#FF77CB

sRGB: 255 / 119 / 203

Cosmic tempests reshape eternity
Hidden pathways unfold through ancient forests
Boundless spirits defy the passing ages

#FF77CB belongs to the rose family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 255 red, 119 green and 203 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 322.9° 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 (8.75:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 255, 119, 203
HSL: 322.94°, 100.00%, 73.33%
HSV / HSB: 322.94°, 53.33%, 100.00%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 53.33%, 20.39%, 0.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 58.614, 38.768, 60.898
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 68.583, 61.009, -18.938
WCAG relative luminance: 0.38765
24-bit decimal: 16742347

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 #FF77CB 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: 8.75:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 2.40:1

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

#77FFAB sits half a turn (180°) from #FF77CB 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.

#FF77CB #77FFAB

Analogous

#EF77FF and #FF7787 sit 30° to either side of #FF77CB. 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.

#EF77FF #FF77CB #FF7787

Triadic

#FF77CB, #CBFF77 and #77CBFF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#FF77CB #CBFF77 #77CBFF

Split complementary

Start at #FF77CB and look across the wheel. #87FF77 and #77FFEF sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#FF77CB #87FF77 #77FFEF

Square

Starting with #FF77CB, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #FFEF77, #77FFAB, then #7787FF. Across the square, #FF77CB pairs with #77FFAB, and #FFEF77 with #7787FF.

#FF77CB #FFEF77 #77FFAB #7787FF

Tetradic

#FF77CB and #77FFAB are opposites, as are #FFAB77 and #77CBFF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#FF77CB #FFAB77 #77FFAB #77CBFF

Tints

Mixing #FF77CB with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #FF92D5, keeps 80% of the original. By #FFE4F5, the mixture is 80% white.

#FF77CB #FF92D5 #FFADE0 #FFC9EA #FFE4F5 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #FF77CB with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CC5FA2, keeps 80% of the original. By #331829, the mixture is 80% black.

#FF77CB #CC5FA2 #99477A #663051 #331829 #000000

Tones

Mixing #FF77CB with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E679BC, keeps 80% of the original. By #997E8F, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#FF77CB #E679BC #CC7BAD #B37C9E #997E8F #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

#FF77CB

RGB

rgb(255 119 203)

HSL

hsl(322.941 100.000% 73.333%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #FF77CB;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#FF77CB uses 255 red, 119 green and 203 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 100.0%

Green 46.7%

Blue 79.6%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #FF77CB is 0.0% cyan, 53.3% magenta, 20.4% 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 20.4%

Black 0.0%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #FF77CC. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #F7C in CSS. For a modern design, keep #FF77CB when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #FF66CC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #FF77CC Nearest web-safe: #FF66CC

Gradient to complement

#FF77CB #E88EC6 #D2A4C0 #BBBBBB #A4D2B6 #8EE8B0 #77FFAB

Color vision previews

Compare how #FF77CB 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.

#8299CE

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.

#A8B0C8

Tritanopia

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

#FF7698

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.

#BC91CC

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.

#C69FC9

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#FF7BBB

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#A7A7A7

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.

#D992BA

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 0.59720

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 0.78226

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.85521 G 0.21155 B 0.57420

CIE xyY

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

x 0.370 y 0.245 Y 38.768

CMY

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

C % 0.000 M % 53.333 Y % 20.392

Binary RGB

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

11111111 01110111 11001011