#F421FA

sRGB: 244 / 33 / 250

Cosmic tempests shimmer beneath moonlight
Withered branches disappear beneath stillness
Celestial symphonies illuminate hidden worlds

#F421FA belongs to the magenta family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 244 red, 33 green and 250 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 298.3° lands in the magenta region. Its 95.6% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 55.5% 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 (6.44:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 244, 33, 250
HSL: 298.34°, 95.59%, 55.49%
HSV / HSB: 298.34°, 86.80%, 98.04%
CMYK (approx.): 2.40%, 86.80%, 0.00%, 1.96%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 55.105, 27.226, 92.798
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 59.183, 92.860, -59.984
WCAG relative luminance: 0.27223
24-bit decimal: 15999482

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 #F421FA 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: 6.44:1

Normal text: AA
Large text: AAA

White text: 3.26:1

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

#27FA21 sits half a turn (180°) from #F421FA 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.

#F421FA #27FA21

Analogous

#8821FA and #FA2193 sit 30° to either side of #F421FA. 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.

#8821FA #F421FA #FA2193

Triadic

#F421FA, #FAF421 and #21FAF4 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#F421FA #FAF421 #21FAF4

Split complementary

Start at #F421FA and look across the wheel. #93FA21 and #21FA88 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#F421FA #93FA21 #21FA88

Square

Starting with #F421FA, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #FA8821, #27FA21, then #2193FA. Across the square, #F421FA pairs with #27FA21, and #FA8821 with #2193FA.

#F421FA #FA8821 #27FA21 #2193FA

Tetradic

#F421FA and #27FA21 are opposites, as are #FA2127 and #21FAF4. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#F421FA #FA2127 #27FA21 #21FAF4

Tints

Mixing #F421FA with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #F64DFB, keeps 80% of the original. By #FDD3FE, the mixture is 80% white.

#F421FA #F64DFB #F87AFC #FBA6FD #FDD3FE #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #F421FA with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #C31AC8, keeps 80% of the original. By #310732, the mixture is 80% black.

#F421FA #C31AC8 #921496 #620D64 #310732 #000000

Tones

Mixing #F421FA with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #DD34E2, keeps 80% of the original. By #976D98, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#F421FA #DD34E2 #C647C9 #AE5AB1 #976D98 #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

#F421FA

RGB

rgb(244 33 250)

HSL

hsl(298.341 95.595% 55.490%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #F421FA;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#F421FA uses 244 red, 33 green and 250 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 95.7%

Green 12.9%

Blue 98.0%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #F421FA is 2.4% cyan, 86.8% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 2.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 2.4%

Magenta 86.8%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 2.0%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #EE22FF. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #E2F in CSS. For a modern design, keep #F421FA when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #FF33FF, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #EE22FF Nearest web-safe: #FF33FF

Gradient to complement

#F421FA #D245D6 #B069B2 #8E8E8E #6BB269 #49D645 #27FA21

Color vision previews

Compare how #F421FA 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.

#007EFF

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.

#6497F5

Tritanopia

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

#FB5296

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.

#936EFC

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.

#A17FF7

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#F142DD

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#8E8E8E

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.

#CA6ACE

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 0.90466 G 0.01521 B 0.95597

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 0.87913 G 0.23408 B 0.94858

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.74675 G 0.04473 B 0.88699

CIE xyY

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

x 0.315 y 0.155 Y 27.226

CMY

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

C % 4.314 M % 87.059 Y % 1.961

Binary RGB

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

11110100 00100001 11111010