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magenta / pink · neutral

#f3adf2

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

Token name suggestion: Drift Blossom

RGB
243, 173, 242
HSL
301°, 75%, 82%
CMYK
0, 29, 0, 5
Luminance
0.5535

#f3adf2 is a light vivid magenta / pink, 301° on the wheel and 50/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (12.07:1). As text it scores 1.74:1 on white — use #CB1EC8 instead. Nearest name is Plum, nearest Tailwind family is fuchsia.

hsl(301 75% 82%)rgb(243 173 242)Base step 300AAA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #f3adf2 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#f3adf2
Hue
301°
magenta / pink
Saturation
75%
vivid
Lightness
82%
light
Brightness
95%
HSV value
Perceived
80%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.5535
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
50/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
12.07:1
Closest name
Plum
ΔE2000 4.5
Chroma
43.8
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.836
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
fuchsia
500 · ΔE 21.4
Web-safe
#FF99FF
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue301° of 360°
Saturation75%
Lightness82%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #f3adf2.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool50% 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
Red34%
Green54%
Blue12%

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

Every format

HEX#f3adf2
HEX (8-digit)#f3adf2ff
RGBrgb(243, 173, 242)
RGBArgba(243, 173, 242, 1)
HSLhsl(301, 75%, 82%)
HSV / HSBhsv(301, 29%, 95%)
HWBhwb(301 68% 5%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 29%, 0%, 5%)
LABlab(79.3 36.5 -24.2)
LCHlch(79.3 43.8 326.4)
OKLCHoklch(0.836 0.120 327.1)
XYZ (D65)xyz(67.93, 55.35, 91.09)
Decimal15969778
Display P3color(display-p3 0.953 0.678 0.949)
Web-safe#FF99FF

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #f3adf2;
background-color: #f3adf2;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #f3adf2;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#f3adf2] bg-[#f3adf2]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #f3adf2;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.953, green: 0.678, blue: 0.949)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.953, green: 0.678, blue: 0.949, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#F3ADF2</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFF3ADF2)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFF3ADF2)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(242, 173, 243)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(243, 173, 242)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(243, 173, 242)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 243, 173, 242)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9529f, 0.6784f, 0.9490f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{243,173,242}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #f3adf2 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #f3adf2 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#6F106E, #EED3EE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #f3adf2 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: #FCF3FC;
  --brand-100: #F9E7F8;
  --brand-200: #F4C8F3;
  --brand-300: #f3adf2;
  --brand-400: #EA6CE8;
  --brand-500: #E23BE0;
  --brand-600: #D61FD3;
  --brand-700: #B21AB0;
  --brand-800: #8E158D;
  --brand-900: #671366;
  --brand-950: #400C40;
  --brand: #f3adf2;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF4FA;
  --brand-border: #EDC0EC;
  --brand-hover: #EE8EED;
  --brand-pressed: #EA6FE8;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #241424;
    --brand-ink: #EED3EE;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FCF3FC',
        100: '#F9E7F8',
        200: '#F4C8F3',
        300: '#f3adf2',
        400: '#EA6CE8',
        500: '#E23BE0',
        600: '#D61FD3',
        700: '#B21AB0',
        800: '#8E158D',
        900: '#671366',
        950: '#400C40',
        DEFAULT: '#f3adf2',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FCF3FC,
  '100': #F9E7F8,
  '200': #F4C8F3,
  '300': #f3adf2,
  '400': #EA6CE8,
  '500': #E23BE0,
  '600': #D61FD3,
  '700': #B21AB0,
  '800': #8E158D,
  '900': #671366,
  '950': #400C40,
);
$brand-base: #f3adf2;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FCF3FC", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F9E7F8", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#F4C8F3", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#f3adf2", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#EA6CE8", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#E23BE0", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#D61FD3", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#B21AB0", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#8E158D", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#671366", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#400C40", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #f3adf2 · 12.07:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.74:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 12.07:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #f3adf2 as text scores 1.74:1 on white and 12.07:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #6F106E at 6.11:1.

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
#CB1EC8 · 4.61:1
AA on white−36% L
#CB1EC8
The quick fox
#9A1698 · 7.14:1
AAA on white−47% L
#9A1698
The quick fox
#f3adf2 · 12.07:1
AA on blackalready passes
#f3adf2
The quick fox
#f3adf2 · 12.07:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#f3adf2

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #E759E5 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
#f3adf2 on white: 1.74:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#f3adf2 on black: 12.07:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #f3adf2 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #f3adf2.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.74:1AaAa
Slate 501.66:1AaAa
Slate 1001.59:1AaAa
Slate 2001.41:1AaAa
Slate 3001.17:1AaAa
Slate 4001.47:1AaAa
Slate 5002.74:1AaAa
Slate 6004.36:1AaAa
Slate 7005.95:1AaAa
Slate 8008.41:1AaAa
Slate 90010.26:1AaAa
Black12.07:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #A9BFF5
deuteranopia · #B9C7F0
tritanopia · #F8B3C6

