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Garnet Pearl Clear
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Garnet Pearl Clear

Pink · Hue 340
Hex
#ECC0CF
RGB
rgb(236, 192, 207)
HSL
hsl(340, 54%, 84%)
CMYK
cmyk(0%, 19%, 12%, 7%)
Metrics
S 54% · L 84%
Contrast (WCAG)
on white
1.6:1Fail
on black
13:1AA
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About this color

Garnet Pearl Clear (#ECC0CF) belongs to the pink family — hue 340°, 54% saturation, 84% 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-garnet-pearl-clear: #ECC0CF;
  --colorarchive-garnet-pearl-clear-hsl: hsl(340, 54%, 84%);
  --colorarchive-garnet-pearl-clear-rgb: rgb(236, 192, 207);
}

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 bright, airy reading of the hue — clean and approachable, the kind of color that holds up well in product photography and on light backgrounds.

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 clear, mid-saturation register is the most common identity sweet spot — saturated enough to register as a 'real' color, restrained enough not to fight typography or photography placed over it.

Brands using a similar color

Within the public brand-guidelines reference catalog, these are the closest matches to #ECC0CF.

  • Glossierprimary
    Glossier Pink · #F8D6CD
    →
  • Aesopneutral
    Cream Paper · #EFE4D2
    →
  • Starbucksneutral
    Warm Neutral · #D4E9E2
    →

Cultures using a similar color

From the cultural-palette catalog, these regions feature a color close to #ECC0CF.

  • JapanCherry Blossom (sakura 桜)
    #FBC4D0 · Prunus serrulata flower
    →
  • IcelandMidnight Sun Pink
    #F2AEB5 · Horizon light, June
    →
  • ScandinaviaOat Beige
    #D5C7A7 · Linseed oil-treated pine
    →

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
Garnet Mist Clear
#F3D8E1 · hsl(340, 54%, 90%)
Darker companion
Garnet Bloom Clear
#E3A1B7 · hsl(340, 54%, 76%)
Complementary counterpoint
Teal Pearl Clear
#C0ECDE · hsl(160, 54%, 84%)
Analogous lead
Scarlet Pearl Clear
#ECC4C0 · hsl(5, 54%, 84%)
Analogous echo
Rose Pearl Clear
#ECC0DE · hsl(320, 54%, 84%)
Triadic +120°
Moss Pearl Clear
#CFECC0 · hsl(100, 54%, 84%)
Triadic +240°
Cobalt Pearl Clear
#C0CFEC · hsl(220, 54%, 84%)
Split-comp +150°
Mint Pearl Clear
#C0ECC8 · hsl(130, 54%, 84%)
Split-comp +210°
Cerulean Pearl Clear
#C0E5EC · hsl(190, 54%, 84%)
Export preview
Base: Garnet Pearl Clear #ECC0CF
Lighter companion: Garnet Mist Clear #F3D8E1
Darker companion: Garnet Bloom Clear #E3A1B7
Complementary counterpoint: Teal Pearl Clear #C0ECDE
Analogous lead: Scarlet Pearl Clear #ECC4C0
Analogous echo: Rose Pearl Clear #ECC0DE
Triadic +120°: Moss Pearl Clear #CFECC0
Triadic +240°: Cobalt Pearl Clear #C0CFEC
Split-comp +150°: Mint Pearl Clear #C0ECC8
Split-comp +210°: Cerulean Pearl Clear #C0E5EC

Compare

See how Garnet Pearl Clear compares side by side with related colors.

vsGarnet Mist ClearvsGarnet Bloom ClearvsTeal Pearl ClearvsScarlet Pearl ClearvsRose Pearl ClearvsMoss Pearl Clear

Nearest neighbors

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

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Nearby match
Garnet Mist Clear
#F3D8E1 · hsl(340, 54%, 90%)
Nearby match
Garnet Bloom Clear
#E3A1B7 · hsl(340, 54%, 76%)
Nearby match
Garnet Whisper Clear
#F8E7ED · hsl(340, 54%, 94%)
Nearby match
Garnet Pearl Soft
#E4C8D2 · hsl(340, 34%, 84%)
Nearby match
Garnet Pearl Vivid
#F4B8CC · hsl(340, 74%, 84%)
Nearby match
Garnet Veil Clear
#FDF7F9 · hsl(340, 54%, 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
AAA7.5:1
Teal Nocturne Faint
#2E3835
AAA7.2:1
Teal Nocturne Muted
#2A3C36
AAA7:1
Teal Nocturne Dust
#264037
AAA9.4:1
Teal Ink Faint
#202725
AAA9.2:1
Teal Ink Muted
#1D2A26
AAA9:1
Teal Ink Dust
#1A2D27

Color Vision Simulation

How this color appears with different color vision deficiencies.

Full simulator
Deuteranopia
#DDE0CB
Protanopia
#DADACC
Tritanopia
#EAC9C8
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