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magenta / pink · neutral

#d3bccc

a light, soft magenta / pink · neutral · closest name: Thistle

Token name suggestion: Morning Fuchsia

RGB
211, 188, 204
HSL
318°, 21%, 78%
CMYK
0, 11, 3, 17
Luminance
0.5417

#d3bccc is a light soft magenta / pink, 318° on the wheel and 44/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (11.83:1). As text it scores 1.77:1 on white — use #9A668A instead. Nearest name is Thistle, nearest Tailwind family is pink.

hsl(318 21% 78%)rgb(211 188 204)Base step 300AAA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #d3bccc is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#d3bccc
Hue
318°
magenta / pink
Saturation
21%
soft
Lightness
78%
light
Brightness
83%
HSV value
Perceived
77%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.5417
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
44/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
11.83:1
Closest name
Thistle
ΔE2000 3.3
Chroma
12.0
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.819
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
pink
500 · ΔE 27.1
Web-safe
#CCCCCC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue318° of 360°
Saturation21%
Lightness78%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #d3bccc.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool44% 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
Red26%
Green66%
Blue8%

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

Every format

HEX#d3bccc
HEX (8-digit)#d3bcccff
RGBrgb(211, 188, 204)
RGBArgba(211, 188, 204, 1)
HSLhsl(318, 21%, 78%)
HSV / HSBhsv(318, 11%, 83%)
HWBhwb(318 74% 17%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 11%, 3%, 17%)
LABlab(78.6 10.9 -5.0)
LCHlch(78.6 12.0 335.2)
OKLCHoklch(0.819 0.034 336.8)
XYZ (D65)xyz(55.74, 54.18, 64.64)
Decimal13876428
Display P3color(display-p3 0.827 0.737 0.800)
Web-safe#CCCCCC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #d3bccc;
background-color: #d3bccc;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #d3bccc;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#d3bccc] bg-[#d3bccc]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #d3bccc;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.827, green: 0.737, blue: 0.800)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.827, green: 0.737, blue: 0.800, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#D3BCCC</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFD3BCCC)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFD3BCCC)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(204, 188, 211)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(211, 188, 204)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(211, 188, 204)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 211, 188, 204)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.8275f, 0.7373f, 0.8000f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{211,188,204}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #d3bccc 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #d3bccc 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#4D3345, #E7DAE3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #d3bccc 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: #F9F6F8;
  --brand-100: #F2EDF1;
  --brand-200: #E4D8E0;
  --brand-300: #d3bccc;
  --brand-400: #BC99B2;
  --brand-500: #A67898;
  --brand-600: #946184;
  --brand-700: #7B516E;
  --brand-800: #624158;
  --brand-900: #493242;
  --brand-950: #2E1F29;
  --brand: #d3bccc;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F9F6F8;
  --brand-border: #DFCED9;
  --brand-hover: #C5A6BB;
  --brand-pressed: #B791AB;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #22161E;
    --brand-ink: #E7DAE3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F9F6F8',
        100: '#F2EDF1',
        200: '#E4D8E0',
        300: '#d3bccc',
        400: '#BC99B2',
        500: '#A67898',
        600: '#946184',
        700: '#7B516E',
        800: '#624158',
        900: '#493242',
        950: '#2E1F29',
        DEFAULT: '#d3bccc',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F9F6F8,
  '100': #F2EDF1,
  '200': #E4D8E0,
  '300': #d3bccc,
  '400': #BC99B2,
  '500': #A67898,
  '600': #946184,
  '700': #7B516E,
  '800': #624158,
  '900': #493242,
  '950': #2E1F29,
);
$brand-base: #d3bccc;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F9F6F8", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F2EDF1", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#E4D8E0", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#d3bccc", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#BC99B2", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#A67898", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#946184", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#7B516E", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#624158", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#493242", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#2E1F29", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #d3bccc · 11.83:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.77:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 11.83:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #d3bccc as text scores 1.77:1 on white and 11.83:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #4D3345 at 6.31:1.

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
#9A668A · 4.52:1
AA on white−28% L
#9A668A
The quick fox
#724B67 · 7.20:1
AAA on white−41% L
#724B67
The quick fox
#d3bccc · 11.83:1
AA on blackalready passes
#d3bccc
The quick fox
#d3bccc · 11.83:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#d3bccc

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #B188A4 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
#d3bccc on white: 1.77:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#d3bccc on black: 11.83:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #d3bccc as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #d3bccc.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.77:1AaAa
Slate 501.70:1AaAa
Slate 1001.62:1AaAa
Slate 2001.44:1AaAa
Slate 3001.20:1AaAa
Slate 4001.45:1AaAa
Slate 5002.68:1AaAa
Slate 6004.27:1AaAa
Slate 7005.84:1AaAa
Slate 8008.24:1AaAa
Slate 90010.06:1AaAa
Black11.83:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #BCC0CD
deuteranopia · #C1C4CB
tritanopia · #D6BDC1

