Tailwind CSS v3 color

Tailwind pink-100 #FCE7F3

Tailwind CSS v3's pink-100 is #FCE7F3. It is a pale grayish magenta in the neutral family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.948, chroma 0.028 and hue 342.3°. The nearest CSS named color is lavenderblush (#FFF0F5), ΔE2000 4.0 away.

Relative luminance
0.8432
OKLCH L · C · h
0.948 · 0.028 · 342.3
Best text
Black 17.86:1
Hue family
Neutral
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#FCE7F3 color codes

HEX
#FCE7F3
RGB
rgb(252, 231, 243)
HSL
hsl(326, 78%, 95%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.948 0.028 342.3)
OKLab
oklab(0.948 0.026 -0.008)
CIELAB (D65)
L* 93.59, a* 9.16, b* -3.22
XYZ (D65)
X 84.90, Y 84.32, Z 96.58
CMYK (naive)
cmyk(0%, 8%, 4%, 1%)

CIELAB and XYZ use the D65 white point; CSS lab() uses D50, so paste the OKLCH or HEX value into stylesheets. CMYK here is a plain formula with no press profile.

Legibility

Contrast: is #FCE7F3 accessible?

Black text on it reaches 17.86:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 1.17:1.

WCAG 2 gives the same ratio whichever color is the text; APCA does not, so its Lc changes sign and size with polarity.

Open the Contrast System

  • Black text on it

    17.86:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc +95

  • White text on it

    1.17:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc −9

    Text is here, unreadable at 1.17:1

  • As text on black

    17.86:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc −95

  • As text on white

    1.17:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc +8

    Text is here, unreadable at 1.17:1

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

  • For text on white

    #83717B 4.55:1

    Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.95 to 0.57 reaches 4.55:1 on white, keeping the hue.

    Compare both in the Contrast System

  • For text on black

    #FCE7F3 17.86:1

    It already reaches 17.86:1 on black, so no change is needed.

Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.

Studio

Adjust #FCE7F3 live

Move lightness, chroma and hue in OKLCH, or drag on the map. The map is every lightness and chroma at the current hue: sRGB inside the solid area, Display P3 out to the dashed line.

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Scale

Shades and tints of #FCE7F3

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #FCE7F3 sits at step 100.

  1. 50#FFF0F9
    White
    1.10
    Black
    19.08
  2. 100This color#FCE7F3
    White
    1.17
    Black
    17.86
  3. 200#E4D1DC
    White
    1.45
    Black
    14.45
  4. 300#CAB7C2
    White
    1.89
    Black
    11.06
  5. 400#AE9BA6
    White
    2.61
    Black
    8.03
  6. 500#93808B
    White
    3.68
    Black
    5.70
  7. 600#7B6973
    White
    5.10
    Black
    4.11
  8. 700#63525C
    White
    7.26
    Black
    2.89
  9. 800#4A3B43
    White
    10.51
    Black
    1.99
  10. 900#31242C
    White
    14.79
    Black
    1.41
  11. 950#1D1219
    White
    18.21
    Black
    1.15

Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.

Tailwind CSS v3 pink scale

The real Tailwind palette, for comparison with the computed ramp above.

  1. 50#FDF2F8
    White
    1.09
    Black
    19.23
  2. 100This color#FCE7F3
    White
    1.17
    Black
    17.86
  3. 200#FBCFE8
    White
    1.38
    Black
    15.19
  4. 300#F9A8D4
    White
    1.81
    Black
    11.57
  5. 400#F472B6
    White
    2.64
    Black
    7.92
  6. 500#EC4899
    White
    3.52
    Black
    5.95
  7. 600#DB2777
    White
    4.59
    Black
    4.56
  8. 700#BE185D
    White
    6.03
    Black
    3.47
  9. 800#9D174D
    White
    7.88
    Black
    2.66
  10. 900#831843
    White
    9.64
    Black
    2.17
  11. 950#500724
    White
    15.03
    Black
    1.39

Gamut

How vivid #FCE7F3 can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.034; #FCE7F3 uses 82% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.045 there: 34% more.

