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#f1d7cf

a pale, vivid red · warm · closest name: Misty Rose

Token name suggestion: Mist Cherry

RGB
241, 215, 207
HSL
14°, 55%, 88%
CMYK
0, 11, 14, 6
Luminance
0.7181

#f1d7cf is a pale vivid red, 14° on the wheel and 9/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (15.36:1). As text it scores 1.37:1 on white — use #BD5637 instead. Nearest name is Misty Rose, nearest Tailwind family is amber.

hsl(14 55% 88%)rgb(241 215 207)Base step 200AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #f1d7cf is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#f1d7cf
Hue
14°
red
Saturation
55%
vivid
Lightness
88%
pale
Brightness
95%
HSV value
Perceived
87%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.7181
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
9/100 cool
Color family
Red
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
15.36:1
Closest name
Misty Rose
ΔE2000 3.8
Chroma
10.6
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.898
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
amber
500 · ΔE 27.2
Web-safe
#FFCCCC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue14° of 360°
Saturation55%
Lightness88%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #f1d7cf.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool9% 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
Red26%
Green68%
Blue6%

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

Every format

HEX#f1d7cf
HEX (8-digit)#f1d7cfff
RGBrgb(241, 215, 207)
RGBArgba(241, 215, 207, 1)
HSLhsl(14, 55%, 88%)
HSV / HSBhsv(14, 14%, 95%)
HWBhwb(14 81% 5%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 11%, 14%, 6%)
LABlab(87.9 7.7 7.2)
LCHlch(87.9 10.6 43.2)
OKLCHoklch(0.898 0.031 37.8)
XYZ (D65)xyz(71.84, 71.81, 69.10)
Decimal15849423
Display P3color(display-p3 0.945 0.843 0.812)
Web-safe#FFCCCC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #f1d7cf;
background-color: #f1d7cf;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #f1d7cf;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#f1d7cf] bg-[#f1d7cf]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #f1d7cf;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.945, green: 0.843, blue: 0.812)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.945, green: 0.843, blue: 0.812, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#F1D7CF</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFF1D7CF)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFF1D7CF)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(207, 215, 241)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(241, 215, 207)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(241, 215, 207)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 241, 215, 207)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9451f, 0.8431f, 0.8118f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{241,215,207}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #f1d7cf 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #f1d7cf 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#632D1D, #EED9D3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #f1d7cf 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: #FBF6F4;
  --brand-100: #F6ECE9;
  --brand-200: #f1d7cf;
  --brand-300: #E6B7A8;
  --brand-400: #D9927D;
  --brand-500: #CC6E51;
  --brand-600: #BD5737;
  --brand-700: #9E482E;
  --brand-800: #7E3A25;
  --brand-900: #5C2D1E;
  --brand-950: #3A1C13;
  --brand: #f1d7cf;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF6F4;
  --brand-border: #EDCAC0;
  --brand-hover: #E9C0B3;
  --brand-pressed: #E1A998;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #241814;
    --brand-ink: #EED9D3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FBF6F4',
        100: '#F6ECE9',
        200: '#f1d7cf',
        300: '#E6B7A8',
        400: '#D9927D',
        500: '#CC6E51',
        600: '#BD5737',
        700: '#9E482E',
        800: '#7E3A25',
        900: '#5C2D1E',
        950: '#3A1C13',
        DEFAULT: '#f1d7cf',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FBF6F4,
  '100': #F6ECE9,
  '200': #f1d7cf,
  '300': #E6B7A8,
  '400': #D9927D,
  '500': #CC6E51,
  '600': #BD5737,
  '700': #9E482E,
  '800': #7E3A25,
  '900': #5C2D1E,
  '950': #3A1C13,
);
$brand-base: #f1d7cf;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FBF6F4", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F6ECE9", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#f1d7cf", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#E6B7A8", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#D9927D", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#CC6E51", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#BD5737", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#9E482E", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#7E3A25", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#5C2D1E", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#3A1C13", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #f1d7cf · 15.36:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.37:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 15.36:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #f1d7cf as text scores 1.37:1 on white and 15.36:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #632D1D at 7.99:1.

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
#BD5637 · 4.62:1
AA on white−40% L
#BD5637
The quick fox
#8D4129 · 7.19:1
AAA on white−52% L
#8D4129
The quick fox
#f1d7cf · 15.36:1
AA on blackalready passes
#f1d7cf
The quick fox
#f1d7cf · 15.36:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#f1d7cf

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #D27E64 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
#f1d7cf on white: 1.37:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#f1d7cf on black: 15.36:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #f1d7cf as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #f1d7cf.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.37:1AaAa
Slate 501.31:1AaAa
Slate 1001.25:1AaAa
Slate 2001.11:1AaAa
Slate 3001.09:1AaAa
Slate 4001.88:1AaAa
Slate 5003.48:1AaAa
Slate 6005.54:1AaAa
Slate 7007.57:1AaAa
Slate 80010.70:1AaAa
Slate 90013.06:1AaAa
Black15.36:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #DDD9CE
deuteranopia · #E3DECF
tritanopia · #F8D4D5

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. #f1d7cf 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.

