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#f2b9eb

a light, vivid magenta / pink · neutral · closest name: Plum

Token name suggestion: Meadow Blossom

RGB
242, 185, 235
HSL
307°, 69%, 84%
CMYK
0, 24, 3, 5
Luminance
0.5957

#f2b9eb is a light vivid magenta / pink, 307° on the wheel and 46/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (12.91:1). As text it scores 1.63:1 on white — use #CD26B9 instead. Nearest name is Plum, nearest Tailwind family is pink.

hsl(307 69% 84%)rgb(242 185 235)Base step 200AAA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #f2b9eb is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#f2b9eb
Hue
307°
magenta / pink
Saturation
69%
vivid
Lightness
84%
light
Brightness
95%
HSV value
Perceived
82%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.5957
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
46/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
12.91:1
Closest name
Plum
ΔE2000 6.4
Chroma
33.2
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.853
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
pink
500 · ΔE 24.1
Web-safe
#FFCCFF
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue307° of 360°
Saturation69%
Lightness84%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #f2b9eb.

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
Red32%
Green58%
Blue10%

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

Every format

HEX#f2b9eb
HEX (8-digit)#f2b9ebff
RGBrgb(242, 185, 235)
RGBArgba(242, 185, 235, 1)
HSLhsl(307, 69%, 84%)
HSV / HSBhsv(307, 24%, 95%)
HWBhwb(307 73% 5%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 24%, 3%, 5%)
LABlab(81.6 28.6 -16.9)
LCHlch(81.6 33.2 329.4)
OKLCHoklch(0.853 0.092 330.6)
XYZ (D65)xyz(68.96, 59.58, 86.45)
Decimal15907307
Display P3color(display-p3 0.949 0.725 0.922)
Web-safe#FFCCFF

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #f2b9eb;
background-color: #f2b9eb;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #f2b9eb;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#f2b9eb] bg-[#f2b9eb]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #f2b9eb;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.949, green: 0.725, blue: 0.922)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.949, green: 0.725, blue: 0.922, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#F2B9EB</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFF2B9EB)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFF2B9EB)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(235, 185, 242)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(242, 185, 235)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(242, 185, 235)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 242, 185, 235)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9490f, 0.7255f, 0.9216f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{242,185,235}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #f2b9eb 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #f2b9eb 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#6C1461, #EED3EB);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #f2b9eb 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: #FBF3FA;
  --brand-100: #F8E8F6;
  --brand-200: #f2b9eb;
  --brand-300: #EDA0E4;
  --brand-400: #E571D6;
  --brand-500: #DC42C9;
  --brand-600: #CE26BA;
  --brand-700: #AC209B;
  --brand-800: #8A1A7C;
  --brand-900: #64175A;
  --brand-950: #3E0E38;
  --brand: #f2b9eb;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF4FA;
  --brand-border: #EDC0E7;
  --brand-hover: #EC9BE2;
  --brand-pressed: #E77DDA;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #241422;
    --brand-ink: #EED3EB;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FBF3FA',
        100: '#F8E8F6',
        200: '#f2b9eb',
        300: '#EDA0E4',
        400: '#E571D6',
        500: '#DC42C9',
        600: '#CE26BA',
        700: '#AC209B',
        800: '#8A1A7C',
        900: '#64175A',
        950: '#3E0E38',
        DEFAULT: '#f2b9eb',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FBF3FA,
  '100': #F8E8F6,
  '200': #f2b9eb,
  '300': #EDA0E4,
  '400': #E571D6,
  '500': #DC42C9,
  '600': #CE26BA,
  '700': #AC209B,
  '800': #8A1A7C,
  '900': #64175A,
  '950': #3E0E38,
);
$brand-base: #f2b9eb;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FBF3FA", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F8E8F6", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#f2b9eb", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#EDA0E4", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#E571D6", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#DC42C9", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#CE26BA", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#AC209B", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#8A1A7C", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#64175A", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#3E0E38", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #f2b9eb · 12.91:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.63:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 12.91:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #f2b9eb as text scores 1.63:1 on white and 12.91:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #6C1461 at 6.76:1.

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
#CD26B9 · 4.59:1
AA on white−36% L
#CD26B9
The quick fox
#9A1C8A · 7.22:1
AAA on white−48% L
#9A1C8A
The quick fox
#f2b9eb · 12.91:1
AA on blackalready passes
#f2b9eb
The quick fox
#f2b9eb · 12.91:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#f2b9eb

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #E263D2 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
#f2b9eb on white: 1.63:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#f2b9eb on black: 12.91:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #f2b9eb as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #f2b9eb.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.63:1AaAa
Slate 501.55:1AaAa
Slate 1001.48:1AaAa
Slate 2001.32:1AaAa
Slate 3001.10:1AaAa
Slate 4001.58:1AaAa
Slate 5002.93:1AaAa
Slate 6004.66:1AaAa
Slate 7006.37:1AaAa
Slate 8009.00:1AaAa
Slate 90010.98:1AaAa
Black12.91:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #B7C6ED
deuteranopia · #C4CEE9
tritanopia · #F7BCCA

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. #f2b9eb 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.

