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#edc2f0

a pale, vivid magenta / pink · neutral · closest name: Thistle

Token name suggestion: Whisper Ruby

RGB
237, 194, 240
HSL
296°, 61%, 85%
CMYK
1, 19, 0, 6
Luminance
0.6288

#edc2f0 is a pale vivid magenta / pink, 296° on the wheel and 52/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (13.58:1). As text it scores 1.55:1 on white — use #BF31C9 instead. Nearest name is Thistle, nearest Tailwind family is pink.

hsl(296 61% 85%)rgb(237 194 240)Base step 200AAA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #edc2f0 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#edc2f0
Hue
296°
magenta / pink
Saturation
61%
vivid
Lightness
85%
pale
Brightness
94%
HSV value
Perceived
84%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.6288
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
52/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
13.58:1
Closest name
Thistle
ΔE2000 7
Chroma
28.6
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.866
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
pink
500 · ΔE 26.6
Web-safe
#FFCCFF
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue296° of 360°
Saturation61%
Lightness85%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #edc2f0.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool52% 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
Red29%
Green61%
Blue10%

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

Every format

HEX#edc2f0
HEX (8-digit)#edc2f0ff
RGBrgb(237, 194, 240)
RGBArgba(237, 194, 240, 1)
HSLhsl(296, 61%, 85%)
HSV / HSBhsv(296, 19%, 94%)
HWBhwb(296 76% 6%)
CMYKcmyk(1%, 19%, 0%, 6%)
LABlab(83.4 23.1 -17.0)
LCHlch(83.4 28.6 323.7)
OKLCHoklch(0.866 0.078 324.1)
XYZ (D65)xyz(69.94, 62.88, 90.87)
Decimal15581936
Display P3color(display-p3 0.929 0.761 0.941)
Web-safe#FFCCFF

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #edc2f0;
background-color: #edc2f0;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #edc2f0;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#edc2f0] bg-[#edc2f0]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #edc2f0;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.929, green: 0.761, blue: 0.941)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.929, green: 0.761, blue: 0.941, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#EDC2F0</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFEDC2F0)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFEDC2F0)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(240, 194, 237)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(237, 194, 240)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(237, 194, 240)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 237, 194, 240)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9294f, 0.7608f, 0.9412f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{237,194,240}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #edc2f0 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #edc2f0 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#611966, #ECD3EE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #edc2f0 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: #FAF4FB;
  --brand-100: #F6E8F7;
  --brand-200: #edc2f0;
  --brand-300: #E4A5E9;
  --brand-400: #D778DE;
  --brand-500: #CA4BD3;
  --brand-600: #BB30C4;
  --brand-700: #9C28A4;
  --brand-800: #7D2083;
  --brand-900: #5B1B5F;
  --brand-950: #39113C;
  --brand: #edc2f0;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF4FA;
  --brand-border: #EAC0ED;
  --brand-hover: #E5A5E9;
  --brand-pressed: #DC89E2;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #231424;
    --brand-ink: #ECD3EE;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FAF4FB',
        100: '#F6E8F7',
        200: '#edc2f0',
        300: '#E4A5E9',
        400: '#D778DE',
        500: '#CA4BD3',
        600: '#BB30C4',
        700: '#9C28A4',
        800: '#7D2083',
        900: '#5B1B5F',
        950: '#39113C',
        DEFAULT: '#edc2f0',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FAF4FB,
  '100': #F6E8F7,
  '200': #edc2f0,
  '300': #E4A5E9,
  '400': #D778DE,
  '500': #CA4BD3,
  '600': #BB30C4,
  '700': #9C28A4,
  '800': #7D2083,
  '900': #5B1B5F,
  '950': #39113C,
);
$brand-base: #edc2f0;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FAF4FB", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F6E8F7", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#edc2f0", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#E4A5E9", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#D778DE", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#CA4BD3", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#BB30C4", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#9C28A4", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#7D2083", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#5B1B5F", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#39113C", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #edc2f0 · 13.58:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.55:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 13.58:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #edc2f0 as text scores 1.55:1 on white and 13.58:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #611966 at 7.38:1.

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
#BF31C9 · 4.67:1
AA on white−36% L
#BF31C9
The quick fox
#902598 · 7.23:1
AAA on white−48% L
#902598
The quick fox
#edc2f0 · 13.58:1
AA on blackalready passes
#edc2f0
The quick fox
#edc2f0 · 13.58:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#edc2f0

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #D46CDB 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
#edc2f0 on white: 1.55:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#edc2f0 on black: 13.58:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #edc2f0 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #edc2f0.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.55:1AaAa
Slate 501.48:1AaAa
Slate 1001.41:1AaAa
Slate 2001.25:1AaAa
Slate 3001.04:1AaAa
Slate 4001.66:1AaAa
Slate 5003.08:1AaAa
Slate 6004.90:1AaAa
Slate 7006.69:1AaAa
Slate 8009.46:1AaAa
Slate 90011.54:1AaAa
Black13.58:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #BFCDF2
deuteranopia · #C8D2EE
tritanopia · #EFC6D2

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. #edc2f0 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.

