#FF79BB

sRGB: 255 / 121 / 187

Cosmic tempests reshape eternity
Hidden pathways cascade across forgotten valleys
Eternal flames defy the passing ages

#FF79BB belongs to the rose family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 255 red, 121 green and 187 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 330.4° lands in the rose 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 (8.70:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 255, 121, 187
HSL: 330.45°, 100.00%, 73.73%
HSV / HSB: 330.45°, 52.55%, 100.00%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 52.55%, 26.67%, 0.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 57.045, 38.526, 51.447
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 68.406, 57.940, -10.236
WCAG relative luminance: 0.38523
24-bit decimal: 16742843

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 #FF79BB 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: 8.70:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 2.41:1

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

#79FFBD sits half a turn (180°) from #FF79BB 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.

#FF79BB #79FFBD

Analogous

#FF79FE and #FF7A79 sit 30° to either side of #FF79BB. 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.

#FF79FE #FF79BB #FF7A79

Triadic

#FF79BB, #BBFF79 and #79BBFF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#FF79BB #BBFF79 #79BBFF

Split complementary

Start at #FF79BB and look across the wheel. #79FF7A and #79FEFF sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#FF79BB #79FF7A #79FEFF

Square

Starting with #FF79BB, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #FEFF79, #79FFBD, then #7A79FF. Across the square, #FF79BB pairs with #79FFBD, and #FEFF79 with #7A79FF.

#FF79BB #FEFF79 #79FFBD #7A79FF

Tetradic

#FF79BB and #79FFBD are opposites, as are #FFBD79 and #79BBFF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#FF79BB #FFBD79 #79FFBD #79BBFF

Tints

Mixing #FF79BB with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #FF94C9, keeps 80% of the original. By #FFE4F1, the mixture is 80% white.

#FF79BB #FF94C9 #FFAFD6 #FFC9E4 #FFE4F1 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #FF79BB with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CC6196, keeps 80% of the original. By #331825, the mixture is 80% black.

#FF79BB #CC6196 #994970 #66304B #331825 #000000

Tones

Mixing #FF79BB with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E67AAF, keeps 80% of the original. By #997F8C, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#FF79BB #E67AAF #CC7CA3 #B37D98 #997F8C #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

#FF79BB

RGB

rgb(255 121 187)

HSL

hsl(330.448 100.000% 73.725%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #FF79BB;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#FF79BB uses 255 red, 121 green and 187 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 100.0%

Green 47.5%

Blue 73.3%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #FF79BB is 0.0% cyan, 52.5% 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 52.5%

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 #FF79BB 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

#FF79BB #E98FBB #D2A6BC #BCBCBC #A6D2BC #8FE9BD #79FFBD

Color vision previews

Compare how #FF79BB 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.

#8998BD

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.

#ADB0B8

Tritanopia

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

#FF7392

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.

#BF91BB

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.

#C9A0B9

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#FF7CAE

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.

#D992B1

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 0.49693

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 0.93401 G 0.50431 B 0.72431

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.85641 G 0.21805 B 0.48339

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 0.262 Y 38.526

CMY

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

C % 0.000 M % 52.549 Y % 26.667

Binary RGB

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

11111111 01111001 10111011