0.00.20.40.60.80.20.40.60.8 460480500520540560580600620
  • sRGB
  • Display P3
  • Rec. 2020
  • Dominant wavelength
OKLCH chroma
0.028
sRGB edge
0.034
Display P3 edge
0.045
Rec. 2020 edge
0.067
Dominant wavelength
Complementary 515 nm
Excitation purity
6%
Chromaticity
x 0.3194, y 0.3172
  • This color#FCE7F3
  • Most vivid in sRGB#FFE5F4
  • Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.948 0.045 342.3)

On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.

Use the wider color where screens show it
.accent {
  color: #fce7f3;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 1 0.8935 0.9615); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #FCE7F3

Each row is the same mix worked out in a different space, with the halfway color at its end. sRGB, which older CSS gradients use, can sag gray or dark in the middle; OKLab keeps the lightness steps even; OKLCH holds chroma and hue as it goes.

White #FFFFFF

  • sRGB50%#FEF3F9
  • OKLab50%#FEF3F9
  • OKLCH50%#FEF3F9

Black #000000

  • sRGB50%#7E747A
  • OKLab50%#62595E
  • OKLCH50%#62595E

Its complement #DEF4E8

  • sRGB50%#EDEEEE
  • OKLab50%#EEEEEE
  • OKLCH50%#FAEBDA
In CSS
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #fce7f3, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #fce7f3 50%, white);

In use

#FCE7F3 in an interface

A button, a link, a heading, a focused field, an icon and a chart line in this color, on a light page and a dark one. Each check is a WCAG 2 contrast minimum: 1.4.3 for text, 1.4.11 for the rest.

Light page

  • Button labelText, 4.5:117.86:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:11.17:1 Fails
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:11.17:1 Fails
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:11.17:1 Fails

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #83717B 4.55:1

Dark page

  • Button labelText, 4.5:117.86:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:115.93:1 Passes
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:115.93:1 Passes
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:115.93:1 Passes

Color vision

How #FCE7F3 looks with color blindness

Achromatopsia changes it most, ΔE2000 10.7; tritanopia changes it least, 3.3.

Simulated with Machado et al. (2009) at full severity, in linear light.

Simulate a whole page What each type sees

  • Protanopia

    No working red (long-wavelength) cones

    #E8EBF4 ΔE2000 10.2

    Distinct

    Reads as off-white

  • Deuteranopia

    No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

    #ECEEF2 ΔE2000 10.7

    Distinct

    Reads as off-white

  • Tritanopia

    No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

    #FFE7EB ΔE2000 3.3

    Close match

    Reads as pale grayish pink

  • Achromatopsia

    No cone color vision; lightness only

    #EDEDED ΔE2000 10.7

    Distinct

    Reads as off-white

Pairing check

A near-neutral has no complementary hue to pair with, so tell it apart from neighboring grays by lightness contrast alone.

Harmony

Color harmonies for #FCE7F3

Its complement is #DEF4E8, a pale grayish green.

Hue rotations in OKLCH, mapped into sRGB by trimming chroma so hue and lightness stay put.

Open the Harmony Studio
  • Base#FCE7F3
  • Complement#DEF4E8

Complementary

Open in Harmony Studio
  • −30°#F4E9FC
  • Base#FCE7F3
  • +30°#FFE7E9

Analogous

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#FCE7F3
  • +120°#F1EFDA
  • +240°#DBF3FB

Triadic

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#FCE7F3
  • +150°#E7F2DF
  • +210°#DAF4F3

Split-complementary

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Code

Design tokens

Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.

CSS custom property

:root {
  --color-pink-100: #fce7f3;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js — already built in as pink-100;
// pin the v3 value explicitly like this:
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        pink: { 100: '#fce7f3' },
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  /* v4 has its own pink-100; this pins the v3 value. */
  --color-pink-100: oklch(0.948 0.028 342.3);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "pink-100": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.9882, 0.9059, 0.9529],
        "hex": "#fce7f3"
      },
      "$description": "Tailwind CSS v3 pink-100"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let pink100 = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.988, green: 0.906, blue: 0.953, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val Pink100 = Color(0xFFFCE7F3)
}

Matches

The nearest match in each system

The closest CSS name, Tailwind shade, RAL Classic paint and Crayola crayon by ΔE2000; under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side. RAL and Crayola values approximate physical colors.

Neighbors

The eight nearest colors on this site by ΔE2000, closest first. Under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side.

Tools

Open #FCE7F3 in the tools

Each opens over this page. More colors live in the Color Library, and every color page is listed on the hub.