Tailwind CSS v3 color

Tailwind pink-50 #FDF2F8

Tailwind CSS v3's pink-50 is #FDF2F8. It is an off-white in the neutral family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.971 with chroma 0.014, too low for hue to matter. The nearest CSS named color is lavenderblush (#FFF0F5), ΔE2000 1.6 away.

Relative luminance
0.9116
OKLCH L · C · h
0.971 · 0.014 · 343.2
Best text
Black 19.23:1
Hue family
Neutral
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#FDF2F8 color codes

HEX
#FDF2F8
RGB
rgb(253, 242, 248)
HSL
hsl(327, 73%, 97%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.971 0.014 343.2)
OKLab
oklab(0.971 0.014 -0.004)
CIELAB (D65)
L* 96.48, a* 4.71, b* -1.57
XYZ (D65)
X 89.20, Y 91.16, Z 101.69
CMYK (naive)
cmyk(0%, 4%, 2%, 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 #FDF2F8 accessible?

Black text on it reaches 19.23:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 1.09:1.

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

    19.23:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc +99

  • White text on it

    1.09:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc 0

    Text is here, unreadable at 1.09:1

  • As text on black

    19.23:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc −101

  • As text on white

    1.09:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc 0

    Text is here, unreadable at 1.09:1

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

  • For text on white

    #7D7378 4.56:1

    Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.97 to 0.57 reaches 4.56:1 on white, keeping the hue.

    Compare both in the Contrast System

  • For text on black

    #FDF2F8 19.23:1

    It already reaches 19.23:1 on black, so no change is needed.

Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.

Studio

Adjust #FDF2F8 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 #FDF2F8

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #FDF2F8 sits at step 50.

  1. 50This color#FDF2F8
    White
    1.09
    Black
    19.23
  2. 100#F1E8ED
    White
    1.19
    Black
    17.50
  3. 200#DED4D9
    White
    1.44
    Black
    14.52
  4. 300#C4BAC0
    White
    1.88
    Black
    11.13
  5. 400#A89EA4
    White
    2.59
    Black
    8.09
  6. 500#8D8388
    White
    3.66
    Black
    5.73
  7. 600#756C71
    White
    5.07
    Black
    4.13
  8. 700#5E555A
    White
    7.18
    Black
    2.92
  9. 800#453D41
    White
    10.51
    Black
    1.99
  10. 900#2D272A
    White
    14.63
    Black
    1.43
  11. 950#1A1417
    White
    18.16
    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. 50This color#FDF2F8
    White
    1.09
    Black
    19.23
  2. 100#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 #FDF2F8 can get

A gray has no hue, so no gamut holds a more vivid version of #FDF2F8: more chroma would make it another color.

0.00.20.40.60.80.20.40.60.8 460480500520540560580600620
  • sRGB
  • Display P3
  • Rec. 2020
  • Dominant wavelength
OKLCH chroma
0.014
sRGB edge
No hue
Display P3 edge
No hue
Rec. 2020 edge
No hue
Dominant wavelength
Complementary 513 nm
Excitation purity
3%
Chromaticity
x 0.3163, y 0.3232

Mixing

Mixing #FDF2F8

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%#FEF9FC
  • OKLab50%#FEF8FB
  • OKLCH50%#FEF8FB

Black #000000

  • sRGB50%#7F797C
  • OKLab50%#625E60
  • OKLCH50%#625E60
In CSS
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #fdf2f8, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #fdf2f8 50%, white);

In use

#FDF2F8 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, 4.5:119.23:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:11.09:1 Fails
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:11.09:1 Fails
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:11.09:1 Fails

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #7D7378 4.56:1

Dark page

  • Button labelText, 4.5:119.23:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:117.15:1 Passes
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:117.15:1 Passes
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:117.15:1 Passes

Color vision

How #FDF2F8 looks with color blindness

As a neutral it barely changes under any simulation, ΔE2000 6.2 at most.

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

    #F2F4F8 ΔE2000 6.2

    Noticeable

    Reads as off-white

  • Deuteranopia

    No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

    #F5F5F8 ΔE2000 5.4

    Noticeable

    Reads as off-white

  • Tritanopia

    No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

    #FFF2F4 ΔE2000 1.9

    Very close

    Reads as off-white

  • Achromatopsia

    No cone color vision; lightness only

    #F5F5F5 ΔE2000 6.2

    Noticeable

    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 #FDF2F8

A neutral has no hue to rotate, so every harmony collapses back to the same gray. Pair it with an accent color instead.

Or pair it by lightness: steps of its own scale as text on it, and what each can carry.

Build a lightness scale in Harmony Studio

  • Step 950 #1A1417 · 16.63:1

    Body text, AAA

  • Step 700 #5E555A · 6.57:1

    Body text, AA

  • Step 300 #C4BAC0 · 1.72:1

    Decoration only, under 3:1

Code

Design tokens

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

CSS custom property

:root {
  --color-pink-50: #fdf2f8;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js — already built in as pink-50;
// pin the v3 value explicitly like this:
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        pink: { 50: '#fdf2f8' },
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

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

@theme {
  /* v4 has its own pink-50; this pins the v3 value. */
  --color-pink-50: oklch(0.971 0.014 343.2);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "pink-50": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.9922, 0.949, 0.9725],
        "hex": "#fdf2f8"
      },
      "$description": "Tailwind CSS v3 pink-50"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let pink50 = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.992, green: 0.949, blue: 0.973, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val Pink50 = Color(0xFFFDF2F8)
}

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 #FDF2F8 in the tools

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