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magenta / pink · warm

#f3d6eb

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

Token name suggestion: Mist Ruby

RGB
243, 214, 235
HSL
317°, 55%, 90%
CMYK
0, 12, 3, 5
Luminance
0.7315

#f3d6eb is a pale vivid magenta / pink, 317° on the wheel and 41/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (15.63:1). As text it scores 1.34:1 on white — use #C63CA0 instead. Nearest name is Thistle, nearest Tailwind family is pink.

hsl(317 55% 90%)rgb(243 214 235)Base step 200AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #f3d6eb is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#f3d6eb
Hue
317°
magenta / pink
Saturation
55%
vivid
Lightness
90%
pale
Brightness
95%
HSV value
Perceived
88%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.7315
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
41/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
15.63:1
Closest name
Thistle
ΔE2000 5.9
Chroma
15.1
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.906
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
pink
500 · ΔE 30.8
Web-safe
#FFCCFF
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue317° of 360°
Saturation55%
Lightness90%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #f3d6eb.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool41% 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%
Green66%
Blue8%

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

Every format

HEX#f3d6eb
HEX (8-digit)#f3d6ebff
RGBrgb(243, 214, 235)
RGBArgba(243, 214, 235, 1)
HSLhsl(317, 55%, 90%)
HSV / HSBhsv(317, 12%, 95%)
HWBhwb(317 84% 5%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 12%, 3%, 5%)
LABlab(88.5 13.6 -6.6)
LCHlch(88.5 15.1 334.1)
OKLCHoklch(0.906 0.042 335.7)
XYZ (D65)xyz(76.00, 73.15, 88.70)
Decimal15980267
Display P3color(display-p3 0.953 0.839 0.922)
Web-safe#FFCCFF

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #f3d6eb;
background-color: #f3d6eb;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #f3d6eb;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#f3d6eb] bg-[#f3d6eb]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #f3d6eb;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.953, green: 0.839, blue: 0.922)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.953, green: 0.839, blue: 0.922, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#F3D6EB</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFF3D6EB)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFF3D6EB)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(235, 214, 243)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(243, 214, 235)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(243, 214, 235)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 243, 214, 235)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9529f, 0.8392f, 0.9216f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{243,214,235}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #f3d6eb 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #f3d6eb 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#631D4F, #EED3E7);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #f3d6eb 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: #FBF4F9;
  --brand-100: #F6E9F3;
  --brand-200: #f3d6eb;
  --brand-300: #E6A8D5;
  --brand-400: #D97DBF;
  --brand-500: #CC51AA;
  --brand-600: #BD3798;
  --brand-700: #9E2E7F;
  --brand-800: #7E2566;
  --brand-900: #5C1E4B;
  --brand-950: #39132F;
  --brand: #f3d6eb;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF4F9;
  --brand-border: #EDC0E0;
  --brand-hover: #EBBADD;
  --brand-pressed: #E39FD0;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #241420;
    --brand-ink: #EED3E7;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FBF4F9',
        100: '#F6E9F3',
        200: '#f3d6eb',
        300: '#E6A8D5',
        400: '#D97DBF',
        500: '#CC51AA',
        600: '#BD3798',
        700: '#9E2E7F',
        800: '#7E2566',
        900: '#5C1E4B',
        950: '#39132F',
        DEFAULT: '#f3d6eb',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FBF4F9,
  '100': #F6E9F3,
  '200': #f3d6eb,
  '300': #E6A8D5,
  '400': #D97DBF,
  '500': #CC51AA,
  '600': #BD3798,
  '700': #9E2E7F,
  '800': #7E2566,
  '900': #5C1E4B,
  '950': #39132F,
);
$brand-base: #f3d6eb;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FBF4F9", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F6E9F3", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#f3d6eb", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#E6A8D5", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#D97DBF", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#CC51AA", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#BD3798", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#9E2E7F", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#7E2566", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#5C1E4B", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#39132F", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #f3d6eb · 15.63:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.34:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 15.63:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #f3d6eb as text scores 1.34:1 on white and 15.63:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #631D4F at 8.59:1.

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
#C63CA0 · 4.61:1
AA on white−39% L
#C63CA0
The quick fox
#982D7A · 7.02:1
AAA on white−51% L
#982D7A
The quick fox
#f3d6eb · 15.63:1
AA on blackalready passes
#f3d6eb
The quick fox
#f3d6eb · 15.63:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#f3d6eb

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #D56FB9 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
#f3d6eb on white: 1.34:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#f3d6eb on black: 15.63:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #f3d6eb as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #f3d6eb.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.34:1AaAa
Slate 501.28:1AaAa
Slate 1001.23:1AaAa
Slate 2001.09:1AaAa
Slate 3001.10:1AaAa
Slate 4001.91:1AaAa
Slate 5003.54:1AaAa
Slate 6005.64:1AaAa
Slate 7007.71:1AaAa
Slate 80010.89:1AaAa
Slate 90013.29:1AaAa
Black15.63:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #D6DCEC
deuteranopia · #DCE0EA
tritanopia · #F6D7DD

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. #f3d6eb 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.

