#FF798A

sRGB: 255 / 121 / 138

Cosmic tempests reshape eternity
Hidden pathways cascade across forgotten valleys
Golden visions illuminate hidden worlds

#FF798A belongs to the red family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 255 red, 121 green and 138 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 352.4° lands in the red region. Its 100.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 73.7% 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 (8.35:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 255, 121, 138
HSL: 352.39°, 100.00%, 73.73%
HSV / HSB: 352.39°, 52.55%, 100.00%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 52.55%, 45.88%, 0.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 52.663, 36.773, 28.370
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 67.106, 52.455, 15.555
WCAG relative luminance: 0.36770
24-bit decimal: 16742794

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 #FF798A 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: 8.35:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 2.51:1

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

#79FFEE sits half a turn (180°) from #FF798A 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.

#FF798A #79FFEE

Analogous

#FF79CD and #FFAB79 sit 30° to either side of #FF798A. 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.

#FF79CD #FF798A #FFAB79

Triadic

#FF798A, #8AFF79 and #798AFF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#FF798A #8AFF79 #798AFF

Split complementary

Start at #FF798A and look across the wheel. #79FFAB and #79CDFF sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#FF798A #79FFAB #79CDFF

Square

Starting with #FF798A, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #CDFF79, #79FFEE, then #AB79FF. Across the square, #FF798A pairs with #79FFEE, and #CDFF79 with #AB79FF.

#FF798A #CDFF79 #79FFEE #AB79FF

Tetradic

#FF798A and #79FFEE are opposites, as are #FFEE79 and #798AFF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#FF798A #FFEE79 #79FFEE #798AFF

Tints

Mixing #FF798A with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #FF94A1, keeps 80% of the original. By #FFE4E8, the mixture is 80% white.

#FF798A #FF94A1 #FFAFB9 #FFC9D0 #FFE4E8 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #FF798A with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CC616E, keeps 80% of the original. By #33181C, the mixture is 80% black.

#FF798A #CC616E #994953 #663037 #33181C #000000

Tones

Mixing #FF798A with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E67A88, keeps 80% of the original. By #997F82, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#FF798A #E67A88 #CC7C86 #B37D84 #997F82 #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

#FF798A

RGB

rgb(255 121 138)

HSL

hsl(352.388 100.000% 73.725%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #FF798A;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#FF798A uses 255 red, 121 green and 138 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 100.0%

Green 47.5%

Blue 54.1%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #FF798A is 0.0% cyan, 52.5% magenta, 45.9% yellow and 0.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 52.5%

Yellow 45.9%

Black 0.0%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #FF7788. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #F78 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #FF798A when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #FF6699, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #FF7788 Nearest web-safe: #FF6699

Gradient to complement

#FF798A #E98F9B #D2A6AB #BCBCBC #A6D2CD #8FE9DD #79FFEE

Color vision previews

Compare how #FF798A 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.

#95938A

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.

#B7AE87

Tritanopia

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

#FF6880

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.

#C48E89

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.

#CF9E88

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#FF7887

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#A3A3A3

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.

#D89097

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 0.19120 B 0.25415

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 0.93401 G 0.50431 B 0.54910

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.85641 G 0.21805 B 0.26234

CIE xyY

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

x 0.447 y 0.312 Y 36.773

CMY

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

C % 0.000 M % 52.549 Y % 45.882

Binary RGB

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

11111111 01111001 10001010