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magenta / pink · neutral

#f0c3eb

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

Token name suggestion: Mist Peony

RGB
240, 195, 235
HSL
307°, 60%, 85%
CMYK
0, 19, 2, 6
Luminance
0.6355

#f0c3eb is a pale vivid magenta / pink, 307° on the wheel and 46/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (13.71:1). As text it scores 1.53:1 on white — use #C932B8 instead. Nearest name is Thistle, nearest Tailwind family is pink.

hsl(307 60% 85%)rgb(240 195 235)Base step 200AAA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #f0c3eb is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#f0c3eb
Hue
307°
magenta / pink
Saturation
60%
vivid
Lightness
85%
pale
Brightness
94%
HSV value
Perceived
84%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.6355
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
46/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
13.71:1
Closest name
Thistle
ΔE2000 6.4
Chroma
26.4
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.869
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
pink
500 · ΔE 26.3
Web-safe
#FFCCFF
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue307° of 360°
Saturation60%
Lightness85%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #f0c3eb.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool46% 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%
Blue9%

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

Every format

HEX#f0c3eb
HEX (8-digit)#f0c3ebff
RGBrgb(240, 195, 235)
RGBArgba(240, 195, 235, 1)
HSLhsl(307, 60%, 85%)
HSV / HSBhsv(307, 19%, 94%)
HWBhwb(307 76% 6%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 19%, 2%, 6%)
LABlab(83.7 22.6 -13.7)
LCHlch(83.7 26.4 328.7)
OKLCHoklch(0.869 0.073 329.9)
XYZ (D65)xyz(70.44, 63.56, 87.14)
Decimal15778795
Display P3color(display-p3 0.941 0.765 0.922)
Web-safe#FFCCFF

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #f0c3eb;
background-color: #f0c3eb;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #f0c3eb;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#f0c3eb] bg-[#f0c3eb]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #f0c3eb;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.941, green: 0.765, blue: 0.922)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.941, green: 0.765, blue: 0.922, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#F0C3EB</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFF0C3EB)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFF0C3EB)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(235, 195, 240)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(240, 195, 235)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(240, 195, 235)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 240, 195, 235)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9412f, 0.7647f, 0.9216f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{240,195,235}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #f0c3eb 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #f0c3eb 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#661A5D, #EED3EB);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #f0c3eb 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: #FBF4FA;
  --brand-100: #F7E9F5;
  --brand-200: #f0c3eb;
  --brand-300: #E9A5E1;
  --brand-400: #DD78D2;
  --brand-500: #D24BC3;
  --brand-600: #C431B3;
  --brand-700: #A32996;
  --brand-800: #832178;
  --brand-900: #5F1B57;
  --brand-950: #3B1137;
  --brand: #f0c3eb;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF4FA;
  --brand-border: #EDC0E8;
  --brand-hover: #E9A6E1;
  --brand-pressed: #E28AD8;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #241423;
    --brand-ink: #EED3EB;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FBF4FA',
        100: '#F7E9F5',
        200: '#f0c3eb',
        300: '#E9A5E1',
        400: '#DD78D2',
        500: '#D24BC3',
        600: '#C431B3',
        700: '#A32996',
        800: '#832178',
        900: '#5F1B57',
        950: '#3B1137',
        DEFAULT: '#f0c3eb',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FBF4FA,
  '100': #F7E9F5,
  '200': #f0c3eb,
  '300': #E9A5E1,
  '400': #DD78D2,
  '500': #D24BC3,
  '600': #C431B3,
  '700': #A32996,
  '800': #832178,
  '900': #5F1B57,
  '950': #3B1137,
);
$brand-base: #f0c3eb;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FBF4FA", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F7E9F5", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#f0c3eb", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#E9A5E1", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#DD78D2", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#D24BC3", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#C431B3", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#A32996", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#832178", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#5F1B57", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#3B1137", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #f0c3eb · 13.71:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.53:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 13.71:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #f0c3eb as text scores 1.53:1 on white and 13.71:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #661A5D at 7.33:1.

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
#C932B8 · 4.53:1
AA on white−36% L
#C932B8
The quick fox
#98268B · 7.03:1
AAA on white−48% L
#98268B
The quick fox
#f0c3eb · 13.71:1
AA on blackalready passes
#f0c3eb
The quick fox
#f0c3eb · 13.71:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#f0c3eb

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #DA69CD 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
#f0c3eb on white: 1.53:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#f0c3eb on black: 13.71:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #f0c3eb as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #f0c3eb.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.53:1AaAa
Slate 501.46:1AaAa
Slate 1001.40:1AaAa
Slate 2001.24:1AaAa
Slate 3001.03:1AaAa
Slate 4001.67:1AaAa
Slate 5003.11:1AaAa
Slate 6004.95:1AaAa
Slate 7006.76:1AaAa
Slate 8009.55:1AaAa
Slate 90011.66:1AaAa
Black13.71:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #C2CDED
deuteranopia · #CBD3E9
tritanopia · #F4C6D0

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. #f0c3eb 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.