#FBF4F9
#F6E9F3
#f3d6eb
#E6A8D5
#D97DBF
#CC51AA
#BD3798
#9E2E7F
#7E2566
#5C1E4B
#39132F
Base = 200Lightest = 50 · #FBF4F9Darkest = 950 · #39132FText 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 0.011 335.7);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.017 335.7);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.025 335.7);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.033 335.7);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.039 335.7);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.042 335.7);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.042 335.7);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.040 335.7);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.036 335.7);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.030 335.7);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.023 335.7);
}

Colors that work with #f3d6eb

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#FAF4F9
Tinted page background
Border#EDC0E0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B4B85
Captions on the surface
Accent#2AA22E
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#631D4F
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F9EBF5
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#241420
Dark-mode background
Hover#EBBADD
One step down in lightness
Pressed#E39FD0
Two steps down
Disabled#F7F3F6
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#F8DDF0
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 #f3d6eb

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 #631D4F
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #D56FB9

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
  • Weight10/100
  • 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#D6F3DE
Analogous left#EDD6F3
Analogous right#F3D6DC
Split-complement 1#DCF3D6
Split-complement 2#D6F3ED
Triadic 1#EBF3D6
Triadic 2#D6EBF3
Tetradic#F3EDD6
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°317°

#f3d6eb sits at 317°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red95.3%
Green83.9%
Blue92.2%
R · 0–255
243
0xf3
G · 0–255
214
0xd6
B · 0–255
235
0xeb

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta11.9%
Yellow3.3%
Key (black)4.7%

Total ink coverage is 20%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#f3d6eb text on a black background

contrast 15.63:1

Card sample

#f3d6eb text on a white background

contrast 1.34:1

Card sample

#f3d6eb on grey

1.23:1

#f3d6eb on its own surface

1.24:1

#f3d6eb on its dark surface

13.07:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #f3d6eb;
Background color
Panel with #f3d6eb background
background-color: #f3d6eb;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #f3d6eb;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(243, 214, 235, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(243, 214, 235, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #f3d6eb;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f3d6eb, #F3D6D8);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #f3d6eb, #F3DCD6);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #f3d6eb;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #f3d6eb;
caret-color: #f3d6eb;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #f3d6eb;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F9EBF5;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #f3d6eb;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#f3d6eb 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #f3d6eb 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, 214, 235, 0.5)
rgb(243 214 235 / 50%)
#f3d6eb80
hsl(317 55% 90% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #f3d6eb 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#f3d6eb1a#FEFBFD
20%#f3d6eb33#FDF7FB
40%#f3d6eb66#FAEFF7
60%#f3d6eb99#F8E6F3
80%#f3d6ebcc#F5DEEF

Gradients from #f3d6eb

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, #FAEFF7, #f3d6eb 45%, #631D4F);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #f3d6eb, #ECC0BE);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #f3d6eb, #D6F3DE);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #FCF3F9 0%, #f3d6eb 45%, #631D4F 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAF4F9, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #FEFDFF 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #FAEEEF 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #631D4F 0%, transparent 65%), #f3d6eb;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #f3d6eb

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.

#f3d6eb 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 15.63:1.

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.

#f3d6eb, answered

What color is #f3d6eb?

#f3d6eb is a pale vivid magenta / pink, closest to Thistle (ΔE2000 5.9). It sits at 317° on the hue wheel with 55% saturation and 90% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #f3d6eb?

rgb(243, 214, 235) — 243 red, 214 green and 235 blue out of 255, or 95.3% / 83.9% / 92.2% by channel.

What is #f3d6eb in HSL and HSV?

hsl(317, 55%, 90%) and hsv(317, 12%, 95%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #f3d6eb a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.7315 and perceived brightness is 88%, so black text on it reaches 15.63:1.

Should I use black or white text on #f3d6eb?

Black. It scores 15.63:1 against #f3d6eb, versus 1.34:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #f3d6eb accessible on a white background?

#f3d6eb on white scores 1.34:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #C63CA0 to reach 4.5:1, or #982D7A for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #f3d6eb?

#D6F3DE sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #DCF3D6 and #D6F3ED, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #f3d6eb?

For interface work: #FAF4F9 as the surface, #EDC0E0 for borders, #9B4B85 for secondary text, #2AA22E as an accent and #631D4F for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #EDD6F3 and #F3D6DC stays calm, while #D6F3DE is the loudest partner.

What is #f3d6eb in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 12%, 3%, 5%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #f3d6eb warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 41 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #F3D6E0; nudged cooler, #F1D5F4.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #f3d6eb?

The pink family — its 500 step is #ec4899, ΔE2000 30.8 away. That is a visible difference, so define #f3d6eb as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #f3d6eb in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#f3d6eb] or text-[#f3d6eb], 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 #f3d6eb with 50% opacity?

rgba(243, 214, 235, 0.5), or #f3d6eb80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #F9EBF5; over black, #7A6B76.

Is #f3d6eb a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FFCCFF, ΔE2000 8.8 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #f3d6eb 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 #f3d6eb?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #FAEFF7, #f3d6eb 45%, #631D4F). For more colour, a short hue run to #ECC0BE keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #f3d6eb in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #f3d6eb at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.