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magenta / pink · warm

#efd0df

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

Token name suggestion: Mist Fuchsia

RGB
239, 208, 223
HSL
331°, 49%, 88%
CMYK
0, 13, 7, 6
Luminance
0.6879

#efd0df is a pale vivid magenta / pink, 331° on the wheel and 33/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (14.76:1). As text it scores 1.42:1 on white — use #C24B84 instead. Nearest name is Thistle, nearest Tailwind family is pink.

hsl(331 49% 88%)rgb(239 208 223)Base step 200AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #efd0df is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#efd0df
Hue
331°
magenta / pink
Saturation
49%
vivid
Lightness
88%
pale
Brightness
94%
HSV value
Perceived
86%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.6879
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
33/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
14.76:1
Closest name
Thistle
ΔE2000 5.8
Chroma
13.7
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.888
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
pink
500 · ΔE 29.7
Web-safe
#FFCCCC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue331° of 360°
Saturation49%
Lightness88%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #efd0df.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool33% 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
Red27%
Green66%
Blue8%

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

Every format

HEX#efd0df
HEX (8-digit)#efd0dfff
RGBrgb(239, 208, 223)
RGBArgba(239, 208, 223, 1)
HSLhsl(331, 49%, 88%)
HSV / HSBhsv(331, 13%, 94%)
HWBhwb(331 82% 6%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 13%, 7%, 6%)
LABlab(86.4 13.3 -3.4)
LCHlch(86.4 13.7 345.6)
OKLCHoklch(0.888 0.040 347.1)
XYZ (D65)xyz(71.47, 68.79, 79.31)
Decimal15716575
Display P3color(display-p3 0.937 0.816 0.875)
Web-safe#FFCCCC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #efd0df;
background-color: #efd0df;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #efd0df;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#efd0df] bg-[#efd0df]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #efd0df;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.937, green: 0.816, blue: 0.875)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.937, green: 0.816, blue: 0.875, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#EFD0DF</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFEFD0DF)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFEFD0DF)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(223, 208, 239)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(239, 208, 223)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(239, 208, 223)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 239, 208, 223)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9373f, 0.8157f, 0.8745f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{239,208,223}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #efd0df 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #efd0df 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#5F203F, #EED3E0);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #efd0df 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: #FAF4F7;
  --brand-100: #F6EAF0;
  --brand-200: #efd0df;
  --brand-300: #E3ABC6;
  --brand-400: #D481A9;
  --brand-500: #C6588D;
  --brand-600: #B73E78;
  --brand-700: #983464;
  --brand-800: #7A2950;
  --brand-900: #59213C;
  --brand-950: #381526;
  --brand: #efd0df;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF4F7;
  --brand-border: #EAC2D6;
  --brand-hover: #E6B5CD;
  --brand-pressed: #DD9BBB;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #24141C;
    --brand-ink: #EED3E0;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FAF4F7',
        100: '#F6EAF0',
        200: '#efd0df',
        300: '#E3ABC6',
        400: '#D481A9',
        500: '#C6588D',
        600: '#B73E78',
        700: '#983464',
        800: '#7A2950',
        900: '#59213C',
        950: '#381526',
        DEFAULT: '#efd0df',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FAF4F7,
  '100': #F6EAF0,
  '200': #efd0df,
  '300': #E3ABC6,
  '400': #D481A9,
  '500': #C6588D,
  '600': #B73E78,
  '700': #983464,
  '800': #7A2950,
  '900': #59213C,
  '950': #381526,
);
$brand-base: #efd0df;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FAF4F7", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F6EAF0", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#efd0df", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#E3ABC6", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#D481A9", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#C6588D", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#B73E78", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#983464", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#7A2950", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#59213C", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#381526", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #efd0df · 14.76:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.42:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 14.76:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #efd0df as text scores 1.42:1 on white and 14.76:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #5F203F at 8.36:1.

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
#C24B84 · 4.53:1
AA on white−35% L
#C24B84
The quick fox
#973363 · 7.07:1
AAA on white−48% L
#973363
The quick fox
#efd0df · 14.76:1
AA on blackalready passes
#efd0df
The quick fox
#efd0df · 14.76:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#efd0df

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #D178A3 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
#efd0df on white: 1.42:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#efd0df on black: 14.76:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #efd0df as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #efd0df.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.42:1AaAa
Slate 501.36:1AaAa
Slate 1001.30:1AaAa
Slate 2001.15:1AaAa
Slate 3001.04:1AaAa
Slate 4001.80:1AaAa
Slate 5003.34:1AaAa
Slate 6005.33:1AaAa
Slate 7007.28:1AaAa
Slate 80010.28:1AaAa
Slate 90012.55:1AaAa
Black14.76:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #D2D5E0
deuteranopia · #D9DADE
tritanopia · #F4D0D5

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. #efd0df 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.

