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Color#eec3dargb(238, 195, 218) · pink

#eec3da color

Values, variations, harmonies, an accessible palette and ready-to-paste CSS for #eec3da.

Color values

The same color written in every notation you are likely to need. Click any row to copy it.

What HEX means

#eec3da packs three channels into hexadecimal pairs from 00 to FF: ee red, c3 green, da blue.

What RGB means

Red 238, green 195, blue 218 — each from 0 to 255. It is the same color as the hex above, just in decimal.

What HSL means

Hue 328° (pink), saturation 56%, lightness 85%. HSL is handy when you want the same hue a little lighter or less saturated.

Why OKLCH

OKLCH is a perceptual space — changing its lightness (86.1%) matches how your eye reads brightness far better than HSL, which is why the palette below is generated in it.

Accessibility & contrast

WCAG requires at least 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text at level AA. Use this to decide whether white or black text belongs on this color.

AaThis text is readable
White text1.56:1
AA AAA AA Large
AaThis text is readable
Black text13.45:1
AA AAA AA Large

Closest accessible alternative

Nudged in lightness to reach 4.5:1 while keeping the hue as close as possible.

Aa

For white text

#916a7f

4.59:1

UI preview

How this color behaves in a real interface, not just as a square.

Badge

A paragraph with a themed link inside it.

Information

An alert accented with this color.

Progress

Tints & shades

A tint mixes the color toward white; a shade mixes it toward black. Click any swatch to open it.

Color harmonies

Schemes built by rotating the hue around the color wheel — the starting point for a coherent palette.

Complementary

Opposite on the wheel — maximum contrast.

Analogous

Neighbours on the wheel — calm and cohesive.

Triadic

Three hues 120° apart — vivid but balanced.

Split complementary

Softer than a straight complement.

Tetradic

Four hues — enough for a design system.

Palette generator

A Tailwind-style 50–950 ramp anchored on this color at step 500, generated in OKLCH so the steps feel evenly spaced.

:root {
  --primary-50: #fff3fa;
  --primary-100: #fae7f0;
  --primary-200: #ebd1de;
  --primary-300: #d7b6c8;
  --primary-400: #ba95a9;
  --primary-500: #eec3da;
  --primary-600: #7f5b6f;
  --primary-700: #684759;
  --primary-800: #543747;
  --primary-900: #442b39;
  --primary-950: #271720;
}

Gradient

A linear blend from this color to its complement, with the CSS ready to paste.

background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eec3da, #c3eed7);

Nearest named colors

The closest matches from a corpus of about 31,900 named colours, ranked by ΔE (CIEDE2000) — a measure of how different two colours look. ΔE under 1 is nearly indistinguishable; around 10 is clearly different.

CSS code

Every common way to use this color in a stylesheet or a component.

color: #eec3da;
background-color: #eec3da;
:root {
  --color-primary: #eec3da;
}
color: rgb(238 195 218);
color: oklch(86.1% 0.0572 344.95);
<div class="bg-[#eec3da]">…</div>