#FAF4FB
#F6E8F7
#edc2f0
#E4A5E9
#D778DE
#CA4BD3
#BB30C4
#9C28A4
#7D2083
#5B1B5F
#39113C
Base = 200Lightest = 50 · #FAF4FBDarkest = 950 · #39113CText 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 0.019 324.1);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.031 324.1);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.047 324.1);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.061 324.1);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.071 324.1);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.078 324.1);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.078 324.1);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.073 324.1);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.065 324.1);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.054 324.1);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.043 324.1);
}

Colors that work with #edc2f0

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#FAF4FA
Tinted page background
Border#EAC0ED
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#964B9B
Captions on the surface
Accent#4EA923
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#611966
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F9EBFA
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#231424
Dark-mode background
Hover#E5A5E9
One step down in lightness
Pressed#DC89E2
Two steps down
Disabled#F7F3F7
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#F4D0F7
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 #edc2f0

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 #611966
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #D46CDB

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
  • Weight15/100
  • TemperatureNeutral
  • ApproachabilityBalanced

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#C5F0C2
Analogous left#D6C2F0
Analogous right#F0C2DC
Split-complement 1#DCF0C2
Split-complement 2#C2F0D6
Triadic 1#F0EDC2
Triadic 2#C2F0ED
Tetradic#F0D6C2
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°296°

#edc2f0 sits at 296°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red92.9%
Green76.1%
Blue94.1%
R · 0–255
237
0xed
G · 0–255
194
0xc2
B · 0–255
240
0xf0

CMYK percentages

Cyan1.2%
Magenta19.2%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)5.9%

Total ink coverage is 26%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#edc2f0 text on a black background

contrast 13.58:1

Card sample

#edc2f0 text on a white background

contrast 1.55:1

Card sample

#edc2f0 on grey

1.41:1

#edc2f0 on its own surface

1.43:1

#edc2f0 on its dark surface

11.34:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #edc2f0;
Background color
Panel with #edc2f0 background
background-color: #edc2f0;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #edc2f0;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(237, 194, 240, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(237, 194, 240, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #edc2f0;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #edc2f0, #F0C2D4);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #edc2f0, #F0C2C9);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #edc2f0;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #edc2f0;
caret-color: #edc2f0;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #edc2f0;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F9EBFA;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #edc2f0;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#edc2f0 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #edc2f0 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(237, 194, 240, 0.5)
rgb(237 194 240 / 50%)
#edc2f080
hsl(296 61% 85% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #edc2f0 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#edc2f01a#FDF9FE
20%#edc2f033#FBF3FC
40%#edc2f066#F8E7F9
60%#edc2f099#F4DAF6
80%#edc2f0cc#F1CEF3

Gradients from #edc2f0

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, #FAEFFB, #edc2f0 45%, #611966);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #edc2f0, #EAA9BE);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #edc2f0, #C5F0C2);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #FBF3FC 0%, #edc2f0 45%, #611966 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAF4FA, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #F0EBFA 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #F6DBE8 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #611966 0%, transparent 65%), #edc2f0;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #edc2f0

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.

#edc2f0 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

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 13.58:1.

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.

#edc2f0, answered

What color is #edc2f0?

#edc2f0 is a pale vivid magenta / pink, closest to Thistle (ΔE2000 7). It sits at 296° on the hue wheel with 61% saturation and 85% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #edc2f0?

rgb(237, 194, 240) — 237 red, 194 green and 240 blue out of 255, or 92.9% / 76.1% / 94.1% by channel.

What is #edc2f0 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(296, 61%, 85%) and hsv(296, 19%, 94%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #edc2f0 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.6288 and perceived brightness is 84%, so black text on it reaches 13.58:1.

Should I use black or white text on #edc2f0?

Black. It scores 13.58:1 against #edc2f0, versus 1.55:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #edc2f0 accessible on a white background?

#edc2f0 on white scores 1.55:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #BF31C9 to reach 4.5:1, or #902598 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #edc2f0?

#C5F0C2 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #DCF0C2 and #C2F0D6, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #edc2f0?

For interface work: #FAF4FA as the surface, #EAC0ED for borders, #964B9B for secondary text, #4EA923 as an accent and #611966 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #D6C2F0 and #F0C2DC stays calm, while #C5F0C2 is the loudest partner.

What is #edc2f0 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(1%, 19%, 0%, 6%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #edc2f0 warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 52 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #F0C2E2; nudged cooler, #DCC1F1.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #edc2f0?

The pink family — its 500 step is #ec4899, ΔE2000 26.6 away. That is a visible difference, so define #edc2f0 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #edc2f0 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#edc2f0] or text-[#edc2f0], 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 #edc2f0 with 50% opacity?

rgba(237, 194, 240, 0.5), or #edc2f080 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #F6E1F8; over black, #776178.

Is #edc2f0 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FFCCFF, ΔE2000 3.3 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #edc2f0 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 #edc2f0?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #FAEFFB, #edc2f0 45%, #611966). For more colour, a short hue run to #EAA9BE keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #edc2f0 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #edc2f0 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.