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magenta / pink · neutral

#f6dff6

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

Token name suggestion: Chalk Peony

RGB
246, 223, 246
HSL
300°, 56%, 92%
CMYK
0, 9, 0, 4
Luminance
0.7902

#f6dff6 is a pale vivid magenta / pink, 300° on the wheel and 50/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (16.80:1). As text it scores 1.25:1 on white — use #C337C3 instead. Nearest name is Thistle, nearest Tailwind family is pink.

hsl(300 56% 92%)rgb(246 223 246)Base step 100AAA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #f6dff6 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#f6dff6
Hue
300°
magenta / pink
Saturation
56%
vivid
Lightness
92%
pale
Brightness
96%
HSV value
Perceived
91%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.7902
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
50/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
16.80:1
Closest name
Thistle
ΔE2000 7.4
Chroma
14.4
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.929
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
pink
500 · ΔE 32.8
Web-safe
#FFCCFF
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue300° of 360°
Saturation56%
Lightness92%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #f6dff6.

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
Red25%
Green67%
Blue8%

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

Every format

HEX#f6dff6
HEX (8-digit)#f6dff6ff
RGBrgb(246, 223, 246)
RGBArgba(246, 223, 246, 1)
HSLhsl(300, 56%, 92%)
HSV / HSBhsv(300, 9%, 96%)
HWBhwb(300 87% 4%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 9%, 0%, 4%)
LABlab(91.2 11.8 -8.3)
LCHlch(91.2 14.4 324.9)
OKLCHoklch(0.929 0.039 325.9)
XYZ (D65)xyz(81.03, 79.02, 98.16)
Decimal16179190
Display P3color(display-p3 0.965 0.875 0.965)
Web-safe#FFCCFF

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #f6dff6;
background-color: #f6dff6;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #f6dff6;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#f6dff6] bg-[#f6dff6]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #f6dff6;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.965, green: 0.875, blue: 0.965)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.965, green: 0.875, blue: 0.965, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#F6DFF6</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFF6DFF6)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFF6DFF6)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(246, 223, 246)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(246, 223, 246)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(246, 223, 246)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 246, 223, 246)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9647f, 0.8745f, 0.9647f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{246,223,246}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #f6dff6 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #f6dff6 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#641C64, #EED3EE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #f6dff6 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: #FBF4FB;
  --brand-100: #f6dff6;
  --brand-200: #EECDEE;
  --brand-300: #E6A7E6;
  --brand-400: #DA7CDA;
  --brand-500: #CE50CE;
  --brand-600: #BF36BF;
  --brand-700: #9F2D9F;
  --brand-800: #7F247F;
  --brand-900: #5D1E5D;
  --brand-950: #3A133A;
  --brand: #f6dff6;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF4FA;
  --brand-border: #EDC0ED;
  --brand-hover: #EEC3EE;
  --brand-pressed: #E6A7E6;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #241424;
    --brand-ink: #EED3EE;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FBF4FB',
        100: '#f6dff6',
        200: '#EECDEE',
        300: '#E6A7E6',
        400: '#DA7CDA',
        500: '#CE50CE',
        600: '#BF36BF',
        700: '#9F2D9F',
        800: '#7F247F',
        900: '#5D1E5D',
        950: '#3A133A',
        DEFAULT: '#f6dff6',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FBF4FB,
  '100': #f6dff6,
  '200': #EECDEE,
  '300': #E6A7E6,
  '400': #DA7CDA,
  '500': #CE50CE,
  '600': #BF36BF,
  '700': #9F2D9F,
  '800': #7F247F,
  '900': #5D1E5D,
  '950': #3A133A,
);
$brand-base: #f6dff6;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FBF4FB", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#f6dff6", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#EECDEE", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#E6A7E6", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#DA7CDA", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#CE50CE", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#BF36BF", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#9F2D9F", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#7F247F", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#5D1E5D", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#3A133A", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #f6dff6 · 16.80:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.25:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 16.80:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #f6dff6 as text scores 1.25:1 on white and 16.80:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #641C64 at 8.88:1.

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
#C337C3 · 4.51:1
AA on white−43% L
#C337C3
The quick fox
#932993 · 7.05:1
AAA on white−55% L
#932993
The quick fox
#f6dff6 · 16.80:1
AA on blackalready passes
#f6dff6
The quick fox
#f6dff6 · 16.80:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#f6dff6

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #D66CD6 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
#f6dff6 on white: 1.25:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#f6dff6 on black: 16.80:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #f6dff6 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #f6dff6.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.25:1AaAa
Slate 501.19:1AaAa
Slate 1001.14:1AaAa
Slate 2001.01:1AaAa
Slate 3001.19:1AaAa
Slate 4002.05:1AaAa
Slate 5003.81:1AaAa
Slate 6006.06:1AaAa
Slate 7008.29:1AaAa
Slate 80011.71:1AaAa
Slate 90014.29:1AaAa
Black16.80:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #DEE4F7
deuteranopia · #E2E7F5
tritanopia · #F8E1E6

