#FAAFFF

sRGB: 250 / 175 / 255

Cosmic tempests flourish beyond boundaries
Sacred blossoms transform the fabric of existence
Celestial symphonies echo beyond eternity

#FAAFFF belongs to the magenta family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 250 red, 175 green and 255 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 296.2° lands in the magenta region. Its 100.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 84.3% 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 (12.64:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 250, 175, 255
HSL: 296.25°, 100.00%, 84.31%
HSV / HSB: 296.25°, 31.37%, 100.00%
CMYK (approx.): 1.96%, 31.37%, 0.00%, 0.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 72.801, 58.206, 102.011
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 80.853, 40.010, -28.699
WCAG relative luminance: 0.58204
24-bit decimal: 16429055

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 #FAAFFF 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: 12.64:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.66:1

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

#B4FFAF sits half a turn (180°) from #FAAFFF 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.

#FAAFFF #B4FFAF

Analogous

#D2AFFF and #FFAFDC sit 30° to either side of #FAAFFF. 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.

#D2AFFF #FAAFFF #FFAFDC

Triadic

#FAAFFF, #FFFAAF and #AFFFFA are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#FAAFFF #FFFAAF #AFFFFA

Split complementary

Start at #FAAFFF and look across the wheel. #DCFFAF and #AFFFD2 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#FAAFFF #DCFFAF #AFFFD2

Square

Starting with #FAAFFF, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #FFD2AF, #B4FFAF, then #AFDCFF. Across the square, #FAAFFF pairs with #B4FFAF, and #FFD2AF with #AFDCFF.

#FAAFFF #FFD2AF #B4FFAF #AFDCFF

Tetradic

#FAAFFF and #B4FFAF are opposites, as are #FFAFB4 and #AFFFFA. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#FAAFFF #FFAFB4 #B4FFAF #AFFFFA

Tints

Mixing #FAAFFF with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #FBBFFF, keeps 80% of the original. By #FEEFFF, the mixture is 80% white.

#FAAFFF #FBBFFF #FCCFFF #FDDFFF #FEEFFF #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #FAAFFF with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #C88CCC, keeps 80% of the original. By #322333, the mixture is 80% black.

#FAAFFF #C88CCC #966999 #644666 #322333 #000000

Tones

Mixing #FAAFFF with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E2A6E6, keeps 80% of the original. By #988999, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#FAAFFF #E2A6E6 #C99CCC #B193B3 #988999 #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

#FAAFFF

RGB

rgb(250 175 255)

HSL

hsl(296.250 100.000% 84.314%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#FAAFFF uses 250 red, 175 green and 255 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 98.0%

Green 68.6%

Blue 100.0%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #FAAFFF is 2.0% cyan, 31.4% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 0.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 2.0%

Magenta 31.4%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 0.0%

Nearby colors

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

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

Gradient to complement

#FAAFFF #EEBCF2 #E3CAE4 #D7D7D7 #CBE4CA #C0F2BC #B4FFAF

Color vision previews

Compare how #FAAFFF 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.

#A8C3FF

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.

#BACCFC

Tritanopia

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

#FEB7CC

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.

#CABEFF

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.

#D0C3FD

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#F8B3EE

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#C9C9C9

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.

#E3BCE6

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 0.95597 G 0.42869 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 0.93687 G 0.69874 B 0.98126

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.86236 G 0.44619 B 0.95789

CIE xyY

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

x 0.312 y 0.250 Y 58.206

CMY

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

C % 1.961 M % 31.373 Y % 0.000

Binary RGB

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

11111010 10101111 11111111