#F247EF

sRGB: 242 / 71 / 239

Cosmic tempests drift beyond memory
Sleeping valleys unfold through ancient forests
Infinite wonders echo beyond eternity

#F247EF belongs to the magenta family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 242 red, 71 green and 239 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 301.1° lands in the magenta region. Its 86.8% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 61.4% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (6.92:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 242, 71, 239
HSL: 301.05°, 86.80%, 61.37%
HSV / HSB: 301.05°, 70.66%, 94.90%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 70.66%, 1.24%, 5.10%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 54.449, 29.618, 84.513
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 61.323, 81.971, -50.473
WCAG relative luminance: 0.29616
24-bit decimal: 15878127

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #F247EF in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 6.92:1

Normal text: AA
Large text: AAA

White text: 3.03:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: AA

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#47F24A sits half a turn (180°) from #F247EF on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#F247EF #47F24A

Analogous

#9F47F2 and #F2479A sit 30° to either side of #F247EF. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#9F47F2 #F247EF #F2479A

Triadic

#F247EF, #EFF247 and #47EFF2 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#F247EF #EFF247 #47EFF2

Split complementary

Start at #F247EF and look across the wheel. #9AF247 and #47F29F sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#F247EF #9AF247 #47F29F

Square

Starting with #F247EF, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #F29F47, #47F24A, then #479AF2. Across the square, #F247EF pairs with #47F24A, and #F29F47 with #479AF2.

#F247EF #F29F47 #47F24A #479AF2

Tetradic

#F247EF and #47F24A are opposites, as are #F24A47 and #47EFF2. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#F247EF #F24A47 #47F24A #47EFF2

Tints

Mixing #F247EF with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #F56CF2, keeps 80% of the original. By #FCDAFC, the mixture is 80% white.

#F247EF #F56CF2 #F791F5 #FAB5F9 #FCDAFC #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #F247EF with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #C239BF, keeps 80% of the original. By #300E30, the mixture is 80% black.

#F247EF #C239BF #912B8F #611C60 #300E30 #000000

Tones

Mixing #F247EF with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #DB52D9, keeps 80% of the original. By #977596, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#F247EF #DB52D9 #C45EC3 #AE69AC #977596 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#F247EF

RGB

rgb(242 71 239)

HSL

hsl(301.053 86.802% 61.373%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #F247EF;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#F247EF uses 242 red, 71 green and 239 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 94.9%

Green 27.8%

Blue 93.7%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #F247EF is 0.0% cyan, 70.7% magenta, 1.2% yellow and 5.1% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 70.7%

Yellow 1.2%

Black 5.1%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #EE44EE. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #E4E in CSS. For a modern design, keep #F247EF when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #FF33FF, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #EE44EE Nearest web-safe: #FF33FF

Gradient to complement

#F247EF #D664D4 #B980B8 #9D9D9D #80B981 #64D666 #47F24A

Color vision previews

Compare how #F247EF appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#2C86F4

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#779CEB

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#FA6097

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#9C78F1

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#A887EC

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#EF57D5

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#949494

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#CA76C8

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.88792 G 0.06301 B 0.86316

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.87638 G 0.33253 B 0.90916

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.74147 G 0.09039 B 0.80565

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.323 y 0.176 Y 29.618

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 5.098 M % 72.157 Y % 6.275

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

11110010 01000111 11101111