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. #d3bccc is pinned to step 300; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F9F6F8
#F2EDF1
#E4D8E0
#d3bccc
#BC99B2
#A67898
#946184
#7B516E
#624158
#493242
#2E1F29
Base = 300Lightest = 50 · #F9F6F8Darkest = 950 · #2E1F29Text 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 0.008 336.8);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.014 336.8);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.020 336.8);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.026 336.8);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.031 336.8);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.034 336.8);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.034 336.8);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.032 336.8);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.028 336.8);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.024 336.8);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.019 336.8);
}

Colors that work with #d3bccc

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#F9F6F8
Tinted page background
Border#DFCED9
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#8B5B7C
Captions on the surface
Accent#4D7F4F
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#4D3345
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F5F0F3
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#22161E
Dark-mode background
Hover#C5A6BB
One step down in lightness
Pressed#B791AB
Two steps down
Disabled#F7F3F6
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#E0C4D7
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
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Acme LtdActive
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GlobexActive

How to use #d3bccc

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 #4D3345
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #B188A4

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
  • Weight22/100
  • 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#BCD3C3
Analogous left#CEBCD3
Analogous right#D3BCC0
Split-complement 1#C0D3BC
Split-complement 2#BCD3CE
Triadic 1#CCD3BC
Triadic 2#BCCCD3
Tetradic#D3CEBC
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°318°

#d3bccc sits at 318°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red82.7%
Green73.7%
Blue80.0%
R · 0–255
211
0xd3
G · 0–255
188
0xbc
B · 0–255
204
0xcc

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta10.9%
Yellow3.3%
Key (black)17.3%

Total ink coverage is 32%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#d3bccc text on a black background

contrast 11.83:1

Card sample

#d3bccc text on a white background

contrast 1.77:1

Card sample

#d3bccc on grey

1.62:1

#d3bccc on its own surface

1.65:1

#d3bccc on its dark surface

9.85:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #d3bccc;
Background color
Panel with #d3bccc background
background-color: #d3bccc;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #d3bccc;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(211, 188, 204, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(211, 188, 204, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #d3bccc;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #d3bccc, #D3BCBD);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #d3bccc, #D3C1BC);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #d3bccc;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #d3bccc;
caret-color: #d3bccc;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #d3bccc;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F5F0F3;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #d3bccc;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#d3bccc 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #d3bccc 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(211, 188, 204, 0.5)
rgb(211 188 204 / 50%)
#d3bccc80
hsl(318 21% 78% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #d3bccc 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#d3bccc1a#FBF8FA
20%#d3bccc33#F6F2F5
40%#d3bccc66#EDE4EB
60%#d3bccc99#E5D7E0
80%#d3bccccc#DCC9D6

Gradients from #d3bccc

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, #EBE1E8, #d3bccc 45%, #4D3345);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #d3bccc, #C7ABA9);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #d3bccc, #BCD3C3);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F7F3F6 0%, #d3bccc 45%, #4D3345 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F9F6F8, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #E4DBE7 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #DFCED0 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #4D3345 0%, transparent 65%), #d3bccc;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #d3bccc

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.

#d3bccc 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 11.83:1.

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.

#d3bccc, answered

What color is #d3bccc?

#d3bccc is a light soft magenta / pink, closest to Thistle (ΔE2000 3.3). It sits at 318° on the hue wheel with 21% saturation and 78% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #d3bccc?

rgb(211, 188, 204) — 211 red, 188 green and 204 blue out of 255, or 82.7% / 73.7% / 80% by channel.

What is #d3bccc in HSL and HSV?

hsl(318, 21%, 78%) and hsv(318, 11%, 83%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #d3bccc a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.5417 and perceived brightness is 77%, so black text on it reaches 11.83:1.

Should I use black or white text on #d3bccc?

Black. It scores 11.83:1 against #d3bccc, versus 1.77:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #d3bccc accessible on a white background?

#d3bccc on white scores 1.77:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #9A668A to reach 4.5:1, or #724B67 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #d3bccc?

#BCD3C3 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #C0D3BC and #BCD3CE, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #d3bccc?

For interface work: #F9F6F8 as the surface, #DFCED9 for borders, #8B5B7C for secondary text, #4D7F4F as an accent and #4D3345 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #CEBCD3 and #D3BCC0 stays calm, while #BCD3C3 is the loudest partner.

What is #d3bccc in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 11%, 3%, 17%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #d3bccc warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 44 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #D3BCC3; nudged cooler, #D2BBD4.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #d3bccc?

The pink family — its 500 step is #ec4899, ΔE2000 27.1 away. That is a visible difference, so define #d3bccc as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #d3bccc in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#d3bccc] or text-[#d3bccc], 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 #d3bccc with 50% opacity?

rgba(211, 188, 204, 0.5), or #d3bccc80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #E9DEE6; over black, #6A5E66.

Is #d3bccc a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CCCCCC, ΔE2000 12.6 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #d3bccc 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 #d3bccc?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #EBE1E8, #d3bccc 45%, #4D3345). For more colour, a short hue run to #C7ABA9 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #d3bccc in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #d3bccc at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.