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#f2cef5

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

Token name suggestion: Frost Ruby

RGB
242, 206, 245
HSL
295°, 66%, 88%
CMYK
1, 16, 0, 4
Luminance
0.6961

#f2cef5 is a pale vivid magenta / pink, 295° on the wheel and 53/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (14.92:1). As text it scores 1.41:1 on white — use #C42BD1 instead. Nearest name is Thistle, nearest Tailwind family is pink.

hsl(295 66% 88%)rgb(242 206 245)Base step 200AAA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #f2cef5 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#f2cef5
Hue
295°
magenta / pink
Saturation
66%
vivid
Lightness
88%
pale
Brightness
96%
HSV value
Perceived
87%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.6961
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
53/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
14.92:1
Closest name
Thistle
ΔE2000 6.4
Chroma
24.1
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.894
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
pink
500 · ΔE 29
Web-safe
#FFCCFF
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue295° of 360°
Saturation66%
Lightness88%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #f2cef5.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool53% 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
Red27%
Green63%
Blue9%

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

Every format

HEX#f2cef5
HEX (8-digit)#f2cef5ff
RGBrgb(242, 206, 245)
RGBArgba(242, 206, 245, 1)
HSLhsl(295, 66%, 88%)
HSV / HSBhsv(295, 16%, 96%)
HWBhwb(295 81% 4%)
CMYKcmyk(1%, 16%, 0%, 4%)
LABlab(86.8 19.3 -14.4)
LCHlch(86.8 24.1 323.2)
OKLCHoklch(0.894 0.065 323.7)
XYZ (D65)xyz(75.17, 69.61, 95.85)
Decimal15912693
Display P3color(display-p3 0.949 0.808 0.961)
Web-safe#FFCCFF

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #f2cef5;
background-color: #f2cef5;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #f2cef5;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#f2cef5] bg-[#f2cef5]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #f2cef5;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.949, green: 0.808, blue: 0.961)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.949, green: 0.808, blue: 0.961, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#F2CEF5</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFF2CEF5)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFF2CEF5)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(245, 206, 242)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(242, 206, 245)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(242, 206, 245)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 242, 206, 245)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9490f, 0.8078f, 0.9608f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{242,206,245}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #f2cef5 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #f2cef5 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#63166A, #ECD3EE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #f2cef5 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: #FBF3FB;
  --brand-100: #F6E8F8;
  --brand-200: #f2cef5;
  --brand-300: #E6A2EC;
  --brand-400: #DA73E2;
  --brand-500: #CE45D9;
  --brand-600: #BF29CB;
  --brand-700: #9F23A9;
  --brand-800: #7F1C88;
  --brand-900: #5D1862;
  --brand-950: #3A0F3E;
  --brand: #f2cef5;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF4FA;
  --brand-border: #E9C0ED;
  --brand-hover: #EAB0EF;
  --brand-pressed: #E293E9;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #231424;
    --brand-ink: #ECD3EE;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FBF3FB',
        100: '#F6E8F8',
        200: '#f2cef5',
        300: '#E6A2EC',
        400: '#DA73E2',
        500: '#CE45D9',
        600: '#BF29CB',
        700: '#9F23A9',
        800: '#7F1C88',
        900: '#5D1862',
        950: '#3A0F3E',
        DEFAULT: '#f2cef5',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FBF3FB,
  '100': #F6E8F8,
  '200': #f2cef5,
  '300': #E6A2EC,
  '400': #DA73E2,
  '500': #CE45D9,
  '600': #BF29CB,
  '700': #9F23A9,
  '800': #7F1C88,
  '900': #5D1862,
  '950': #3A0F3E,
);
$brand-base: #f2cef5;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FBF3FB", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F6E8F8", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#f2cef5", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#E6A2EC", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#DA73E2", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#CE45D9", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#BF29CB", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#9F23A9", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#7F1C88", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#5D1862", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#3A0F3E", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #f2cef5 · 14.92:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.41:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 14.92:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #f2cef5 as text scores 1.41:1 on white and 14.92:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #63166A at 8.05:1.

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
#C42BD1 · 4.55:1
AA on white−39% L
#C42BD1
The quick fox
#95209E · 7.05:1
AAA on white−51% L
#95209E
The quick fox
#f2cef5 · 14.92:1
AA on blackalready passes
#f2cef5
The quick fox
#f2cef5 · 14.92:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#f2cef5

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #D768E0 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
#f2cef5 on white: 1.41:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#f2cef5 on black: 14.92:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #f2cef5 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #f2cef5.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.41:1AaAa
Slate 501.35:1AaAa
Slate 1001.28:1AaAa
Slate 2001.14:1AaAa
Slate 3001.06:1AaAa
Slate 4001.82:1AaAa
Slate 5003.38:1AaAa
Slate 6005.38:1AaAa
Slate 7007.36:1AaAa
Slate 80010.40:1AaAa
Slate 90012.69:1AaAa
Black14.92:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #CBD7F7
deuteranopia · #D3DBF4
tritanopia · #F4D1DB

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. #f2cef5 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.

