#F736D4

sRGB: 247 / 54 / 212

Cosmic tempests awaken with sunrise
Solitary lanterns blossom beneath falling stars
Fierce revelations drift toward tomorrow

#F736D4 belongs to the magenta family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 247 red, 54 green and 212 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 310.9° lands in the magenta region. Its 92.3% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 59.0% 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 (6.43:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 247, 54, 212
HSL: 310.88°, 92.34%, 59.02%
HSV / HSB: 310.88°, 78.14%, 96.86%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 78.14%, 14.17%, 3.14%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 51.558, 27.169, 64.818
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 59.130, 83.942, -38.698
WCAG relative luminance: 0.27166
24-bit decimal: 16201428

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 #F736D4 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: 6.43:1

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

#36F759 sits half a turn (180°) from #F736D4 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.

#F736D4 #36F759

Analogous

#B936F7 and #F73674 sit 30° to either side of #F736D4. 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.

#B936F7 #F736D4 #F73674

Triadic

#F736D4, #D4F736 and #36D4F7 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#F736D4 #D4F736 #36D4F7

Split complementary

Start at #F736D4 and look across the wheel. #74F736 and #36F7B9 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#F736D4 #74F736 #36F7B9

Square

Starting with #F736D4, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #F7B936, #36F759, then #3674F7. Across the square, #F736D4 pairs with #36F759, and #F7B936 with #3674F7.

#F736D4 #F7B936 #36F759 #3674F7

Tetradic

#F736D4 and #36F759 are opposites, as are #F75936 and #36D4F7. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#F736D4 #F75936 #36F759 #36D4F7

Tints

Mixing #F736D4 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #F95EDD, keeps 80% of the original. By #FDD7F6, the mixture is 80% white.

#F736D4 #F95EDD #FA86E5 #FCAFEE #FDD7F6 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #F736D4 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #C62BAA, keeps 80% of the original. By #310B2A, the mixture is 80% black.

#F736D4 #C62BAA #94207F #631655 #310B2A #000000

Tones

Mixing #F736D4 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #DF45C3, keeps 80% of the original. By #987191, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#F736D4 #DF45C3 #C754B2 #B062A2 #987191 #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

#F736D4

RGB

rgb(247 54 212)

HSL

hsl(310.881 92.344% 59.020%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #F736D4;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#F736D4 uses 247 red, 54 green and 212 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 96.9%

Green 21.2%

Blue 83.1%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #F736D4 is 0.0% cyan, 78.1% magenta, 14.2% yellow and 3.1% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 78.1%

Yellow 14.2%

Black 3.1%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #FF33CC. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #F3C in CSS. For a modern design, keep #F736D4 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #FF33CC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #FF33CC Nearest web-safe: #FF33CC

Gradient to complement

#F736D4 #D756C0 #B776AB #979797 #76B782 #56D76E #36F759

Color vision previews

Compare how #F736D4 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.

#3C7CD8

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.

#8299D0

Tritanopia

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

#FF4484

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.

#A26FD5

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.

#AF82D1

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#F646BC

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.

#CC6DB6

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 0.93011 G 0.03689 B 0.65837

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 0.89193 G 0.28609 B 0.80832

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.77153 G 0.06654 B 0.61802

CIE xyY

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

x 0.359 y 0.189 Y 27.169

CMY

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

C % 3.137 M % 78.824 Y % 16.863

Binary RGB

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

11110111 00110110 11010100