
#FE90E8
#FD59DC
#FC21D1
#F203C2
#CA02A2
#A10282
#74065E
#49043B
Base = 200Lightest = 50 · #FDF1FBDarkest = 950 · #49043BText 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 0.031 333.9);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.050 333.9);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.075 333.9);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.097 333.9);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.115 333.9);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.125 333.9);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.125 333.9);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.117 333.9);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.105 333.9);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.087 333.9);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.069 333.9);
}

Colors that work with #feadee

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#FAF4F9
Tinted page background
Border#EDC0E4
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B4B8B
Captions on the surface
Accent#0ACC00
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#7E0265
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FFE6FA
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#241421
Dark-mode background
Hover#FE8AE7
One step down in lightness
Pressed#FD66DF
Two steps down
Disabled#F7F3F6
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#FFC0F3
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 #feadee

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 #7E0265
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #FD43D8

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
  • Weight16/100
  • TemperatureNeutral
  • 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#ADFEBD
Analogous left#E6ADFE
Analogous right#FEADC5
Split-complement 1#C5FEAD
Split-complement 2#ADFEE6
Triadic 1#EEFEAD
Triadic 2#ADEEFE
Tetradic#FEE6AD
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°312°

#feadee sits at 312°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red99.6%
Green67.8%
Blue93.3%
R · 0–255
254
0xfe
G · 0–255
173
0xad
B · 0–255
238
0xee

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta31.9%
Yellow6.3%
Key (black)0.4%

Total ink coverage is 39%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#feadee text on a black background

contrast 12.43:1

Card sample

#feadee text on a white background

contrast 1.69:1

Card sample

#feadee on grey

1.54:1

#feadee on its own surface

1.56:1

#feadee on its dark surface

10.38:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

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

Glowing headline

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

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(254, 173, 238, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(254, 173, 238, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #feadee;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #feadee, #FEADB8);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #feadee, #FEB6AD);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #feadee;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #feadee;
caret-color: #feadee;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #feadee;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FFE6FA;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #feadee;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#feadee 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #feadee 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(254, 173, 238, 0.5)
rgb(254 173 238 / 50%)
#feadee80
hsl(312 98% 84% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #feadee 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#feadee1a#FFF7FD
20%#feadee33#FFEFFC
40%#feadee66#FFDEF8
60%#feadee99#FECEF5
80%#feadeecc#FEBDF1

Gradients from #feadee

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, #FFE9FA, #feadee 45%, #7E0265);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #feadee, #FE8F94);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #feadee, #ADFEBD);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #FFF0FC 0%, #feadee 45%, #7E0265 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAF4F9, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #F3DFFF 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #FECBD6 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #7E0265 0%, transparent 65%), #feadee;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #feadee

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.

#feadee 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 12.43:1.

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.

#feadee, answered

What color is #feadee?

#feadee is a light electric magenta / pink, closest to Plum (ΔE2000 5.9). It sits at 312° on the hue wheel with 98% saturation and 84% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #feadee?

rgb(254, 173, 238) — 254 red, 173 green and 238 blue out of 255, or 99.6% / 67.8% / 93.3% by channel.

What is #feadee in HSL and HSV?

hsl(312, 98%, 84%) and hsv(312, 32%, 100%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #feadee a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.5713 and perceived brightness is 82%, so black text on it reaches 12.43:1.

Should I use black or white text on #feadee?

Black. It scores 12.43:1 against #feadee, versus 1.69:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #feadee accessible on a white background?

#feadee on white scores 1.69:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #D703AD to reach 4.5:1, or #A50284 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #feadee?

#ADFEBD sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #C5FEAD and #ADFEE6, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #feadee?

For interface work: #FAF4F9 as the surface, #EDC0E4 for borders, #9B4B8B for secondary text, #0ACC00 as an accent and #7E0265 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #E6ADFE and #FEADC5 stays calm, while #ADFEBD is the loudest partner.

What is #feadee in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 32%, 6%, 0%). 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 #feadee warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 43 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #FEADD0; nudged cooler, #F1ACFF.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #feadee?

The pink family — its 500 step is #ec4899, ΔE2000 21.6 away. That is a visible difference, so define #feadee as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #feadee in Tailwind CSS?

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

rgba(254, 173, 238, 0.5), or #feadee80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #FFD6F7; over black, #7F5777.

Is #feadee a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FF99FF, ΔE2000 6.6 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #feadee 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 #feadee?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #FFE9FA, #feadee 45%, #7E0265). For more colour, a short hue run to #FE8F94 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #feadee in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

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