Colors Encyclopedia

Named color

Magnolia

Magnolia is a light and pastel purple color with HEX #F8F4FF. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it has RGB 248, 244, 255, HSL 262, 100%, 98%, cool temperature, and is useful for botanical palettes, natural product design, and seasonal editorial palettes.

#F8F4FF purple cool lightpastel
HEX #F8F4FF
RGB rgb(248, 244, 255)
HSL hsl(262 100% 98%)
CMYK cmyk(3, 4, 0, 0)
Luminance 0.9188
Contrast Black 19.38:1White 1.08:1

CSS Utilities

--color-magnolia: #F8F4FF;
.bg-magnolia { background-color: #F8F4FF; }
.text-magnolia { color: #F8F4FF; }
Open CSS utility pageReusable variables, classes, examples, and implementation notes

Machine-readable data

Machine-Readable Color Data (JSON)

Perfect for CSS, design systems, automation, and AI ingestion.

AI-Ready Dataset v1.0.0
Luminance0.9188
Black text19.38:1AA Pass
White text1.08:1AA Fail
hexCanonical HEX value
rgbRed, green, blue channels
hslHue, saturation, lightness
cmykApproximate print conversion
wcagAA and AAA contrast options
harmoniesMathematical harmony sets
variantsGenerated tone variants
nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors
Download JSON Open API
Structured sections
Color systems
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    244,
    255
  ],
  "hsl": [
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    100,
    98
  ],
  "cmyk": [
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    4,
    0,
    0
  ],
  "luminance": 0.9188,
  "contrast": {
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  }
}
WCAG
{
  "AA": [
    "#000000",
    "#1A1A1A",
    "#36454F"
  ],
  "AAA": [
    "#000000",
    "#1A1A1A",
    "#36454F"
  ]
}
Harmonies
{
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    "#FEF5FF"
  ],
  "triadic": [
    "#FFF9F5",
    "#F5FFF9"
  ],
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    "#FFF5F6",
    "#FBFFF5",
    "#F5FFFE"
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    "#FFFEF5",
    "#F6FFF5"
  ],
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    "#FFFFFF",
    "#F8F4FF",
    "#BE99FF"
  ]
}
Variants
{
  "light": "#FFFFFF",
  "dark": "#BE99FF",
  "saturated": "#F9F5FF",
  "desaturated": "#F9F6FE",
  "pastel": "#FFFFFF",
  "neon": "#FFFFFF"
}
Pairings
{
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    "#FBFFF5",
    "#F5F6FF",
    "#FEF5FF"
  ],
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    "#FFFFFF"
  ],
  "neutral": [
    "#1A1A1A",
    "#F5F5F5",
    "#E8E8E4"
  ],
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    "#000000"
  ],
  "lowContrast": [
    "#FFFFFF",
    "#F9F6FE"
  ]
}
Knowledge graph
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    "cloud",
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  ],
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      "/wcag/magnolia",
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      "/hex/f8f4ff"
    ]
  }
}
Full JSON dataset 
{
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  "name": "Magnolia",
  "hex": "#F8F4FF",
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    "natural product design",
    "seasonal editorial palettes"
  ],
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    "associations": [
      "life",
      "seasonality",
      "organic texture"
    ],
    "contexts": [
      "floral design",
      "garden brands",
      "lifestyle",
      "packaging"
    ],
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      "strict grayscale systems"
    ]
  },
  "aliases": [],
  "sourceType": "curated",
  "confidence": "medium",
  "reviewStatus": "manual",
  "sourceUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/assets/colors.json",
  "origin": {
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  },
  "family": "purple",
  "temperature": "cool",
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  ],
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    "life",
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  ],
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    100,
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      "#36454F"
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  },
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      "#FBFFF5",
      "#F5F6FF",
      "#FEF5FF"
    ],
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      "#FFFFFF"
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      "#1A1A1A",
      "#F5F5F5",
      "#E8E8E4"
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}
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Color meaning and use

About Magnolia Color

Magnolia sits in the purple family with cool temperature and light and pastel visual character. Magnolia is a commonly used color name in design references, palettes, and editorial color systems.

Its common associations include life, seasonality, and organic texture, which makes it relevant for floral design and garden brands. In design work, Magnolia is most useful for botanical palettes, natural product design, and seasonal editorial palettes, especially when paired with black text for stronger contrast.

Related Color Guides

Purple color familyBrowse named purple colors and compare nearby swatches.Cool colorsExplore colors with cool temperature behavior.Light colorsFind colors with light visual character.Pastel colorsFind colors with pastel visual character.Magnolia accessibilityCheck contrast and WCAG text options for #F8F4FF.Magnolia CSS utilitiesUse Magnolia in CSS variables and utility classes.#F8F4FF HEX atlasOpen the permanent HEX atlas record for conversions and variants.Magnolia paletteOpen the generated palette based on Magnolia.Magnolia harmoniesExplore complementary, analogous, triadic, and tetradic harmonies.

WCAG Accessibility

Contrast checks for Magnolia against black and white text.

Black text19.38:1AA Pass
White text1.08:1AA Fail
AA text options#000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F
AAA text options#000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F
Open WCAG pageDetailed contrast notes, warnings, alternatives, and UI examples

Similar Colors

Ghost White#F8F8FF
Cool White#F4F8FF
Cloud#F5F6F7
Alice Blue#F0F8FF
Snow#FFFAFA

Color Harmonies

#FBFFF5#FBFFF5
#F5F6FF#F5F6FF
#FEF5FF#FEF5FF
#FFF9F5#FFF9F5
#F5FFF9#F5FFF9
Open full Magnolia harmony pageComplementary, analogous, triadic, tetradic, split, and monochromatic sets

Variants

White#FFFFFF
#BE99FF#BE99FF
#F9F5FF#F9F5FF
#F9F6FE#F9F6FE
White#FFFFFF
White#FFFFFF

Pairings

Black#000000
#FBFFF5#FBFFF5
#F5F6FF#F5F6FF
#FEF5FF#FEF5FF
Matte Black#1A1A1A
White Smoke#F5F5F5