#F596EF

sRGB: 245 / 150 / 239

Cosmic tempests dance upon still waters
Shimmering rivers blossom beneath falling stars
Infinite wonders echo beyond eternity

#F596EF belongs to the magenta family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 245 red, 150 green and 239 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 303.8° lands in the magenta region. Its 82.6% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 77.5% 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 (10.49:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 245, 150, 239
HSL: 303.79°, 82.61%, 77.45%
HSV / HSB: 303.79°, 38.78%, 96.08%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 38.78%, 2.45%, 3.92%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 64.140, 47.459, 87.446
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 74.482, 48.555, -29.887
WCAG relative luminance: 0.47457
24-bit decimal: 16094959

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 #F596EF 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: 10.49:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 2.00:1

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

#96F59C sits half a turn (180°) from #F596EF 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.

#F596EF #96F59C

Analogous

#CC96F5 and #F596C0 sit 30° to either side of #F596EF. 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.

#CC96F5 #F596EF #F596C0

Triadic

#F596EF, #EFF596 and #96EFF5 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#F596EF #EFF596 #96EFF5

Split complementary

Start at #F596EF and look across the wheel. #C0F596 and #96F5CB sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#F596EF #C0F596 #96F5CB

Square

Starting with #F596EF, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #F5CB96, #96F59C, then #96C0F5. Across the square, #F596EF pairs with #96F59C, and #F5CB96 with #96C0F5.

#F596EF #F5CB96 #96F59C #96C0F5

Tetradic

#F596EF and #96F59C are opposites, as are #F59C96 and #96EFF5. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#F596EF #F59C96 #96F59C #96EFF5

Tints

Mixing #F596EF with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #F7ABF2, keeps 80% of the original. By #FDEAFC, the mixture is 80% white.

#F596EF #F7ABF2 #F9C0F5 #FBD5F9 #FDEAFC #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #F596EF with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #C478BF, keeps 80% of the original. By #311E30, the mixture is 80% black.

#F596EF #C478BF #935A8F #623C60 #311E30 #000000

Tones

Mixing #F596EF with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #DE92D9, keeps 80% of the original. By #978496, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#F596EF #DE92D9 #C68DC3 #AF89AC #978496 #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

#F596EF

RGB

rgb(245 150 239)

HSL

hsl(303.789 82.609% 77.451%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #F596EF;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#F596EF uses 245 red, 150 green and 239 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 96.1%

Green 58.8%

Blue 93.7%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #F596EF is 0.0% cyan, 38.8% magenta, 2.4% yellow and 3.9% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 38.8%

Yellow 2.4%

Black 3.9%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #EE99EE. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #E9E in CSS. For a modern design, keep #F596EF when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #FF99FF, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #EE99EE Nearest web-safe: #FF99FF

Gradient to complement

#F596EF #E5A6E1 #D5B6D3 #C6C6C6 #B6D5B8 #A6E5AA #96F59C

Color vision previews

Compare how #F596EF 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.

#91AFF2

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.

#AABCEC

Tritanopia

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

#FB9EB8

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.

#BDA9F0

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.

#C4B0ED

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#F39BDD

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#B7B7B7

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.

#D9A8D5

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 0.91310 G 0.30499 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 0.90890 G 0.60564 B 0.91805

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.80514 G 0.32517 B 0.82360

CIE xyY

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

x 0.322 y 0.238 Y 47.459

CMY

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

C % 3.922 M % 41.176 Y % 6.275

Binary RGB

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

11110101 10010110 11101111