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. #f3adf2 is pinned to step 300; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#FCF3FC
#F9E7F8
#F4C8F3
#f3adf2
#EA6CE8
#E23BE0
#D61FD3
#B21AB0
#8E158D
#671366
#400C40
Base = 300Lightest = 50 · #FCF3FCDarkest = 950 · #400C40Text step on white = 700
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 0.030 327.1);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.048 327.1);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.072 327.1);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.094 327.1);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.111 327.1);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.120 327.1);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.120 327.1);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.113 327.1);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.101 327.1);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.084 327.1);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.066 327.1);
}

Colors that work with #f3adf2

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#EDC0EC
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B4B9A
Captions on the surface
Accent#3DB616
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#6F106E
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FCE9FB
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#241424
Dark-mode background
Hover#EE8EED
One step down in lightness
Pressed#EA6FE8
Two steps down
Disabled#F7F3F7
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#F9BBF8
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 #f3adf2

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 #6F106E
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #E759E5

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
  • Weight18/100
  • 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#ADF3AE
Analogous left#D1ADF3
Analogous right#F3ADCF
Split-complement 1#CFF3AD
Split-complement 2#ADF3D1
Triadic 1#F2F3AD
Triadic 2#ADF2F3
Tetradic#F3D1AD
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°301°

#f3adf2 sits at 301°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red95.3%
Green67.8%
Blue94.9%
R · 0–255
243
0xf3
G · 0–255
173
0xad
B · 0–255
242
0xf2

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta28.8%
Yellow0.4%
Key (black)4.7%

Total ink coverage is 34%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#f3adf2 text on a black background

contrast 12.07:1

Card sample

#f3adf2 text on a white background

contrast 1.74:1

Card sample

#f3adf2 on grey

1.59:1

#f3adf2 on its own surface

1.61:1

#f3adf2 on its dark surface

10.05:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #f3adf2;
Background color
Panel with #f3adf2 background
background-color: #f3adf2;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #f3adf2;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(243, 173, 242, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(243, 173, 242, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #f3adf2;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f3adf2, #F3ADC3);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #f3adf2, #F3ADB2);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #f3adf2;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #f3adf2;
caret-color: #f3adf2;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #f3adf2;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FCE9FB;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #f3adf2;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#f3adf2 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #f3adf2 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(243, 173, 242, 0.5)
rgb(243 173 242 / 50%)
#f3adf280
hsl(301 75% 82% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #f3adf2 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#f3adf21a#FEF7FE
20%#f3adf233#FDEFFC
40%#f3adf266#FADEFA
60%#f3adf299#F8CEF7
80%#f3adf2cc#F5BDF5

Gradients from #f3adf2

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, #FBE3FA, #f3adf2 45%, #6F106E);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #f3adf2, #EF92A8);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #f3adf2, #ADF3AE);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #FDF2FD 0%, #f3adf2 45%, #6F106E 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%, #E7DAFA 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #F7C8DB 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #6F106E 0%, transparent 65%), #f3adf2;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #f3adf2

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.

#f3adf2 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 12.07:1.

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.

#f3adf2, answered

What color is #f3adf2?

#f3adf2 is a light vivid magenta / pink, closest to Plum (ΔE2000 4.5). It sits at 301° on the hue wheel with 75% saturation and 82% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #f3adf2?

rgb(243, 173, 242) — 243 red, 173 green and 242 blue out of 255, or 95.3% / 67.8% / 94.9% by channel.

What is #f3adf2 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(301, 75%, 82%) and hsv(301, 29%, 95%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #f3adf2 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.5535 and perceived brightness is 80%, so black text on it reaches 12.07:1.

Should I use black or white text on #f3adf2?

Black. It scores 12.07:1 against #f3adf2, versus 1.74:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #f3adf2 accessible on a white background?

#f3adf2 on white scores 1.74:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #CB1EC8 to reach 4.5:1, or #9A1698 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #f3adf2?

#ADF3AE sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #CFF3AD and #ADF3D1, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #f3adf2?

For interface work: #FAF4FA as the surface, #EDC0EC for borders, #9B4B9A for secondary text, #3DB616 as an accent and #6F106E for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #D1ADF3 and #F3ADCF stays calm, while #ADF3AE is the loudest partner.

What is #f3adf2 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 29%, 0%, 5%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #f3adf2 warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 50 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #F3ADD8; nudged cooler, #DBACF4.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #f3adf2?

The fuchsia family — its 500 step is #d946ef, ΔE2000 21.4 away. That is a visible difference, so define #f3adf2 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #f3adf2 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#f3adf2] or text-[#f3adf2], 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 #f3adf2 with 50% opacity?

rgba(243, 173, 242, 0.5), or #f3adf280 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #F9D6F9; over black, #7A5779.

Is #f3adf2 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FF99FF, ΔE2000 6 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #f3adf2 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 #f3adf2?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #FBE3FA, #f3adf2 45%, #6F106E). For more colour, a short hue run to #EF92A8 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #f3adf2 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #f3adf2 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.