#FF77BB

sRGB: 255 / 119 / 187
Color name: Dream Setting

Cosmic tempests reshape eternity
Hidden pathways unfold through ancient forests
Eternal flames defy the passing ages

The hex code for Dream Setting is #FF77BB. It belongs to the rose family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 255 red, 119 green and 187 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 330.0° lands in the rose region. Its 100.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 73.3% 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 (8.61:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 255, 119, 187
HSL: 330.00°, 100.00%, 73.33%
HSV / HSB: 330.00°, 53.33%, 100.00%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 53.33%, 26.67%, 0.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 56.804, 38.044, 51.367
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 68.053, 58.867, -10.763
WCAG relative luminance: 0.38042
24-bit decimal: 16742331

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 #FF77BB 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: 8.61:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 2.44:1

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

#77FFBB sits half a turn (180°) from #FF77BB 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.

#FF77BB #77FFBB

Analogous

#FF77FF and #FF7777 sit 30° to either side of #FF77BB. 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.

#FF77FF #FF77BB #FF7777

Triadic

#FF77BB, #BBFF77 and #77BBFF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#FF77BB #BBFF77 #77BBFF

Split complementary

Start at #FF77BB and look across the wheel. #77FF77 and #77FFFF sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#FF77BB #77FF77 #77FFFF

Square

Starting with #FF77BB, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #FFFF77, #77FFBB, then #7777FF. Across the square, #FF77BB pairs with #77FFBB, and #FFFF77 with #7777FF.

#FF77BB #FFFF77 #77FFBB #7777FF

Tetradic

#FF77BB and #77FFBB are opposites, as are #FFBB77 and #77BBFF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#FF77BB #FFBB77 #77FFBB #77BBFF

Tints

Mixing #FF77BB with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #FF92C9, keeps 80% of the original. By #FFE4F1, the mixture is 80% white.

#FF77BB #FF92C9 #FFADD6 #FFC9E4 #FFE4F1 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #FF77BB with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CC5F96, keeps 80% of the original. By #331825, the mixture is 80% black.

#FF77BB #CC5F96 #994770 #66304B #331825 #000000

Tones

Mixing #FF77BB with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E679AF, keeps 80% of the original. By #997E8C, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#FF77BB #E679AF #CC7BA3 #B37C98 #997E8C #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

#FF77BB

RGB

rgb(255 119 187)

HSL

hsl(330.000 100.000% 73.333%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #FF77BB;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#FF77BB uses 255 red, 119 green and 187 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 100.0%

Green 46.7%

Blue 73.3%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #FF77BB is 0.0% cyan, 53.3% 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 53.3%

Yellow 26.7%

Black 0.0%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #FF77BB. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #F7B in CSS. For a modern design, keep #FF77BB when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #FF66CC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #FF77BB Nearest web-safe: #FF66CC

Gradient to complement

#FF77BB #E88EBB #D2A4BB #BBBBBB #A4D2BB #8EE8BB #77FFBB

Color vision previews

Compare how #FF77BB 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.

#8897BD

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.

#ACAFB8

Tritanopia

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

#FF7191

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.

#BE90BB

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.

#C99EB9

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#FF7AAE

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#A6A6A6

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.

#D891B1

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 0.18447 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 0.93344 G 0.49729 B 0.72398

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.85521 G 0.21155 B 0.48291

CIE xyY

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

x 0.388 y 0.260 Y 38.044

CMY

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

C % 0.000 M % 53.333 Y % 26.667

Binary RGB

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

11111111 01110111 10111011