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. #f6dff6 is pinned to step 100; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#FBF4FB
#f6dff6
#EECDEE
#E6A7E6
#DA7CDA
#CE50CE
#BF36BF
#9F2D9F
#7F247F
#5D1E5D
#3A133A
Base = 100Lightest = 50 · #FBF4FBDarkest = 950 · #3A133AText 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 0.010 325.9);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.016 325.9);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.024 325.9);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.031 325.9);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.036 325.9);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.039 325.9);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.039 325.9);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.037 325.9);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.033 325.9);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.028 325.9);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.022 325.9);
}

Colors that work with #f6dff6

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#EDC0ED
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B4B9B
Captions on the surface
Accent#46A428
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#641C64
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F9EBF9
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#241424
Dark-mode background
Hover#EEC3EE
One step down in lightness
Pressed#E6A7E6
Two steps down
Disabled#F7F3F7
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#F8DDF8
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 #f6dff6

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 #641C64
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #D66CD6

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
  • Weight8/100
  • 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#DFF6DF
Analogous left#EBDFF6
Analogous right#F6DFEB
Split-complement 1#EBF6DF
Split-complement 2#DFF6EB
Triadic 1#F6F6DF
Triadic 2#DFF6F6
Tetradic#F6EBDF
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°300°

#f6dff6 sits at 300°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red96.5%
Green87.5%
Blue96.5%
R · 0–255
246
0xf6
G · 0–255
223
0xdf
B · 0–255
246
0xf6

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta9.3%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)3.5%

Total ink coverage is 13%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#f6dff6 text on a black background

contrast 16.80:1

Card sample

#f6dff6 text on a white background

contrast 1.25:1

Card sample

#f6dff6 on grey

1.14:1

#f6dff6 on its own surface

1.15:1

#f6dff6 on its dark surface

14.00:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #f6dff6;
Background color
Panel with #f6dff6 background
background-color: #f6dff6;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #f6dff6;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(246, 223, 246, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(246, 223, 246, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #f6dff6;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f6dff6, #F6DFE7);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #f6dff6, #F6DFE1);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #f6dff6;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #f6dff6;
caret-color: #f6dff6;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #f6dff6;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F9EBF9;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #f6dff6;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#f6dff6 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #f6dff6 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(246, 223, 246, 0.5)
rgb(246 223 246 / 50%)
#f6dff680
hsl(300 56% 92% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #f6dff6 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#f6dff61a#FEFCFE
20%#f6dff633#FDF9FD
40%#f6dff666#FBF2FB
60%#f6dff699#FAECFA
80%#f6dff6cc#F8E5F8

Gradients from #f6dff6

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, #FBEFFB, #f6dff6 45%, #641C64);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #f6dff6, #EFC7D1);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #f6dff6, #DFF6DF);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #FCF3FC 0%, #f6dff6 45%, #641C64 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%, #FFFFFF 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #FDF7F9 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #641C64 0%, transparent 65%), #f6dff6;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #f6dff6

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.

#f6dff6 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 16.80:1.

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.

#f6dff6, answered

What color is #f6dff6?

#f6dff6 is a pale vivid magenta / pink, closest to Thistle (ΔE2000 7.4). It sits at 300° on the hue wheel with 56% saturation and 92% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #f6dff6?

rgb(246, 223, 246) — 246 red, 223 green and 246 blue out of 255, or 96.5% / 87.5% / 96.5% by channel.

What is #f6dff6 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(300, 56%, 92%) and hsv(300, 9%, 96%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #f6dff6 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.7902 and perceived brightness is 91%, so black text on it reaches 16.80:1.

Should I use black or white text on #f6dff6?

Black. It scores 16.80:1 against #f6dff6, versus 1.25:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #f6dff6 accessible on a white background?

#f6dff6 on white scores 1.25:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #C337C3 to reach 4.5:1, or #932993 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #f6dff6?

#DFF6DF sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #EBF6DF and #DFF6EB, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #f6dff6?

For interface work: #FAF4FA as the surface, #EDC0ED for borders, #9B4B9B for secondary text, #46A428 as an accent and #641C64 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #EBDFF6 and #F6DFEB stays calm, while #DFF6DF is the loudest partner.

What is #f6dff6 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 9%, 0%, 4%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #f6dff6 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 #F6DFEE; nudged cooler, #EEDFF6.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #f6dff6?

The pink family — its 500 step is #ec4899, ΔE2000 32.8 away. That is a visible difference, so define #f6dff6 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #f6dff6 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#f6dff6] or text-[#f6dff6], 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 #f6dff6 with 50% opacity?

rgba(246, 223, 246, 0.5), or #f6dff680 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #FBEFFB; over black, #7B707B.

Is #f6dff6 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FFCCFF, ΔE2000 9.4 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #f6dff6 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 #f6dff6?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #FBEFFB, #f6dff6 45%, #641C64). For more colour, a short hue run to #EFC7D1 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #f6dff6 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #f6dff6 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.