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magenta / pink · neutral

#f8f2f7

a pale, soft magenta / pink · neutral · closest name: Ghost White

Token name suggestion: Mist Ruby

RGB
248, 242, 247
HSL
310°, 30%, 96%
CMYK
0, 2, 0, 3
Luminance
0.9018

#f8f2f7 is a pale soft magenta / pink, 310° on the wheel and 45/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (19.04:1). As text it scores 1.10:1 on white — use #A65A99 instead. Nearest name is Ghost White, nearest Tailwind family is yellow.

hsl(310 30% 96%)rgb(248 242 247)Base step 50AAA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #f8f2f7 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#f8f2f7
Hue
310°
magenta / pink
Saturation
30%
soft
Lightness
96%
pale
Brightness
97%
HSV value
Perceived
96%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.9018
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
45/100 cool
Color family
Magenta / pink
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
19.04:1
Closest name
Ghost White
ΔE2000 2.9
Chroma
3.3
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.967
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
yellow
500 · ΔE 34.5
Web-safe
#FFFFFF
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue310° of 360°
Saturation30%
Lightness96%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #f8f2f7.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool45% 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
Red22%
Green70%
Blue7%

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

Every format

HEX#f8f2f7
HEX (8-digit)#f8f2f7ff
RGBrgb(248, 242, 247)
RGBArgba(248, 242, 247, 1)
HSLhsl(310, 30%, 96%)
HSV / HSBhsv(310, 2%, 97%)
HWBhwb(310 95% 3%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 2%, 0%, 3%)
LABlab(96.1 2.9 -1.7)
LCHlch(96.1 3.3 329.5)
OKLCHoklch(0.967 0.009 330.9)
XYZ (D65)xyz(87.25, 90.18, 100.79)
Decimal16315127
Display P3color(display-p3 0.973 0.949 0.969)
Web-safe#FFFFFF

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #f8f2f7;
background-color: #f8f2f7;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #f8f2f7;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#f8f2f7] bg-[#f8f2f7]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #f8f2f7;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.973, green: 0.949, blue: 0.969)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.973, green: 0.949, blue: 0.969, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#F8F2F7</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFF8F2F7)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFF8F2F7)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(247, 242, 248)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(248, 242, 247)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(248, 242, 247)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 248, 242, 247)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9725f, 0.9490f, 0.9686f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{248,242,247}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #f8f2f7 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #f8f2f7 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#532D4C, #EAD7E7);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #f8f2f7 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: #f8f2f7;
  --brand-100: #F3ECF2;
  --brand-200: #E7D5E4;
  --brand-300: #D8B6D2;
  --brand-400: #C492BC;
  --brand-500: #B06DA5;
  --brand-600: #9F5693;
  --brand-700: #85477A;
  --brand-800: #6A3962;
  --brand-900: #4E2C48;
  --brand-950: #311C2D;
  --brand: #f8f2f7;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF5F9;
  --brand-border: #E2CADE;
  --brand-hover: #ECDBE9;
  --brand-pressed: #DFC4DA;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #241422;
    --brand-ink: #EAD7E7;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#f8f2f7',
        100: '#F3ECF2',
        200: '#E7D5E4',
        300: '#D8B6D2',
        400: '#C492BC',
        500: '#B06DA5',
        600: '#9F5693',
        700: '#85477A',
        800: '#6A3962',
        900: '#4E2C48',
        950: '#311C2D',
        DEFAULT: '#f8f2f7',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #f8f2f7,
  '100': #F3ECF2,
  '200': #E7D5E4,
  '300': #D8B6D2,
  '400': #C492BC,
  '500': #B06DA5,
  '600': #9F5693,
  '700': #85477A,
  '800': #6A3962,
  '900': #4E2C48,
  '950': #311C2D,
);
$brand-base: #f8f2f7;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#f8f2f7", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F3ECF2", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#E7D5E4", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#D8B6D2", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#C492BC", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#B06DA5", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#9F5693", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#85477A", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#6A3962", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#4E2C48", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#311C2D", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #f8f2f7 · 19.04:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.10:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 19.04:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #f8f2f7 as text scores 1.10:1 on white and 19.04:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #532D4C at 10.30:1.

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
#A65A99 · 4.62:1
AA on white−46% L
#A65A99
The quick fox
#7E4475 · 7.07:1
AAA on white−58% L
#7E4475
The quick fox
#f8f2f7 · 19.04:1
AA on blackalready passes
#f8f2f7
The quick fox
#f8f2f7 · 19.04:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#f8f2f7

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #BB81B2 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
#f8f2f7 on white: 1.10:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#f8f2f7 on black: 19.04:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #f8f2f7 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #f8f2f7.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.10:1AaAa
Slate 501.05:1AaAa
Slate 1001.01:1AaAa
Slate 2001.12:1AaAa
Slate 3001.35:1AaAa
Slate 4002.32:1AaAa
Slate 5004.31:1AaAa
Slate 6006.87:1AaAa
Slate 7009.39:1AaAa
Slate 80013.26:1AaAa
Slate 90016.18:1AaAa
Black19.04:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #F2F3F7
deuteranopia · #F3F4F7
tritanopia · #F9F2F4

