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magenta / pink · warm

#f0dfe8

a pale, soft magenta / pink · warm · closest name: Lavender Blush

Token name suggestion: Whisper Peony

RGB
240, 223, 232
HSL
328°, 36%, 91%
CMYK
0, 7, 3, 6
Luminance
0.7713

#f0dfe8 is a pale soft magenta / pink, 328° on the wheel and 34/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (16.43:1). As text it scores 1.28:1 on white — use #B15887 instead. Nearest name is Lavender Blush, nearest Tailwind family is pink.

hsl(328 36% 91%)rgb(240 223 232)Base step 100AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #f0dfe8 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#f0dfe8
Hue
328°
magenta / pink
Saturation
36%
soft
Lightness
91%
pale
Brightness
94%
HSV value
Perceived
90%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.7713
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
34/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
16.43:1
Closest name
Lavender Blush
ΔE2000 4
Chroma
7.7
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.920
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
pink
500 · ΔE 33.7
Web-safe
#FFCCFF
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue328° of 360°
Saturation36%
Lightness91%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #f0dfe8.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool34% 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
Red24%
Green68%
Blue8%

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

Every format

HEX#f0dfe8
HEX (8-digit)#f0dfe8ff
RGBrgb(240, 223, 232)
RGBArgba(240, 223, 232, 1)
HSLhsl(328, 36%, 91%)
HSV / HSBhsv(328, 7%, 94%)
HWBhwb(328 87% 6%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 7%, 3%, 6%)
LABlab(90.4 7.3 -2.3)
LCHlch(90.4 7.7 342.7)
OKLCHoklch(0.920 0.022 344.2)
XYZ (D65)xyz(76.89, 77.13, 87.16)
Decimal15785960
Display P3color(display-p3 0.941 0.875 0.910)
Web-safe#FFCCFF

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #f0dfe8;
background-color: #f0dfe8;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #f0dfe8;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#f0dfe8] bg-[#f0dfe8]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #f0dfe8;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.941, green: 0.875, blue: 0.910)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.941, green: 0.875, blue: 0.910, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#F0DFE8</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFF0DFE8)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFF0DFE8)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(232, 223, 240)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(240, 223, 232)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(240, 223, 232)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 240, 223, 232)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9412f, 0.8745f, 0.9098f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{240,223,232}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #f0dfe8 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #f0dfe8 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#572941, #EBD5E1);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #f0dfe8 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: #FAF5F7;
  --brand-100: #f0dfe8;
  --brand-200: #E8D3DE;
  --brand-300: #DBB3C8;
  --brand-400: #C98CAD;
  --brand-500: #B76691;
  --brand-600: #A74E7D;
  --brand-700: #8B4168;
  --brand-800: #6F3453;
  --brand-900: #52293E;
  --brand-950: #331A27;
  --brand: #f0dfe8;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF5F8;
  --brand-border: #E5C7D7;
  --brand-hover: #E5C7D7;
  --brand-pressed: #D9AEC5;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #24141D;
    --brand-ink: #EBD5E1;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FAF5F7',
        100: '#f0dfe8',
        200: '#E8D3DE',
        300: '#DBB3C8',
        400: '#C98CAD',
        500: '#B76691',
        600: '#A74E7D',
        700: '#8B4168',
        800: '#6F3453',
        900: '#52293E',
        950: '#331A27',
        DEFAULT: '#f0dfe8',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FAF5F7,
  '100': #f0dfe8,
  '200': #E8D3DE,
  '300': #DBB3C8,
  '400': #C98CAD,
  '500': #B76691,
  '600': #A74E7D,
  '700': #8B4168,
  '800': #6F3453,
  '900': #52293E,
  '950': #331A27,
);
$brand-base: #f0dfe8;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FAF5F7", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#f0dfe8", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#E8D3DE", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#DBB3C8", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#C98CAD", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#B76691", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#A74E7D", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#8B4168", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#6F3453", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#52293E", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#331A27", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #f0dfe8 · 16.43:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.28:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 16.43:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #f0dfe8 as text scores 1.28:1 on white and 16.43:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #572941 at 9.13:1.

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
#B15887 · 4.55:1
AA on white−39% L
#B15887
The quick fox
#873F65 · 7.17:1
AAA on white−52% L
#873F65
The quick fox
#f0dfe8 · 16.43:1
AA on blackalready passes
#f0dfe8
The quick fox
#f0dfe8 · 16.43:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#f0dfe8

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #C27EA2 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
#f0dfe8 on white: 1.28:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#f0dfe8 on black: 16.43:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #f0dfe8 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #f0dfe8.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.28:1AaAa
Slate 501.22:1AaAa
Slate 1001.17:1AaAa
Slate 2001.04:1AaAa
Slate 3001.16:1AaAa
Slate 4002.01:1AaAa
Slate 5003.72:1AaAa
Slate 6005.93:1AaAa
Slate 7008.10:1AaAa
Slate 80011.44:1AaAa
Slate 90013.96:1AaAa
Black16.43:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #E0E2E8
deuteranopia · #E3E4E8
tritanopia · #F3DFE2

