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magenta / pink · warm

#eeb8ce

a light, vivid magenta / pink · warm · closest name: Pink

Token name suggestion: Drift Fuchsia

RGB
238, 184, 206
HSL
336°, 61%, 83%
CMYK
0, 23, 13, 7
Luminance
0.5691

#eeb8ce is a light vivid magenta / pink, 336° on the wheel and 30/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (12.38:1). As text it scores 1.70:1 on white — use #D03C79 instead. Nearest name is Pink, nearest Tailwind family is pink.

hsl(336 61% 83%)rgb(238 184 206)Base step 200AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #eeb8ce is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#eeb8ce
Hue
336°
magenta / pink
Saturation
61%
vivid
Lightness
83%
light
Brightness
93%
HSV value
Perceived
80%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.5691
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
30/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
12.38:1
Closest name
Pink
ΔE2000 5
Chroma
23.1
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.838
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
pink
500 · ΔE 23.7
Web-safe
#FFCCCC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue336° of 360°
Saturation61%
Lightness83%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #eeb8ce.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool30% 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
Red32%
Green60%
Blue8%

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

Every format

HEX#eeb8ce
HEX (8-digit)#eeb8ceff
RGBrgb(238, 184, 206)
RGBArgba(238, 184, 206, 1)
HSLhsl(336, 61%, 83%)
HSV / HSBhsv(336, 23%, 93%)
HWBhwb(336 72% 7%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 23%, 13%, 7%)
LABlab(80.1 22.8 -3.5)
LCHlch(80.1 23.1 351.2)
OKLCHoklch(0.838 0.068 352.4)
XYZ (D65)xyz(63.54, 56.92, 66.02)
Decimal15644878
Display P3color(display-p3 0.933 0.722 0.808)
Web-safe#FFCCCC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #eeb8ce;
background-color: #eeb8ce;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #eeb8ce;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#eeb8ce] bg-[#eeb8ce]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #eeb8ce;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.933, green: 0.722, blue: 0.808)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.933, green: 0.722, blue: 0.808, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#EEB8CE</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFEEB8CE)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFEEB8CE)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(206, 184, 238)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(238, 184, 206)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(238, 184, 206)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 238, 184, 206)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9333f, 0.7216f, 0.8078f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{238,184,206}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #eeb8ce 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #eeb8ce 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#671938, #EED3DE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #eeb8ce 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: #FBF4F7;
  --brand-100: #F7E8EE;
  --brand-200: #eeb8ce;
  --brand-300: #E9A4C0;
  --brand-400: #DF77A1;
  --brand-500: #D44A82;
  --brand-600: #C62F6C;
  --brand-700: #A5275A;
  --brand-800: #841F48;
  --brand-900: #601B37;
  --brand-950: #3C1122;
  --brand: #eeb8ce;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF4F7;
  --brand-border: #EDC0D2;
  --brand-hover: #E79BBA;
  --brand-pressed: #E07EA6;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #24141A;
    --brand-ink: #EED3DE;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FBF4F7',
        100: '#F7E8EE',
        200: '#eeb8ce',
        300: '#E9A4C0',
        400: '#DF77A1',
        500: '#D44A82',
        600: '#C62F6C',
        700: '#A5275A',
        800: '#841F48',
        900: '#601B37',
        950: '#3C1122',
        DEFAULT: '#eeb8ce',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FBF4F7,
  '100': #F7E8EE,
  '200': #eeb8ce,
  '300': #E9A4C0,
  '400': #DF77A1,
  '500': #D44A82,
  '600': #C62F6C,
  '700': #A5275A,
  '800': #841F48,
  '900': #601B37,
  '950': #3C1122,
);
$brand-base: #eeb8ce;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FBF4F7", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F7E8EE", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#eeb8ce", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#E9A4C0", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#DF77A1", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#D44A82", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#C62F6C", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#A5275A", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#841F48", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#601B37", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#3C1122", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #eeb8ce · 12.38:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.70:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 12.38:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #eeb8ce as text scores 1.70:1 on white and 12.38:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #671938 at 6.98:1.

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
#D03C79 · 4.56:1
AA on white−30% L
#D03C79
The quick fox
#A3275A · 7.01:1
AAA on white−43% L
#A3275A
The quick fox
#eeb8ce · 12.38:1
AA on blackalready passes
#eeb8ce
The quick fox
#eeb8ce · 12.38:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#eeb8ce

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #DD729E 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
#eeb8ce on white: 1.70:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#eeb8ce on black: 12.38:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #eeb8ce as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #eeb8ce.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.70:1AaAa
Slate 501.62:1AaAa
Slate 1001.55:1AaAa
Slate 2001.38:1AaAa
Slate 3001.14:1AaAa
Slate 4001.51:1AaAa
Slate 5002.81:1AaAa
Slate 6004.47:1AaAa
Slate 7006.11:1AaAa
Slate 8008.63:1AaAa
Slate 90010.53:1AaAa
Black12.38:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #BDC1CF
deuteranopia · #C9CACD
tritanopia · #F7B6BF

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. #eeb8ce 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.