#FBF3FA
#F8E8F6
#f2b9eb
#EDA0E4
#E571D6
#DC42C9
#CE26BA
#AC209B
#8A1A7C
#64175A
#3E0E38
Base = 200Lightest = 50 · #FBF3FADarkest = 950 · #3E0E38Text 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 0.023 330.6);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.037 330.6);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.055 330.6);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.072 330.6);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.085 330.6);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.092 330.6);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.092 330.6);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.087 330.6);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.077 330.6);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.064 330.6);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.051 330.6);
}

Colors that work with #f2b9eb

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#EDC0E7
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B4B91
Captions on the surface
Accent#2FB11B
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#6C1461
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FBE9F9
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#241422
Dark-mode background
Hover#EC9BE2
One step down in lightness
Pressed#E77DDA
Two steps down
Disabled#F7F3F6
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#F8C7F2
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 #f2b9eb

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 #6C1461
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #E263D2

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
  • Weight16/100
  • 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#B9F2C0
Analogous left#DCB9F2
Analogous right#F2B9CE
Split-complement 1#CEF2B9
Split-complement 2#B9F2DC
Triadic 1#EBF2B9
Triadic 2#B9EBF2
Tetradic#F2DCB9
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°307°

#f2b9eb sits at 307°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red94.9%
Green72.5%
Blue92.2%
R · 0–255
242
0xf2
G · 0–255
185
0xb9
B · 0–255
235
0xeb

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta23.6%
Yellow2.9%
Key (black)5.1%

Total ink coverage is 32%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#f2b9eb text on a black background

contrast 12.91:1

Card sample

#f2b9eb text on a white background

contrast 1.63:1

Card sample

#f2b9eb on grey

1.48:1

#f2b9eb on its own surface

1.50:1

#f2b9eb on its dark surface

10.78:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #f2b9eb;
Background color
Panel with #f2b9eb background
background-color: #f2b9eb;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #f2b9eb;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(242, 185, 235, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(242, 185, 235, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #f2b9eb;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f2b9eb, #F2B9C5);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #f2b9eb, #F2BBB9);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #f2b9eb;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #f2b9eb;
caret-color: #f2b9eb;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #f2b9eb;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FBE9F9;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #f2b9eb;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#f2b9eb 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #f2b9eb 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(242, 185, 235, 0.5)
rgb(242 185 235 / 50%)
#f2b9eb80
hsl(307 69% 84% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #f2b9eb 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#f2b9eb1a#FEF8FD
20%#f2b9eb33#FCF1FB
40%#f2b9eb66#FAE3F7
60%#f2b9eb99#F7D5F3
80%#f2b9ebcc#F5C7EF

Gradients from #f2b9eb

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, #FCEDFA, #f2b9eb 45%, #6C1461);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #f2b9eb, #ED9FA9);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #f2b9eb, #B9F2C0);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #FDF2FB 0%, #f2b9eb 45%, #6C1461 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%, #F0E4FA 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #F7D3DD 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #6C1461 0%, transparent 65%), #f2b9eb;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #f2b9eb

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.

#f2b9eb 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 12.91:1.

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.

#f2b9eb, answered

What color is #f2b9eb?

#f2b9eb is a light vivid magenta / pink, closest to Plum (ΔE2000 6.4). It sits at 307° on the hue wheel with 69% saturation and 84% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #f2b9eb?

rgb(242, 185, 235) — 242 red, 185 green and 235 blue out of 255, or 94.9% / 72.5% / 92.2% by channel.

What is #f2b9eb in HSL and HSV?

hsl(307, 69%, 84%) and hsv(307, 24%, 95%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #f2b9eb a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.5957 and perceived brightness is 82%, so black text on it reaches 12.91:1.

Should I use black or white text on #f2b9eb?

Black. It scores 12.91:1 against #f2b9eb, versus 1.63:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #f2b9eb accessible on a white background?

#f2b9eb on white scores 1.63:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #CD26B9 to reach 4.5:1, or #9A1C8A for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #f2b9eb?

#B9F2C0 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #CEF2B9 and #B9F2DC, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #f2b9eb?

For interface work: #FAF4FA as the surface, #EDC0E7 for borders, #9B4B91 for secondary text, #2FB11B as an accent and #6C1461 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #DCB9F2 and #F2B9CE stays calm, while #B9F2C0 is the loudest partner.

What is #f2b9eb in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 24%, 3%, 5%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #f2b9eb 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 #F2B9D6; nudged cooler, #E5B8F3.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #f2b9eb?

The pink family — its 500 step is #ec4899, ΔE2000 24.1 away. That is a visible difference, so define #f2b9eb as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #f2b9eb in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#f2b9eb] or text-[#f2b9eb], 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 #f2b9eb with 50% opacity?

rgba(242, 185, 235, 0.5), or #f2b9eb80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #F9DCF5; over black, #795D76.

Is #f2b9eb a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FFCCFF, ΔE2000 4.3 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #f2b9eb 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 #f2b9eb?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #FCEDFA, #f2b9eb 45%, #6C1461). For more colour, a short hue run to #ED9FA9 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #f2b9eb in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #f2b9eb at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.