#FAF4F7
#F6EAF0
#efd0df
#E3ABC6
#D481A9
#C6588D
#B73E78
#983464
#7A2950
#59213C
#381526
Base = 200Lightest = 50 · #FAF4F7Darkest = 950 · #381526Text 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 0.010 347.1);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.016 347.1);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.024 347.1);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.031 347.1);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.037 347.1);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.040 347.1);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.040 347.1);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.037 347.1);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.033 347.1);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.028 347.1);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.022 347.1);
}

Colors that work with #efd0df

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#EAC2D6
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B4B71
Captions on the surface
Accent#319B4E
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#5F203F
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F9ECF2
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#24141C
Dark-mode background
Hover#E6B5CD
One step down in lightness
Pressed#DD9BBB
Two steps down
Disabled#F7F3F5
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#F6DDE9
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 #efd0df

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 #5F203F
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #D178A3

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
  • Weight12/100
  • 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#D0EFE0
Analogous left#EFD0EE
Analogous right#EFD0D0
Split-complement 1#D0EFD0
Split-complement 2#D0EEEF
Triadic 1#DFEFD0
Triadic 2#D0DFEF
Tetradic#EEEFD0
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°331°

#efd0df sits at 331°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red93.7%
Green81.6%
Blue87.5%
R · 0–255
239
0xef
G · 0–255
208
0xd0
B · 0–255
223
0xdf

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta13.0%
Yellow6.7%
Key (black)6.3%

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

Color previews

#efd0df text on a black background

contrast 14.76:1

Card sample

#efd0df text on a white background

contrast 1.42:1

Card sample

#efd0df on grey

1.30:1

#efd0df on its own surface

1.31:1

#efd0df on its dark surface

12.38:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #efd0df;
Background color
Panel with #efd0df background
background-color: #efd0df;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #efd0df;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(239, 208, 223, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(239, 208, 223, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #efd0df;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #efd0df, #EFD6D0);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #efd0df, #EFDDD0);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #efd0df;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #efd0df;
caret-color: #efd0df;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #efd0df;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F9ECF2;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #efd0df;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#efd0df 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #efd0df 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(239, 208, 223, 0.5)
rgb(239 208 223 / 50%)
#efd0df80
hsl(331 49% 88% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #efd0df 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#efd0df1a#FDFAFC
20%#efd0df33#FCF6F9
40%#efd0df66#F9ECF2
60%#efd0df99#F5E3EC
80%#efd0dfcc#F2D9E5

Gradients from #efd0df

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, #FAF0F5, #efd0df 45%, #5F203F);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #efd0df, #E7C5B9);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #efd0df, #D0EFE0);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #FBF4F7 0%, #efd0df 45%, #5F203F 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%, #FBF6FC 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #F7E8E7 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #5F203F 0%, transparent 65%), #efd0df;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #efd0df

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.

#efd0df 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 14.76:1.

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.

#efd0df, answered

What color is #efd0df?

#efd0df is a pale vivid magenta / pink, closest to Thistle (ΔE2000 5.8). It sits at 331° on the hue wheel with 49% saturation and 88% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #efd0df?

rgb(239, 208, 223) — 239 red, 208 green and 223 blue out of 255, or 93.7% / 81.6% / 87.5% by channel.

What is #efd0df in HSL and HSV?

hsl(331, 49%, 88%) and hsv(331, 13%, 94%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #efd0df a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.6879 and perceived brightness is 86%, so black text on it reaches 14.76:1.

Should I use black or white text on #efd0df?

Black. It scores 14.76:1 against #efd0df, versus 1.42:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #efd0df accessible on a white background?

#efd0df on white scores 1.42:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #C24B84 to reach 4.5:1, or #973363 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #efd0df?

#D0EFE0 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #D0EFD0 and #D0EEEF, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #efd0df?

For interface work: #FAF4F7 as the surface, #EAC2D6 for borders, #9B4B71 for secondary text, #319B4E as an accent and #5F203F for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #EFD0EE and #EFD0D0 stays calm, while #D0EFE0 is the loudest partner.

What is #efd0df in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 13%, 7%, 6%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #efd0df warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 33 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #EFD0D3; nudged cooler, #F0CFEB.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #efd0df?

The pink family — its 500 step is #ec4899, ΔE2000 29.7 away. That is a visible difference, so define #efd0df as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #efd0df in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#efd0df] or text-[#efd0df], 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 #efd0df with 50% opacity?

rgba(239, 208, 223, 0.5), or #efd0df80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #F7E8EF; over black, #786870.

Is #efd0df a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FFCCCC, ΔE2000 7.8 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #efd0df 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 #efd0df?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #FAF0F5, #efd0df 45%, #5F203F). For more colour, a short hue run to #E7C5B9 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #efd0df in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #efd0df at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.