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. #f0dfe8 is pinned to step 100; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#FAF5F7
#f0dfe8
#E8D3DE
#DBB3C8
#C98CAD
#B76691
#A74E7D
#8B4168
#6F3453
#52293E
#331A27
Base = 100Lightest = 50 · #FAF5F7Darkest = 950 · #331A27Text 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 0.005 344.2);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.009 344.2);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.013 344.2);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.017 344.2);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.020 344.2);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.022 344.2);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.022 344.2);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.021 344.2);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.018 344.2);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.015 344.2);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.012 344.2);
}

Colors that work with #f0dfe8

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#FAF5F8
Tinted page background
Border#E5C7D7
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B4B75
Captions on the surface
Accent#3D8F4E
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#572941
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F7EEF3
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#24141D
Dark-mode background
Hover#E5C7D7
One step down in lightness
Pressed#D9AEC5
Two steps down
Disabled#F7F3F5
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#F4E1EB
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 #f0dfe8

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 #572941
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #C27EA2

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 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
  • Weight9/100
  • 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#DFF0E7
Analogous left#F0DFF0
Analogous right#F0DFE0
Split-complement 1#E0F0DF
Split-complement 2#DFF0F0
Triadic 1#E8F0DF
Triadic 2#DFE8F0
Tetradic#F0F0DF
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°328°

#f0dfe8 sits at 328°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red94.1%
Green87.5%
Blue91.0%
R · 0–255
240
0xf0
G · 0–255
223
0xdf
B · 0–255
232
0xe8

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta7.1%
Yellow3.3%
Key (black)5.9%

Total ink coverage is 16%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#f0dfe8 text on a black background

contrast 16.43:1

Card sample

#f0dfe8 text on a white background

contrast 1.28:1

Card sample

#f0dfe8 on grey

1.17:1

#f0dfe8 on its own surface

1.19:1

#f0dfe8 on its dark surface

13.77:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #f0dfe8;
Background color
Panel with #f0dfe8 background
background-color: #f0dfe8;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #f0dfe8;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(240, 223, 232, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(240, 223, 232, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #f0dfe8;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f0dfe8, #F0E1DF);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #f0dfe8, #F0E6DF);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #f0dfe8;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #f0dfe8;
caret-color: #f0dfe8;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #f0dfe8;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F7EEF3;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #f0dfe8;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#f0dfe8 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #f0dfe8 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, 223, 232, 0.5)
rgb(240 223 232 / 50%)
#f0dfe880
hsl(328 36% 91% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #f0dfe8 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#f0dfe81a#FEFCFD
20%#f0dfe833#FCF9FA
40%#f0dfe866#F9F2F6
60%#f0dfe899#F6ECF1
80%#f0dfe8cc#F3E5ED

Gradients from #f0dfe8

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, #F8F1F5, #f0dfe8 45%, #572941);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #f0dfe8, #E6D0CA);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #f0dfe8, #DFF0E7);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #FAF5F8 0%, #f0dfe8 45%, #572941 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAF5F8, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #FFFFFF 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #FAF4F4 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #572941 0%, transparent 65%), #f0dfe8;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #f0dfe8

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.

#f0dfe8 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 16.43:1.

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.

#f0dfe8, answered

What color is #f0dfe8?

#f0dfe8 is a pale soft magenta / pink, closest to Lavender Blush (ΔE2000 4). It sits at 328° on the hue wheel with 36% saturation and 91% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #f0dfe8?

rgb(240, 223, 232) — 240 red, 223 green and 232 blue out of 255, or 94.1% / 87.5% / 91% by channel.

What is #f0dfe8 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(328, 36%, 91%) and hsv(328, 7%, 94%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #f0dfe8 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.7713 and perceived brightness is 90%, so black text on it reaches 16.43:1.

Should I use black or white text on #f0dfe8?

Black. It scores 16.43:1 against #f0dfe8, versus 1.28:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #f0dfe8 accessible on a white background?

#f0dfe8 on white scores 1.28:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #B15887 to reach 4.5:1, or #873F65 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #f0dfe8?

#DFF0E7 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #E0F0DF and #DFF0F0, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #f0dfe8?

For interface work: #FAF5F8 as the surface, #E5C7D7 for borders, #9B4B75 for secondary text, #3D8F4E as an accent and #572941 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #F0DFF0 and #F0DFE0 stays calm, while #DFF0E7 is the loudest partner.

What is #f0dfe8 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 7%, 3%, 6%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #f0dfe8 warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 34 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #F0DFE2; nudged cooler, #F1DFEF.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #f0dfe8?

The pink family — its 500 step is #ec4899, ΔE2000 33.7 away. That is a visible difference, so define #f0dfe8 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #f0dfe8 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#f0dfe8] or text-[#f0dfe8], 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 #f0dfe8 with 50% opacity?

rgba(240, 223, 232, 0.5), or #f0dfe880 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #F8EFF4; over black, #787074.

Is #f0dfe8 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FFCCFF, ΔE2000 14.3 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #f0dfe8 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 #f0dfe8?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #F8F1F5, #f0dfe8 45%, #572941). For more colour, a short hue run to #E6D0CA keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #f0dfe8 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #f0dfe8 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.