#FCBBFF

sRGB: 252 / 187 / 255

Cosmic tempests pierce eternal darkness
Restless constellations shimmer across boundless heavens
Celestial symphonies echo beyond eternity

#FCBBFF belongs to the magenta family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 252 red, 187 green and 255 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 297.4° lands in the magenta region. Its 100.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 86.7% 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 (13.69:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 252, 187, 255
HSL: 297.35°, 100.00%, 86.67%
HSV / HSB: 297.35°, 26.67%, 100.00%
CMYK (approx.): 1.18%, 26.67%, 0.00%, 0.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 75.962, 63.458, 102.858
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 83.683, 34.340, -24.361
WCAG relative luminance: 0.63456
24-bit decimal: 16563199

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 #FCBBFF 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: 13.69:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.53:1

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

#BEFFBB sits half a turn (180°) from #FCBBFF 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.

#FCBBFF #BEFFBB

Analogous

#DABBFF and #FFBBE0 sit 30° to either side of #FCBBFF. 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.

#DABBFF #FCBBFF #FFBBE0

Triadic

#FCBBFF, #FFFCBB and #BBFFFC are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#FCBBFF #FFFCBB #BBFFFC

Split complementary

Start at #FCBBFF and look across the wheel. #E0FFBB and #BBFFDA sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#FCBBFF #E0FFBB #BBFFDA

Square

Starting with #FCBBFF, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #FFDABB, #BEFFBB, then #BBE0FF. Across the square, #FCBBFF pairs with #BEFFBB, and #FFDABB with #BBE0FF.

#FCBBFF #FFDABB #BEFFBB #BBE0FF

Tetradic

#FCBBFF and #BEFFBB are opposites, as are #FFBBBE and #BBFFFC. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#FCBBFF #FFBBBE #BEFFBB #BBFFFC

Tints

Mixing #FCBBFF with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #FDC9FF, keeps 80% of the original. By #FEF1FF, the mixture is 80% white.

#FCBBFF #FDC9FF #FDD6FF #FEE4FF #FEF1FF #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #FCBBFF with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CA96CC, keeps 80% of the original. By #322533, the mixture is 80% black.

#FCBBFF #CA96CC #977099 #654B66 #322533 #000000

Tones

Mixing #FCBBFF with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E3AFE6, keeps 80% of the original. By #998C99, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#FCBBFF #E3AFE6 #CAA3CC #B298B3 #998C99 #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

#FCBBFF

RGB

rgb(252 187 255)

HSL

hsl(297.353 100.000% 86.667%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#FCBBFF uses 252 red, 187 green and 255 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 98.8%

Green 73.3%

Blue 100.0%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #FCBBFF is 1.2% cyan, 26.7% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 0.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 1.2%

Magenta 26.7%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 0.0%

Nearby colors

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

Nearest shorthand: #FFBBFF Nearest web-safe: #FFCCFF

Gradient to complement

#FCBBFF #F2C6F4 #E7D2E8 #DDDDDD #D3E8D2 #C8F4C6 #BEFFBB

Color vision previews

Compare how #FCBBFF 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.

#B6CCFF

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.

#C5D3FD

Tritanopia

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

#FFC1D3

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.

#D2C7FF

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.

#D7CCFD

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#FABFF0

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#D1D1D1

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.

#E8C6E9

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 0.97345 G 0.49693 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 0.94945 G 0.74369 B 0.98361

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.88885 G 0.51275 B 0.96313

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 0.262 Y 63.458

CMY

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

C % 1.176 M % 26.667 Y % 0.000

Binary RGB

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

11111100 10111011 11111111