#F3BCFF

sRGB: 243 / 188 / 255

Cosmic tempests wander through twilight
Restless constellations thunder through timeless canyons
Celestial symphonies echo beyond eternity

#F3BCFF belongs to the magenta family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 243 red, 188 green and 255 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 289.3° lands in the magenta region. Its 100.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 86.9% 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 (13.45:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 243, 188, 255
HSL: 289.25°, 100.00%, 86.86%
HSV / HSB: 289.25°, 26.27%, 100.00%
CMYK (approx.): 4.71%, 26.27%, 0.00%, 0.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 72.992, 62.242, 102.780
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 83.042, 30.973, -25.415
WCAG relative luminance: 0.62241
24-bit decimal: 15973631

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 #F3BCFF 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: 13.45:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.56:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

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

#C8FFBC sits half a turn (180°) from #F3BCFF 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.

#F3BCFF #C8FFBC

Analogous

#D1BCFF and #FFBCEA sit 30° to either side of #F3BCFF. 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.

#D1BCFF #F3BCFF #FFBCEA

Triadic

#F3BCFF, #FFF3BC and #BCFFF3 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#F3BCFF #FFF3BC #BCFFF3

Split complementary

Start at #F3BCFF and look across the wheel. #EAFFBC and #BCFFD1 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#F3BCFF #EAFFBC #BCFFD1

Square

Starting with #F3BCFF, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #FFD2BC, #C8FFBC, then #BCEAFF. Across the square, #F3BCFF pairs with #C8FFBC, and #FFD2BC with #BCEAFF.

#F3BCFF #FFD2BC #C8FFBC #BCEAFF

Tetradic

#F3BCFF and #C8FFBC are opposites, as are #FFBCC8 and #BCFFF3. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#F3BCFF #FFBCC8 #C8FFBC #BCFFF3

Tints

Mixing #F3BCFF with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #F5C9FF, keeps 80% of the original. By #FDF2FF, the mixture is 80% white.

#F3BCFF #F5C9FF #F8D7FF #FAE4FF #FDF2FF #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #F3BCFF with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #C296CC, keeps 80% of the original. By #312633, the mixture is 80% black.

#F3BCFF #C296CC #927199 #614B66 #312633 #000000

Tones

Mixing #F3BCFF with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #DCB0E6, keeps 80% of the original. By #978C99, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#F3BCFF #DCB0E6 #C5A4CC #AE98B3 #978C99 #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

#F3BCFF

RGB

rgb(243 188 255)

HSL

hsl(289.254 100.000% 86.863%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #F3BCFF;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#F3BCFF uses 243 red, 188 green and 255 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 95.3%

Green 73.7%

Blue 100.0%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #F3BCFF is 4.7% cyan, 26.3% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 0.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 4.7%

Magenta 26.3%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 0.0%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #EEBBFF. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #EBF in CSS. For a modern design, keep #F3BCFF when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #FFCCFF, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #EEBBFF Nearest web-safe: #FFCCFF

Gradient to complement

#F3BCFF #ECC7F4 #E5D2E9 #DEDEDE #D6E9D2 #CFF4C7 #C8FFBC

Color vision previews

Compare how #F3BCFF 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.

#B5CBFF

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.

#C1D1FD

Tritanopia

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

#F4C3D4

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.

#CEC7FF

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.

#D2CAFE

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#F1C0F1

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#CFCFCF

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.

#E2C6E9

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 0.89627 G 0.50289 B 1.00000

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 0.91944 G 0.74576 B 0.98321

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.82643 G 0.51594 B 0.96224

CIE xyY

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

x 0.307 y 0.262 Y 62.242

CMY

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

C % 4.706 M % 26.275 Y % 0.000

Binary RGB

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

11110011 10111100 11111111