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Fuchsia Mist Dust
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Fuchsia Mist Dust

Pink · Hue 300
Hex
#ECDFEC
RGB
rgb(236, 223, 236)
HSL
hsl(300, 26%, 90%)
CMYK
cmyk(0%, 6%, 0%, 7%)
Metrics
S 26% · L 90%
Contrast (WCAG)
on white
1.3:1Fail
on black
16.3:1AA
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About this color

Fuchsia Mist Dust (#ECDFEC) belongs to the pink family — hue 300°, 26% saturation, 90% lightness. Copy the hex, RGB, or HSL value above, or paste the CSS custom property below into your stylesheet to reference this color directly.

CSS
:root {
  --colorarchive-fuchsia-mist-dust: #ECDFEC;
  --colorarchive-fuchsia-mist-dust-hsl: hsl(300, 26%, 90%);
  --colorarchive-fuchsia-mist-dust-rgb: rgb(236, 223, 236);
}

AI Color Names

Let AI suggest alternative poetic names for this color in English and Chinese.

Design Context

SweetNurturingPlayful
Common in

Beauty · Children's Fashion · Dessert Brands

Pairs well with

Mint green for freshness, soft gold for warmth, light gray for sophistication

Design tip

Use for friendly, approachable interfaces. Millennial pink became a design movement — it still works for brands targeting warmth.

Cultural context ▶

Soft pink represents nurturing, innocence, and sweetness. Modern brands have reclaimed it as a gender-neutral color of kindness.

Color Origins

Pink family

From cheap cosmetic to feminist reclamation to gender-neutral comeback.

Heritage

Pink, as a named color, is recent in English (only since the late 17th century, originally referring to the Dianthus flower). The hue itself is even more recent in widespread use — most historical 'reds' that we'd now call pink were either faded cochineal or madder mixed with white lead. The classical Persian rosé and Venetian pink are old, but the cultural identity of 'pink' as its own thing is essentially a 20th-century construction.

Across cultures

Pink-as-girl is a marketing invention from the 1940s; before WWII pink was often suggested for boys ('a stronger, more decided color') and blue for girls. In Japanese culture, sakura pink carries seasonal and nostalgic weight without gender association. In Latin American culture, hot pink is a celebratory color; in much of South Asia, pink is one of the auspicious wedding palette colors. The Pink Triangle was reclaimed from a Nazi badge into a 1970s LGBTQ+ symbol.

In the wild

T-Mobile's magenta is a hard-trademarked, hard-defended brand color. Barbie pink (Pantone 219 C) became its own cultural force in 2023. Owens Corning trademarked the color of its insulation. The Pepto-Bismol pink is calibrated for medicine-cabinet recognizability. Wes Anderson built a career making heritage pinks (The Grand Budapest Hotel) feel deeply specific. Millennial Pink (~2014–2018) was a rebranding effort to make pink read as gender-neutral, sophisticated, and salable to adults.

How it reads

Pink reads softer and warmer than red; biologically it's still a long-wavelength color, but the white in it dampens the arousal response. Light pinks (blush, dusty rose) read as romantic, gentle, premium-feminine. Hot pinks read as energetic, queer-coded, or counterculture. Salmon and coral pinks read as healthy, beachy, or hospitality-friendly. Pink is having a sustained moment in adult-targeted brand design (skincare, DTC, beverage) precisely because it stopped being read as exclusively a children's color.

This particular tone

A pale, gentle tone — pastel territory, where the hue acts more like a tinted neutral than a stated color.

Lightness band: At this lightness the hue almost recedes into the surface around it — useful for backgrounds, hover states, and any surface where the color should suggest a mood without competing with content.

Saturation band: The low saturation pulls this color toward earthen, vintage, or editorial palettes. It reads as confident and grown-up rather than playful, and it tolerates being used in large blocks without becoming visually noisy.

Brands using a similar color

Within the public brand-guidelines reference catalog, these are the closest matches to #ECDFEC.