#FBF4F7
#F7E8EE
#eeb8ce
#E9A4C0
#DF77A1
#D44A82
#C62F6C
#A5275A
#841F48
#601B37
#3C1122
Base = 200Lightest = 50 · #FBF4F7Darkest = 950 · #3C1122Text 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 0.017 352.4);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.027 352.4);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.041 352.4);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.053 352.4);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.063 352.4);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.068 352.4);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.068 352.4);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.064 352.4);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.057 352.4);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.048 352.4);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.038 352.4);
}

Colors that work with #eeb8ce

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#EDC0D2
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B4B6B
Captions on the surface
Accent#23A951
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#671938
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FAEAF1
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#24141A
Dark-mode background
Hover#E79BBA
One step down in lightness
Pressed#E07EA6
Two steps down
Disabled#F7F3F4
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#F5C5D9
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 #eeb8ce

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 #671938
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #DD729E

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 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-high
  • Weight17/100
  • 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#B8EED8
Analogous left#EEB8E9
Analogous right#EEBDB8
Split-complement 1#B8EEBD
Split-complement 2#B8E9EE
Triadic 1#CEEEB8
Triadic 2#B8CEEE
Tetradic#E9EEB8
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°336°

#eeb8ce sits at 336°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red93.3%
Green72.2%
Blue80.8%
R · 0–255
238
0xee
G · 0–255
184
0xb8
B · 0–255
206
0xce

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta22.7%
Yellow13.4%
Key (black)6.7%

Total ink coverage is 43%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#eeb8ce text on a black background

contrast 12.38:1

Card sample

#eeb8ce text on a white background

contrast 1.70:1

Card sample

#eeb8ce on grey

1.55:1

#eeb8ce on its own surface

1.56:1

#eeb8ce on its dark surface

10.41:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #eeb8ce;
Background color
Panel with #eeb8ce background
background-color: #eeb8ce;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #eeb8ce;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(238, 184, 206, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(238, 184, 206, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #eeb8ce;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eeb8ce, #EEC6B8);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #eeb8ce, #EED3B8);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #eeb8ce;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #eeb8ce;
caret-color: #eeb8ce;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #eeb8ce;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FAEAF1;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #eeb8ce;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#eeb8ce 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #eeb8ce 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(238, 184, 206, 0.5)
rgb(238 184 206 / 50%)
#eeb8ce80
hsl(336 61% 83% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #eeb8ce 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#eeb8ce1a#FDF8FA
20%#eeb8ce33#FCF1F5
40%#eeb8ce66#F8E3EB
60%#eeb8ce99#F5D4E2
80%#eeb8cecc#F1C6D8

Gradients from #eeb8ce

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, #FAE9F0, #eeb8ce 45%, #671938);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #eeb8ce, #E8B89F);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #eeb8ce, #B8EED8);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #FCF3F6 0%, #eeb8ce 45%, #671938 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%, #F8E1F8 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #F4D7D0 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #671938 0%, transparent 65%), #eeb8ce;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #eeb8ce

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.

#eeb8ce 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 12.38:1.

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.

#eeb8ce, answered

What color is #eeb8ce?

#eeb8ce is a light vivid magenta / pink, closest to Pink (ΔE2000 5). It sits at 336° on the hue wheel with 61% saturation and 83% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #eeb8ce?

rgb(238, 184, 206) — 238 red, 184 green and 206 blue out of 255, or 93.3% / 72.2% / 80.8% by channel.

What is #eeb8ce in HSL and HSV?

hsl(336, 61%, 83%) and hsv(336, 23%, 93%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #eeb8ce a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.5691 and perceived brightness is 80%, so black text on it reaches 12.38:1.

Should I use black or white text on #eeb8ce?

Black. It scores 12.38:1 against #eeb8ce, versus 1.70:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #eeb8ce accessible on a white background?

#eeb8ce on white scores 1.70:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #D03C79 to reach 4.5:1, or #A3275A for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #eeb8ce?

#B8EED8 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #B8EEBD and #B8E9EE, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #eeb8ce?

For interface work: #FAF4F7 as the surface, #EDC0D2 for borders, #9B4B6B for secondary text, #23A951 as an accent and #671938 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #EEB8E9 and #EEBDB8 stays calm, while #B8EED8 is the loudest partner.

What is #eeb8ce in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 23%, 13%, 7%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #eeb8ce warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 30 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #EEB8BA; nudged cooler, #EFB7E2.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #eeb8ce?

The pink family — its 500 step is #ec4899, ΔE2000 23.7 away. That is a visible difference, so define #eeb8ce as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #eeb8ce in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#eeb8ce] or text-[#eeb8ce], 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 #eeb8ce with 50% opacity?

rgba(238, 184, 206, 0.5), or #eeb8ce80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #F7DCE7; over black, #775C67.

Is #eeb8ce a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FFCCCC, ΔE2000 8.7 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #eeb8ce 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 #eeb8ce?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #FAE9F0, #eeb8ce 45%, #671938). For more colour, a short hue run to #E8B89F keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #eeb8ce in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #eeb8ce at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.