#FF44BB

sRGB: 255 / 68 / 187

Cosmic tempests reshape eternity
Sleeping valleys breathe beneath silver clouds
Eternal flames defy the passing ages

#FF44BB belongs to the rose family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 255 red, 68 green and 187 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 321.8° lands in the rose region. Its 100.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 63.3% 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 (6.80:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 255, 68, 187
HSL: 321.82°, 100.00%, 63.33%
HSV / HSB: 321.82°, 73.33%, 100.00%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 73.33%, 26.67%, 0.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 52.275, 28.985, 49.857
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 60.769, 78.760, -21.782
WCAG relative luminance: 0.28982
24-bit decimal: 16729275

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 #FF44BB 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: 6.80:1

Normal text: AA
Large text: AAA

White text: 3.09:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: AA

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

#44FF88 sits half a turn (180°) from #FF44BB 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.

#FF44BB #44FF88

Analogous

#E544FF and #FF445E sit 30° to either side of #FF44BB. 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.

#E544FF #FF44BB #FF445E

Triadic

#FF44BB, #BBFF44 and #44BBFF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#FF44BB #BBFF44 #44BBFF

Split complementary

Start at #FF44BB and look across the wheel. #5EFF44 and #44FFE5 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#FF44BB #5EFF44 #44FFE5

Square

Starting with #FF44BB, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #FFE544, #44FF88, then #445EFF. Across the square, #FF44BB pairs with #44FF88, and #FFE544 with #445EFF.

#FF44BB #FFE544 #44FF88 #445EFF

Tetradic

#FF44BB and #44FF88 are opposites, as are #FF8844 and #44BBFF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#FF44BB #FF8844 #44FF88 #44BBFF

Tints

Mixing #FF44BB with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #FF69C9, keeps 80% of the original. By #FFDAF1, the mixture is 80% white.

#FF44BB #FF69C9 #FF8FD6 #FFB4E4 #FFDAF1 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #FF44BB with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CC3696, keeps 80% of the original. By #330E25, the mixture is 80% black.

#FF44BB #CC3696 #992970 #661B4B #330E25 #000000

Tones

Mixing #FF44BB with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E650AF, keeps 80% of the original. By #99748C, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#FF44BB #E650AF #CC5CA3 #B36898 #99748C #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

#FF44BB

RGB

rgb(255 68 187)

HSL

hsl(321.818 100.000% 63.333%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #FF44BB;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#FF44BB uses 255 red, 68 green and 187 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 100.0%

Green 26.7%

Blue 73.3%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #FF44BB is 0.0% cyan, 73.3% magenta, 26.7% yellow and 0.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 73.3%

Yellow 26.7%

Black 0.0%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #FF44BB. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #F4B in CSS. For a modern design, keep #FF44BB when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #FF33CC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #FF44BB Nearest web-safe: #FF33CC

Gradient to complement

#FF44BB #E063B3 #C182AA #A2A2A2 #82C199 #63E091 #44FF88

Color vision previews

Compare how #FF44BB 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.

#5E7EBE

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.

#969EB7

Tritanopia

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

#FF3E7A

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.

#AF73BC

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.

#BC88B8

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#FF4CA8

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#939393

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.

#D274A8

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 1.00000 G 0.05781 B 0.49693

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 0.92253 G 0.33018 B 0.71779

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.83272 G 0.08908 B 0.47373

CIE xyY

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

x 0.399 y 0.221 Y 28.985

CMY

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

C % 0.000 M % 73.333 Y % 26.667

Binary RGB

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

11111111 01000100 10111011