  • Aesopneutral
    Cream Paper · #EFE4D2
    →
  • Anthropicprimary
    Cream Canvas · #F0EEE6
    →
  • Glossierprimary
    Glossier Pink · #F8D6CD
    →

Cultures using a similar color

From the cultural-palette catalog, these regions feature a color close to #ECDFEC.

  • Turkey (Istanbul)Marble White
    #F0EBE0 · Marmara marble, used since Roman era
    →
  • IcelandLopapeysa Cream
    #E8DFCC · Undyed Icelandic sheep wool
    →
  • Korea (Obangsaek)Hanji Cream
    #EAE0CB · Mulberry-fiber Korean paper
    →

Tonal strip

All lightness levels at this hue and saturation. Click any to navigate.

Palette moves

Instead of stopping at one swatch, use nearby, opposite, and tonal neighbors to branch into a broader palette.

Lighter companion
Fuchsia Whisper Dust
#F4ECF4 · hsl(300, 26%, 94%)
Darker companion
Fuchsia Pearl Dust
#E1CCE1 · hsl(300, 26%, 84%)
Complementary counterpoint
Emerald Mist Dust
#DFECDF · hsl(120, 26%, 90%)
Analogous lead
Rose Mist Dust
#ECDFE8 · hsl(320, 26%, 90%)
Analogous echo
Mulberry Mist Dust
#E8DFEC · hsl(280, 26%, 90%)
Triadic +120°
Citrine Mist Dust
#ECECDF · hsl(60, 26%, 90%)
Triadic +240°
Aqua Mist Dust
#DFECEC · hsl(180, 26%, 90%)
Split-comp +150°
Lime Mist Dust
#E6ECDF · hsl(90, 26%, 90%)
Split-comp +210°
Jade Mist Dust
#DFECE6 · hsl(150, 26%, 90%)
Export preview
Base: Fuchsia Mist Dust #ECDFEC
Lighter companion: Fuchsia Whisper Dust #F4ECF4
Darker companion: Fuchsia Pearl Dust #E1CCE1
Complementary counterpoint: Emerald Mist Dust #DFECDF
Analogous lead: Rose Mist Dust #ECDFE8
Analogous echo: Mulberry Mist Dust #E8DFEC
Triadic +120°: Citrine Mist Dust #ECECDF
Triadic +240°: Aqua Mist Dust #DFECEC
Split-comp +150°: Lime Mist Dust #E6ECDF
Split-comp +210°: Jade Mist Dust #DFECE6

Compare

See how Fuchsia Mist Dust compares side by side with related colors.

vsFuchsia Whisper DustvsFuchsia Pearl DustvsEmerald Mist DustvsRose Mist DustvsMulberry Mist DustvsCitrine Mist Dust

Nearest neighbors

The closest archive matches by hue, saturation, and lightness.

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Nearby match
Fuchsia Whisper Dust
#F4ECF4 · hsl(300, 26%, 94%)
Nearby match
Fuchsia Mist Muted
#EAE1EA · hsl(300, 18%, 90%)
Nearby match
Fuchsia Mist Soft
#EEDDEE · hsl(300, 34%, 90%)
Nearby match
Fuchsia Pearl Dust
#E1CCE1 · hsl(300, 26%, 84%)
Nearby match
Mauve Mist Dust
#ECDFEB · hsl(305, 26%, 90%)
Nearby match
Fuchsia Veil Dust
#FBF9FB · hsl(300, 26%, 98%)

Accessible pairings

Archive colors that meet WCAG contrast standards when paired with this color. Use as text-on-background or background-on-text.

Contrast checker
AAA9.5:1
Emerald Nocturne Faint
#2E382E
AAA9.2:1
Emerald Nocturne Muted
#2A3C2A
AAA8.9:1
Emerald Nocturne Dust
#264026
AAA8.5:1
Emerald Nocturne Soft
#224422
AAA7.5:1
Emerald Nocturne Clear
#174F17
AAA11.9:1
Emerald Ink Faint
#202720

Color Vision Simulation

How this color appears with different color vision deficiencies.

Full simulator
Deuteranopia
#E7E8E8
Protanopia
#E6E6E9
Tritanopia
#EBE6E6
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