#FBF4FA
#F7E9F5
#f0c3eb
#E9A5E1
#DD78D2
#D24BC3
#C431B3
#A32996
#832178
#5F1B57
#3B1137
Base = 200Lightest = 50 · #FBF4FADarkest = 950 · #3B1137Text 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 0.018 329.9);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.029 329.9);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.044 329.9);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.057 329.9);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.067 329.9);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.073 329.9);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.073 329.9);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.069 329.9);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.061 329.9);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.051 329.9);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.040 329.9);
}

Colors that work with #f0c3eb

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#EDC0E8
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B4B92
Captions on the surface
Accent#34A824
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#661A5D
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FAEBF8
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#241423
Dark-mode background
Hover#E9A6E1
One step down in lightness
Pressed#E28AD8
Two steps down
Disabled#F7F3F7
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#F7D1F3
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 #f0c3eb

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 #661A5D
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #DA69CD

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#C3F0C8
Analogous left#DFC3F0
Analogous right#F0C3D4
Split-complement 1#D4F0C3
Split-complement 2#C3F0DF
Triadic 1#EBF0C3
Triadic 2#C3EBF0
Tetradic#F0DFC3
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°307°

#f0c3eb sits at 307°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red94.1%
Green76.5%
Blue92.2%
R · 0–255
240
0xf0
G · 0–255
195
0xc3
B · 0–255
235
0xeb

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta18.8%
Yellow2.1%
Key (black)5.9%

Total ink coverage is 27%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#f0c3eb text on a black background

contrast 13.71:1

Card sample

#f0c3eb text on a white background

contrast 1.53:1

Card sample

#f0c3eb on grey

1.40:1

#f0c3eb on its own surface

1.41:1

#f0c3eb on its dark surface

11.43:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #f0c3eb;
Background color
Panel with #f0c3eb background
background-color: #f0c3eb;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #f0c3eb;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(240, 195, 235, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(240, 195, 235, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #f0c3eb;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f0c3eb, #F0C3CD);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #f0c3eb, #F0C4C3);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #f0c3eb;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #f0c3eb;
caret-color: #f0c3eb;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #f0c3eb;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FAEBF8;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #f0c3eb;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#f0c3eb 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #f0c3eb 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(240, 195, 235, 0.5)
rgb(240 195 235 / 50%)
#f0c3eb80
hsl(307 60% 85% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #f0c3eb 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#f0c3eb1a#FEF9FD
20%#f0c3eb33#FCF3FB
40%#f0c3eb66#F9E7F7
60%#f0c3eb99#F6DBF3
80%#f0c3ebcc#F3CFEF

Gradients from #f0c3eb

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, #FBEFFA, #f0c3eb 45%, #661A5D);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #f0c3eb, #EAABB3);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #f0c3eb, #C3F0C8);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #FCF3FB 0%, #f0c3eb 45%, #661A5D 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%, #F3ECFA 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #F6DCE4 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #661A5D 0%, transparent 65%), #f0c3eb;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #f0c3eb

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.

#f0c3eb 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 13.71:1.

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.

#f0c3eb, answered

What color is #f0c3eb?

#f0c3eb is a pale vivid magenta / pink, closest to Thistle (ΔE2000 6.4). It sits at 307° on the hue wheel with 60% saturation and 85% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #f0c3eb?

rgb(240, 195, 235) — 240 red, 195 green and 235 blue out of 255, or 94.1% / 76.5% / 92.2% by channel.

What is #f0c3eb in HSL and HSV?

hsl(307, 60%, 85%) and hsv(307, 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 #f0c3eb a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.6355 and perceived brightness is 84%, so black text on it reaches 13.71:1.

Should I use black or white text on #f0c3eb?

Black. It scores 13.71:1 against #f0c3eb, versus 1.53:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #f0c3eb accessible on a white background?

#f0c3eb on white scores 1.53:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #C932B8 to reach 4.5:1, or #98268B for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #f0c3eb?

#C3F0C8 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #D4F0C3 and #C3F0DF, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #f0c3eb?

For interface work: #FAF4FA as the surface, #EDC0E8 for borders, #9B4B92 for secondary text, #34A824 as an accent and #661A5D for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #DFC3F0 and #F0C3D4 stays calm, while #C3F0C8 is the loudest partner.

What is #f0c3eb in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 19%, 2%, 6%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #f0c3eb warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 46 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #F0C3DA; nudged cooler, #E5C2F1.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #f0c3eb?

The pink family — its 500 step is #ec4899, ΔE2000 26.3 away. That is a visible difference, so define #f0c3eb as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #f0c3eb in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#f0c3eb] or text-[#f0c3eb], 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 #f0c3eb with 50% opacity?

rgba(240, 195, 235, 0.5), or #f0c3eb80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #F8E1F5; over black, #786276.

Is #f0c3eb a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FFCCFF, ΔE2000 3.7 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #f0c3eb 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 #f0c3eb?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #FBEFFA, #f0c3eb 45%, #661A5D). For more colour, a short hue run to #EAABB3 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #f0c3eb in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #f0c3eb at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.