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magenta / pink · warm

#ce8fac

a light, soft magenta / pink · warm · closest name: Pale Violet Red

Token name suggestion: Morning Peony

RGB
206, 143, 172
HSL
332°, 39%, 68%
CMYK
0, 31, 17, 19
Luminance
0.3575

#ce8fac is a light soft magenta / pink, 332° on the wheel and 32/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (8.15:1). As text it scores 2.58:1 on white — use #B55682 instead. Nearest name is Pale Violet Red, nearest Tailwind family is pink.

hsl(332 39% 68%)rgb(206 143 172)Base step 400AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #ce8fac is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#ce8fac
Hue
332°
magenta / pink
Saturation
39%
soft
Lightness
68%
light
Brightness
81%
HSV value
Perceived
66%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.3575
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
32/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
8.15:1
Closest name
Pale Violet Red
ΔE2000 9
Chroma
28.7
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.721
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
pink
500 · ΔE 15.2
Web-safe
#CC9999
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue332° of 360°
Saturation39%
Lightness68%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #ce8fac.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool32% 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
Red37%
Green55%
Blue8%

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

Every format

HEX#ce8fac
HEX (8-digit)#ce8facff
RGBrgb(206, 143, 172)
RGBArgba(206, 143, 172, 1)
HSLhsl(332, 39%, 68%)
HSV / HSBhsv(332, 31%, 81%)
HWBhwb(332 56% 19%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 31%, 17%, 19%)
LABlab(66.3 28.1 -5.5)
LCHlch(66.3 28.7 348.8)
OKLCHoklch(0.721 0.085 350.2)
XYZ (D65)xyz(42.72, 35.75, 43.67)
Decimal13537196
Display P3color(display-p3 0.808 0.561 0.675)
Web-safe#CC9999

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #ce8fac;
background-color: #ce8fac;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #ce8fac;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#ce8fac] bg-[#ce8fac]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #ce8fac;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.808, green: 0.561, blue: 0.675)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.808, green: 0.561, blue: 0.675, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#CE8FAC</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFCE8FAC)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFCE8FAC)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(172, 143, 206)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(206, 143, 172)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(206, 143, 172)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 206, 143, 172)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.8078f, 0.5608f, 0.6745f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{206,143,172}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #ce8fac 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #ce8fac 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#59273E, #ECD4DF);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #ce8fac 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: #FAF5F7;
  --brand-100: #F4EBEF;
  --brand-200: #E9D2DD;
  --brand-300: #DDB1C5;
  --brand-400: #ce8fac;
  --brand-500: #BB638B;
  --brand-600: #AA4B77;
  --brand-700: #8E3E63;
  --brand-800: #72324F;
  --brand-900: #53273B;
  --brand-950: #341825;
  --brand: #ce8fac;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF4F7;
  --brand-border: #E6C6D5;
  --brand-hover: #C37699;
  --brand-pressed: #B85D87;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #24141B;
    --brand-ink: #ECD4DF;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FAF5F7',
        100: '#F4EBEF',
        200: '#E9D2DD',
        300: '#DDB1C5',
        400: '#ce8fac',
        500: '#BB638B',
        600: '#AA4B77',
        700: '#8E3E63',
        800: '#72324F',
        900: '#53273B',
        950: '#341825',
        DEFAULT: '#ce8fac',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FAF5F7,
  '100': #F4EBEF,
  '200': #E9D2DD,
  '300': #DDB1C5,
  '400': #ce8fac,
  '500': #BB638B,
  '600': #AA4B77,
  '700': #8E3E63,
  '800': #72324F,
  '900': #53273B,
  '950': #341825,
);
$brand-base: #ce8fac;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FAF5F7", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F4EBEF", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#E9D2DD", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#DDB1C5", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#ce8fac", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#BB638B", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#AA4B77", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#8E3E63", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#72324F", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#53273B", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#341825", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #ce8fac · 8.15:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 2.58:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 8.15:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #ce8fac as text scores 2.58:1 on white and 8.15:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #59273E at 4.57:1.

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
#B55682 · 4.55:1
AA on white−16% L
#B55682
The quick fox
#8C3D61 · 7.11:1
AAA on white−29% L
#8C3D61
The quick fox
#ce8fac · 8.15:1
AA on blackalready passes
#ce8fac
The quick fox
#ce8fac · 8.15:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#ce8fac

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #C67D9F 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
#ce8fac on white: 2.58:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#ce8fac on black: 8.15:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #ce8fac as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #ce8fac.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White2.58:1AaAa
Slate 502.46:1AaAa
Slate 1002.35:1AaAa
Slate 2002.09:1AaAa
Slate 3001.74:1AaAa
Slate 4001.01:1AaAa
Slate 5001.85:1AaAa
Slate 6002.94:1AaAa
Slate 7004.02:1AaAa
Slate 8005.68:1AaAa
Slate 9006.93:1AaAa
Black8.15:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #959BAD
deuteranopia · #A4A5AA
tritanopia · #D78D99