#FBF3FB
#F6E8F8
#f2cef5
#E6A2EC
#DA73E2
#CE45D9
#BF29CB
#9F23A9
#7F1C88
#5D1862
#3A0F3E
Base = 200Lightest = 50 · #FBF3FBDarkest = 950 · #3A0F3EText 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 0.016 323.7);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.026 323.7);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.039 323.7);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.051 323.7);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.060 323.7);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.065 323.7);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.065 323.7);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.061 323.7);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.055 323.7);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.046 323.7);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.036 323.7);
}

Colors that work with #f2cef5

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#E9C0ED
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#954B9B
Captions on the surface
Accent#4CAD1F
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#63166A
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F9EAFB
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#231424
Dark-mode background
Hover#EAB0EF
One step down in lightness
Pressed#E293E9
Two steps down
Disabled#F7F3F7
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#F8DBFA
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 #f2cef5

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 #63166A
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #D768E0

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
  • 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#D1F5CE
Analogous left#DECEF5
Analogous right#F5CEE4
Split-complement 1#E4F5CE
Split-complement 2#CEF5DE
Triadic 1#F5F2CE
Triadic 2#CEF5F2
Tetradic#F5DECE
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°295°

#f2cef5 sits at 295°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red94.9%
Green80.8%
Blue96.1%
R · 0–255
242
0xf2
G · 0–255
206
0xce
B · 0–255
245
0xf5

CMYK percentages

Cyan1.2%
Magenta15.9%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)3.9%

Total ink coverage is 21%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#f2cef5 text on a black background

contrast 14.92:1

Card sample

#f2cef5 text on a white background

contrast 1.41:1

Card sample

#f2cef5 on grey

1.28:1

#f2cef5 on its own surface

1.30:1

#f2cef5 on its dark surface

12.47:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #f2cef5;
Background color
Panel with #f2cef5 background
background-color: #f2cef5;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #f2cef5;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(242, 206, 245, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(242, 206, 245, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #f2cef5;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f2cef5, #F5CEDE);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #f2cef5, #F5CED4);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #f2cef5;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #f2cef5;
caret-color: #f2cef5;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #f2cef5;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F9EAFB;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #f2cef5;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#f2cef5 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #f2cef5 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, 206, 245, 0.5)
rgb(242 206 245 / 50%)
#f2cef580
hsl(295 66% 88% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #f2cef5 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#f2cef51a#FEFAFE
20%#f2cef533#FCF5FD
40%#f2cef566#FAEBFB
60%#f2cef599#F7E2F9
80%#f2cef5cc#F5D8F7

Gradients from #f2cef5

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, #FBEEFC, #f2cef5 45%, #63166A);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #f2cef5, #F0B4C8);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #f2cef5, #D1F5CE);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #FCF2FC 0%, #f2cef5 45%, #63166A 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%, #FAF8FE 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #FAE7F1 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #63166A 0%, transparent 65%), #f2cef5;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #f2cef5

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.

#f2cef5 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 14.92:1.

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.

#f2cef5, answered

What color is #f2cef5?

#f2cef5 is a pale vivid magenta / pink, closest to Thistle (ΔE2000 6.4). It sits at 295° on the hue wheel with 66% saturation and 88% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #f2cef5?

rgb(242, 206, 245) — 242 red, 206 green and 245 blue out of 255, or 94.9% / 80.8% / 96.1% by channel.

What is #f2cef5 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(295, 66%, 88%) and hsv(295, 16%, 96%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #f2cef5 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.6961 and perceived brightness is 87%, so black text on it reaches 14.92:1.

Should I use black or white text on #f2cef5?

Black. It scores 14.92:1 against #f2cef5, versus 1.41:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #f2cef5 accessible on a white background?

#f2cef5 on white scores 1.41:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #C42BD1 to reach 4.5:1, or #95209E for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #f2cef5?

#D1F5CE sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #E4F5CE and #CEF5DE, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #f2cef5?

For interface work: #FAF4FA as the surface, #E9C0ED for borders, #954B9B for secondary text, #4CAD1F as an accent and #63166A for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #DECEF5 and #F5CEE4 stays calm, while #D1F5CE is the loudest partner.

What is #f2cef5 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(1%, 16%, 0%, 4%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #f2cef5 warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 53 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #F5CEEA; nudged cooler, #E4CDF6.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #f2cef5?

The pink family — its 500 step is #ec4899, ΔE2000 29 away. That is a visible difference, so define #f2cef5 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #f2cef5 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#f2cef5] or text-[#f2cef5], 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 #f2cef5 with 50% opacity?

rgba(242, 206, 245, 0.5), or #f2cef580 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #F9E7FA; over black, #79677B.

Is #f2cef5 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FFCCFF, ΔE2000 3.8 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #f2cef5 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 #f2cef5?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #FBEEFC, #f2cef5 45%, #63166A). For more colour, a short hue run to #F0B4C8 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #f2cef5 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #f2cef5 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.