#F950FF

sRGB: 249 / 80 / 255

Cosmic tempests surge toward distant shores
Gentle breezes fade beyond remembrance
Celestial symphonies echo beyond eternity

#F950FF belongs to the magenta family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 249 red, 80 green and 255 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 297.9° lands in the magenta region. Its 100.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 65.7% 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 (7.62:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 249, 80, 255
HSL: 297.94°, 100.00%, 65.69%
HSV / HSB: 297.94°, 68.63%, 100.00%
CMYK (approx.): 2.35%, 68.63%, 0.00%, 0.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 59.983, 33.100, 97.841
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 64.242, 83.010, -54.636
WCAG relative luminance: 0.33097
24-bit decimal: 16339199

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 #F950FF 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: 7.62:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 2.76:1

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

#56FF50 sits half a turn (180°) from #F950FF 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.

#F950FF #56FF50

Analogous

#A150FF and #FF50AE sit 30° to either side of #F950FF. 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.

#A150FF #F950FF #FF50AE

Triadic

#F950FF, #FFF950 and #50FFF9 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#F950FF #FFF950 #50FFF9

Split complementary

Start at #F950FF and look across the wheel. #AEFF50 and #50FFA1 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#F950FF #AEFF50 #50FFA1

Square

Starting with #F950FF, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #FFA150, #56FF50, then #50AEFF. Across the square, #F950FF pairs with #56FF50, and #FFA150 with #50AEFF.

#F950FF #FFA150 #56FF50 #50AEFF

Tetradic

#F950FF and #56FF50 are opposites, as are #FF5056 and #50FFF9. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#F950FF #FF5056 #56FF50 #50FFF9

Tints

Mixing #F950FF with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #FA73FF, keeps 80% of the original. By #FEDCFF, the mixture is 80% white.

#F950FF #FA73FF #FB96FF #FDB9FF #FEDCFF #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #F950FF with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #C740CC, keeps 80% of the original. By #321033, the mixture is 80% black.

#F950FF #C740CC #953099 #642066 #321033 #000000

Tones

Mixing #F950FF with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E15AE6, keeps 80% of the original. By #987699, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#F950FF #E15AE6 #C963CC #B06DB3 #987699 #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

#F950FF

RGB

rgb(249 80 255)

HSL

hsl(297.943 100.000% 65.686%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #F950FF;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#F950FF uses 249 red, 80 green and 255 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 97.6%

Green 31.4%

Blue 100.0%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #F950FF is 2.4% cyan, 68.6% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 0.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 2.4%

Magenta 68.6%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 0.0%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #FF55FF. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #F5F in CSS. For a modern design, keep #F950FF when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #FF66FF, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #FF55FF Nearest web-safe: #FF66FF

Gradient to complement

#F950FF #DE6DE2 #C38AC5 #A8A8A8 #8CC58A #71E26D #56FF50

Color vision previews

Compare how #F950FF 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.

#2B8EFF

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.

#78A3FB

Tritanopia

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

#FF6BA3

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.

#A080FF

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.

#AC8EFC

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#F661E3

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#9C9C9C

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.

#D17DD5

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 0.94731 G 0.08022 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 0.90300 G 0.36397 B 0.96973

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.79337 G 0.10900 B 0.93251

CIE xyY

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

x 0.314 y 0.173 Y 33.100

CMY

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

C % 2.353 M % 68.627 Y % 0.000

Binary RGB

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

11111001 01010000 11111111