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. #ce8fac is pinned to step 400; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#FAF5F7
#F4EBEF
#E9D2DD
#DDB1C5
#ce8fac
#BB638B
#AA4B77
#8E3E63
#72324F
#53273B
#341825
Base = 400Lightest = 50 · #FAF5F7Darkest = 950 · #341825Text 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 0.021 350.2);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.034 350.2);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.051 350.2);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.066 350.2);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.078 350.2);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.085 350.2);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.085 350.2);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.080 350.2);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.071 350.2);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.059 350.2);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.047 350.2);
}

Colors that work with #ce8fac

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#E6C6D5
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B4B70
Captions on the surface
Accent#3A9254
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#59273E
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F7EDF2
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#24141B
Dark-mode background
Hover#C37699
One step down in lightness
Pressed#B85D87
Two steps down
Disabled#ECE1E6
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#DB96B6
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
Your export is ready

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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #ce8fac

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Charts, tags and secondary surfaces
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • 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 #59273E
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #C67D9F

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.

The muted chroma softens the association — it reads considered rather than loud, which suits long-form and data-heavy screens. 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
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium
  • Weight32/100
  • 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#8FCEB1
Analogous left#CE8FCB
Analogous right#CE918F
Split-complement 1#8FCE91
Split-complement 2#8FCBCE
Triadic 1#ACCE8F
Triadic 2#8FACCE
Tetradic#CBCE8F
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°332°

#ce8fac sits at 332°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red80.8%
Green56.1%
Blue67.5%
R · 0–255
206
0xce
G · 0–255
143
0x8f
B · 0–255
172
0xac

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta30.6%
Yellow16.5%
Key (black)19.2%

Total ink coverage is 66%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#ce8fac text on a black background

contrast 8.15:1

Card sample

#ce8fac text on a white background

contrast 2.58:1

Card sample

#ce8fac on grey

2.35:1

#ce8fac on its own surface

2.37:1

#ce8fac on its dark surface

6.84:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #ce8fac;
Background color
Panel with #ce8fac background
background-color: #ce8fac;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #ce8fac;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(206, 143, 172, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(206, 143, 172, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #ce8fac;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ce8fac, #CE9C8F);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #ce8fac, #CEAC8F);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #ce8fac;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #ce8fac;
caret-color: #ce8fac;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #ce8fac;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F7EDF2;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #ce8fac;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#ce8fac 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #ce8fac 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(206, 143, 172, 0.5)
rgb(206 143 172 / 50%)
#ce8fac80
hsl(332 39% 68% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #ce8fac 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#ce8fac1a#FAF4F7
20%#ce8fac33#F5E9EE
40%#ce8fac66#EBD2DE
60%#ce8fac99#E2BCCD
80%#ce8faccc#D8A5BD

Gradients from #ce8fac

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, #E1B9CB, #ce8fac 45%, #59273E);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #ce8fac, #C58F7A);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #ce8fac, #8FCEB1);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #EACFDB 0%, #ce8fac 45%, #59273E 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%, #DCB2DD 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #D7AAA4 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #59273E 0%, transparent 65%), #ce8fac;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #ce8fac

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.

#ce8fac 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

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

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 8.15:1.

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.

#ce8fac, answered

What color is #ce8fac?

#ce8fac is a light soft magenta / pink, closest to Pale Violet Red (ΔE2000 9). It sits at 332° on the hue wheel with 39% saturation and 68% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #ce8fac?

rgb(206, 143, 172) — 206 red, 143 green and 172 blue out of 255, or 80.8% / 56.1% / 67.5% by channel.

What is #ce8fac in HSL and HSV?

hsl(332, 39%, 68%) and hsv(332, 31%, 81%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #ce8fac a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.3575 and perceived brightness is 66%, so black text on it reaches 8.15:1.

Should I use black or white text on #ce8fac?

Black. It scores 8.15:1 against #ce8fac, versus 2.58:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #ce8fac accessible on a white background?

#ce8fac on white scores 2.58:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #B55682 to reach 4.5:1, or #8C3D61 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #ce8fac?

#8FCEB1 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #8FCE91 and #8FCBCE, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #ce8fac?

For interface work: #FAF4F7 as the surface, #E6C6D5 for borders, #9B4B70 for secondary text, #3A9254 as an accent and #59273E for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #CE8FCB and #CE918F stays calm, while #8FCEB1 is the loudest partner.

What is #ce8fac in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 31%, 17%, 19%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #ce8fac warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 32 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #CE8F95; nudged cooler, #D08DC4.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #ce8fac?

The pink family — its 500 step is #ec4899, ΔE2000 15.2 away. That is a visible difference, so define #ce8fac as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #ce8fac in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#ce8fac] or text-[#ce8fac], 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 #ce8fac with 50% opacity?

rgba(206, 143, 172, 0.5), or #ce8fac80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #E7C7D6; over black, #674856.

Is #ce8fac a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CC9999, ΔE2000 10 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #ce8fac 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 moderate chroma the association is present but not shouted.

What gradient works with #ce8fac?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #E1B9CB, #ce8fac 45%, #59273E). For more colour, a short hue run to #C58F7A keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #ce8fac in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #ce8fac at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.