#FBF6F4
#F6ECE9
#f1d7cf
#E6B7A8
#D9927D
#CC6E51
#BD5737
#9E482E
#7E3A25
#5C2D1E
#3A1C13
Base = 200Lightest = 50 · #FBF6F4Darkest = 950 · #3A1C13Text 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 0.008 37.8);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.012 37.8);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.019 37.8);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.024 37.8);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.029 37.8);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.031 37.8);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.031 37.8);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.029 37.8);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.026 37.8);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.022 37.8);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.017 37.8);
}

Colors that work with #f1d7cf

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#FAF6F4
Tinted page background
Border#EDCAC0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B5D4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#2BA1A1
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#632D1D
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F9EFEB
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#241814
Dark-mode background
Hover#E9C0B3
One step down in lightness
Pressed#E1A998
Two steps down
Disabled#F7F4F3
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#F8E3DD
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

The file stays available for seven days. Download it before it expires.

NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #f1d7cf

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
  • Status meaning — pair it with an icon or label, never colour alone
  • 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 #632D1D
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #D27E64

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

urgentappetisingboldphysical

Red arrives before the rest of the page does. It raises attention and appetite, which is why it runs food, sport and clearance pricing.

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

It is also the universal error colour. Use it as a brand accent and users may read a warning that is not there.

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#CFE9F1
Analogous left#F1CFD8
Analogous right#F1E8CF
Split-complement 1#CFF1E8
Split-complement 2#CFD8F1
Triadic 1#CFF1D7
Triadic 2#D7CFF1
Tetradic#D8F1CF
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°14°

#f1d7cf sits at 14°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red94.5%
Green84.3%
Blue81.2%
R · 0–255
241
0xf1
G · 0–255
215
0xd7
B · 0–255
207
0xcf

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta10.8%
Yellow14.1%
Key (black)5.5%

Total ink coverage is 30%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#f1d7cf text on a black background

contrast 15.36:1

Card sample

#f1d7cf text on a white background

contrast 1.37:1

Card sample

#f1d7cf on grey

1.25:1

#f1d7cf on its own surface

1.27:1

#f1d7cf on its dark surface

12.64:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #f1d7cf;
Background color
Panel with #f1d7cf background
background-color: #f1d7cf;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #f1d7cf;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(241, 215, 207, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(241, 215, 207, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #f1d7cf;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f1d7cf, #F1EECF);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #f1d7cf, #ECF1CF);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #f1d7cf;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #f1d7cf;
caret-color: #f1d7cf;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #f1d7cf;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F9EFEB;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #f1d7cf;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#f1d7cf 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #f1d7cf 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(241, 215, 207, 0.5)
rgb(241 215 207 / 50%)
#f1d7cf80
hsl(14 55% 88% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #f1d7cf 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#f1d7cf1a#FEFBFA
20%#f1d7cf33#FCF7F5
40%#f1d7cf66#F9EFEC
60%#f1d7cf99#F7E7E2
80%#f1d7cfcc#F4DFD9

Gradients from #f1d7cf

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, #FAF2EF, #f1d7cf 45%, #632D1D);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #f1d7cf, #EAE9B7);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #f1d7cf, #CFE9F1);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #FCF5F3 0%, #f1d7cf 45%, #632D1D 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAF6F4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #FCF6F8 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #F8F5E7 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #632D1D 0%, transparent 65%), #f1d7cf;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #f1d7cf

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.

#f1d7cf in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
Food and drinkEntertainmentRetailSport
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 15.36:1.

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.

#f1d7cf, answered

What color is #f1d7cf?

#f1d7cf is a pale vivid red, closest to Misty Rose (ΔE2000 3.8). It sits at 14° on the hue wheel with 55% saturation and 88% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #f1d7cf?

rgb(241, 215, 207) — 241 red, 215 green and 207 blue out of 255, or 94.5% / 84.3% / 81.2% by channel.

What is #f1d7cf in HSL and HSV?

hsl(14, 55%, 88%) and hsv(14, 14%, 95%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #f1d7cf a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.7181 and perceived brightness is 87%, so black text on it reaches 15.36:1.

Should I use black or white text on #f1d7cf?

Black. It scores 15.36:1 against #f1d7cf, versus 1.37:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #f1d7cf accessible on a white background?

#f1d7cf on white scores 1.37:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #BD5637 to reach 4.5:1, or #8D4129 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #f1d7cf?

#CFE9F1 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #CFF1E8 and #CFD8F1, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #f1d7cf?

For interface work: #FAF6F4 as the surface, #EDCAC0 for borders, #9B5D4B for secondary text, #2BA1A1 as an accent and #632D1D for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #F1CFD8 and #F1E8CF stays calm, while #CFE9F1 is the loudest partner.

What is #f1d7cf in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 11%, 14%, 6%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #f1d7cf warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 9 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #F1DCCF; nudged cooler, #F2CED3.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #f1d7cf?

The amber family — its 500 step is #f59e0b, ΔE2000 27.2 away. That is a visible difference, so define #f1d7cf as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #f1d7cf in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#f1d7cf] or text-[#f1d7cf], 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 #f1d7cf with 50% opacity?

rgba(241, 215, 207, 0.5), or #f1d7cf80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #F8EBE7; over black, #796C68.

Is #f1d7cf a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FFCCCC, ΔE2000 8.5 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #f1d7cf mean?

As a red, it reads urgent, appetising, bold. Red arrives before the rest of the page does. It raises attention and appetite, which is why it runs food, sport and clearance pricing. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #f1d7cf?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #FAF2EF, #f1d7cf 45%, #632D1D). For more colour, a short hue run to #EAE9B7 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #f1d7cf in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #f1d7cf at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.