#FDAFFE

sRGB · 253 / 175 / 254

#FDAFFE belongs to the magenta family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 253 red, 175 green and 254 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 299.2° lands in the magenta region. Its 97.5% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 84.1% 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 (12.74:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 253, 175, 254
HSL: 299.24°, 97.53%, 84.12%
HSV / HSB: 299.24°, 31.10%, 99.61%
CMYK (approx.): 0.39%, 31.10%, 0.00%, 0.39%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 73.724, 58.700, 101.216
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 81.126, 40.756, -27.718
WCAG relative luminance: 0.58698
24-bit decimal: 16625662

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 #FDAFFE 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 · 12.74:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text · 1.65:1

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

#B0FEAF sits half a turn (180°) from #FDAFFE 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.

#FDAFFE #B0FEAF

Analogous

#D6AFFE and #FEAFD8 sit 30° to either side of #FDAFFE. 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.

#D6AFFE #FDAFFE #FEAFD8

Triadic

#FDAFFE, #FEFDAF and #AFFEFD are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#FDAFFE #FEFDAF #AFFEFD

Split complementary

Start at #FDAFFE and look across the wheel. #D7FEAF and #AFFED6 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#FDAFFE #D7FEAF #AFFED6

Square

Starting with #FDAFFE, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #FED6AF, #B0FEAF, then #AFD7FE. Across the square, #FDAFFE pairs with #B0FEAF, and #FED6AF with #AFD7FE.

#FDAFFE #FED6AF #B0FEAF #AFD7FE

Tetradic

#FDAFFE and #B0FEAF are opposites, as are #FEAFB0 and #AFFEFD. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#FDAFFE #FEAFB0 #B0FEAF #AFFEFD

Tints

Mixing #FDAFFE with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #FDBFFE, keeps 80% of the original. By #FFEFFF, the mixture is 80% white.

#FDAFFE #FDBFFE #FECFFE #FEDFFF #FFEFFF #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #FDAFFE with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CA8CCB, keeps 80% of the original. By #332333, the mixture is 80% black.

#FDAFFE #CA8CCB #986998 #654666 #332333 #000000

Tones

Mixing #FDAFFE with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E4A6E5, keeps 80% of the original. By #998999, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#FDAFFE #E4A6E5 #CB9CCC #B293B2 #998999 #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

#FDAFFE

RGB

rgb(253 175 254)

HSL

hsl(299.241 97.531% 84.118%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#FDAFFE uses 253 red, 175 green and 254 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 99.2%

Green 68.6%

Blue 99.6%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #FDAFFE is 0.4% cyan, 31.1% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 0.4% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.4%

Magenta 31.1%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 0.4%

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 #FDAFFE 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

#FDAFFE #F0BCF1 #E3C9E4 #D7D7D7 #CAE4C9 #BDF1BC #B0FEAF

Color vision previews

Compare how #FDAFFE 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.

#A9C3FF

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.

#BCCDFB

Tritanopia

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

#FFB6CC

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.

#CCBEFF

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.

#D2C4FC

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#FBB3EE

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.

#E5BDE6

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 0.42869 B 0.99110

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 0.94716 G 0.69935 B 0.97780

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.88397 G 0.44707 B 0.95023

CIE xyY

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

x 0.316 y 0.251 Y 58.700

CMY

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

C % 0.784 M % 31.373 Y % 0.392

Binary RGB

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

11111101 10101111 11111110