#FD39FF

sRGB · 253 / 57 / 255

#FD39FF belongs to the magenta family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 253 red, 57 green and 255 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 299.4° lands in the magenta region. Its 100.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 61.2% 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 (7.21:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 253, 57, 255
HSL: 299.39°, 100.00%, 61.18%
HSV / HSB: 299.39°, 77.65%, 100.00%
CMYK (approx.): 0.78%, 77.65%, 0.00%, 0.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 60.018, 31.032, 97.440
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 62.534, 90.453, -57.315
WCAG relative luminance: 0.31029
24-bit decimal: 16595455

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 #FD39FF 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 · 7.21:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text · 2.91:1

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. 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

#3BFF39 sits half a turn (180°) from #FD39FF 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.

#FD39FF #3BFF39

Analogous

#9A39FF and #FF399E sit 30° to either side of #FD39FF. 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.

#9A39FF #FD39FF #FF399E

Triadic

#FD39FF, #FFFD39 and #39FFFD are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#FD39FF #FFFD39 #39FFFD

Split complementary

Start at #FD39FF and look across the wheel. #9EFF39 and #39FF9A sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#FD39FF #9EFF39 #39FF9A

Square

Starting with #FD39FF, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #FF9A39, #3BFF39, then #399EFF. Across the square, #FD39FF pairs with #3BFF39, and #FF9A39 with #399EFF.

#FD39FF #FF9A39 #3BFF39 #399EFF

Tetradic

#FD39FF and #3BFF39 are opposites, as are #FF393B and #39FFFD. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#FD39FF #FF393B #3BFF39 #39FFFD

Tints

Mixing #FD39FF with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #FD61FF, keeps 80% of the original. By #FFD7FF, the mixture is 80% white.

#FD39FF #FD61FF #FE88FF #FEB0FF #FFD7FF #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #FD39FF with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CA2ECC, keeps 80% of the original. By #330B33, the mixture is 80% black.

#FD39FF #CA2ECC #982299 #651766 #330B33 #000000

Tones

Mixing #FD39FF with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E447E6, keeps 80% of the original. By #997299, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#FD39FF #E447E6 #CB55CC #B264B3 #997299 #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

#FD39FF

RGB

rgb(253 57 255)

HSL

hsl(299.394 100.000% 61.176%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #FD39FF;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#FD39FF uses 253 red, 57 green and 255 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 99.2%

Green 22.4%

Blue 100.0%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #FD39FF is 0.8% cyan, 77.6% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 0.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.8%

Magenta 77.6%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 0.0%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #FF33FF. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #F3F in CSS. For a modern design, keep #FD39FF when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #FF33FF, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #FF33FF Nearest web-safe · #FF33FF

Gradient to complement

#FD39FF #DD5ADE #BC7BBD #9C9C9C #7CBD7B #5BDE5A #3BFF39

Color vision previews

Compare how #FD39FF 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.

#0087FF

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.

#72A0FA

Tritanopia

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

#FF5D9D

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.

#9E78FF

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.

#AB88FC

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#FA50E2

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#979797

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.

#D274D4

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 0.98225 G 0.04092 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 0.91386 G 0.29782 B 0.96870

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.81513 G 0.07216 B 0.93026

CIE xyY

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

x 0.318 y 0.165 Y 31.032

CMY

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

C % 0.784 M % 77.647 Y % 0.000

Binary RGB

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

11111101 00111001 11111111