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. #f8f2f7 is pinned to step 50; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#f8f2f7
#F3ECF2
#E7D5E4
#D8B6D2
#C492BC
#B06DA5
#9F5693
#85477A
#6A3962
#4E2C48
#311C2D
Base = 50Lightest = 50 · #f8f2f7Darkest = 950 · #311C2DText 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 0.002 330.9);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.004 330.9);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.006 330.9);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.007 330.9);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.008 330.9);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.009 330.9);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.009 330.9);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.009 330.9);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.008 330.9);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.006 330.9);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.005 330.9);
}

Colors that work with #f8f2f7

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#FAF5F9
Tinted page background
Border#E2CADE
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#95508A
Captions on the surface
Accent#478547
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#532D4C
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F6EEF5
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#241422
Dark-mode background
Hover#ECDBE9
One step down in lightness
Pressed#DFC4DA
Two steps down
Disabled#F7F3F6
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#F3E2F0
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 #f8f2f7

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Charts, tags and secondary surfaces
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • 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 #532D4C
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #BB81B2

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.

The muted chroma softens the association — it reads considered rather than loud, which suits long-form and data-heavy screens. 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
  • Weight4/100
  • 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#F2F8F3
Analogous left#F6F2F8
Analogous right#F8F2F4
Split-complement 1#F4F8F2
Split-complement 2#F2F8F6
Triadic 1#F7F8F2
Triadic 2#F2F7F8
Tetradic#F8F6F2
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°310°

#f8f2f7 sits at 310°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red97.3%
Green94.9%
Blue96.9%
R · 0–255
248
0xf8
G · 0–255
242
0xf2
B · 0–255
247
0xf7

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta2.4%
Yellow0.4%
Key (black)2.7%

Total ink coverage is 6%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#f8f2f7 text on a black background

contrast 19.04:1

Card sample

#f8f2f7 text on a white background

contrast 1.10:1

Card sample

#f8f2f7 on grey

1.01:1

#f8f2f7 on its own surface

1.02:1

#f8f2f7 on its dark surface

15.89:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #f8f2f7;
Background color
Panel with #f8f2f7 background
background-color: #f8f2f7;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #f8f2f7;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(248, 242, 247, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(248, 242, 247, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #f8f2f7;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f8f2f7, #F8F2F3);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #f8f2f7, #F8F3F2);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #f8f2f7;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #f8f2f7;
caret-color: #f8f2f7;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #f8f2f7;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F6EEF5;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #f8f2f7;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#f8f2f7 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #f8f2f7 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(248, 242, 247, 0.5)
rgb(248 242 247 / 50%)
#f8f2f780
hsl(310 30% 96% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #f8f2f7 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#f8f2f71a#FEFEFE
20%#f8f2f733#FEFCFD
40%#f8f2f766#FCFAFC
60%#f8f2f799#FBF7FA
80%#f8f2f7cc#F9F5F9

Gradients from #f8f2f7

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, #F8F2F7, #f8f2f7 45%, #532D4C);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #f8f2f7, #EDDEDF);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #f8f2f7, #F2F8F3);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #FAF5F9 0%, #f8f2f7 45%, #532D4C 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAF5F9, #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%, #FFFFFF 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #532D4C 0%, transparent 65%), #f8f2f7;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #f8f2f7

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.

#f8f2f7 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

Very light values are indistinguishable from white on a dim phone screen outdoors. Give it a border if the boundary matters.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 19.04:1.

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.

#f8f2f7, answered

What color is #f8f2f7?

#f8f2f7 is a pale soft magenta / pink, closest to Ghost White (ΔE2000 2.9). It sits at 310° on the hue wheel with 30% saturation and 96% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #f8f2f7?

rgb(248, 242, 247) — 248 red, 242 green and 247 blue out of 255, or 97.3% / 94.9% / 96.9% by channel.

What is #f8f2f7 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(310, 30%, 96%) and hsv(310, 2%, 97%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #f8f2f7 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.9018 and perceived brightness is 96%, so black text on it reaches 19.04:1.

Should I use black or white text on #f8f2f7?

Black. It scores 19.04:1 against #f8f2f7, versus 1.10:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #f8f2f7 accessible on a white background?

#f8f2f7 on white scores 1.10:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #A65A99 to reach 4.5:1, or #7E4475 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #f8f2f7?

#F2F8F3 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #F4F8F2 and #F2F8F6, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #f8f2f7?

For interface work: #FAF5F9 as the surface, #E2CADE for borders, #95508A for secondary text, #478547 as an accent and #532D4C for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #F6F2F8 and #F8F2F4 stays calm, while #F2F8F3 is the loudest partner.

What is #f8f2f7 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 2%, 0%, 3%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #f8f2f7 warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 45 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #F8F2F5; nudged cooler, #F7F2F8.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #f8f2f7?

The yellow family — its 500 step is #eab308, ΔE2000 34.5 away. That is a visible difference, so define #f8f2f7 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #f8f2f7 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#f8f2f7] or text-[#f8f2f7], 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 #f8f2f7 with 50% opacity?

rgba(248, 242, 247, 0.5), or #f8f2f780 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #FCF9FB; over black, #7C797C.

Is #f8f2f7 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FFFFFF, ΔE2000 4.8 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #f8f2f7 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 moderate chroma the association is present but not shouted.

What gradient works with #f8f2f7?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #F8F2F7, #f8f2f7 45%, #532D4C). For more colour, a short hue run to #EDDEDF keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #f8f2f7 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #f8f2f7 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.