#FF7DFD

sRGB: 255 / 125 / 253

Cosmic tempests reshape eternity
Hidden pathways illuminate forgotten empires
Celestial symphonies shatter the chains of fate

#FF7DFD belongs to the magenta family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 255 red, 125 green and 253 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 300.9° lands in the magenta region. Its 100.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 74.5% 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 (9.60:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 255, 125, 253
HSL: 300.92°, 100.00%, 74.51%
HSV / HSB: 300.92°, 50.98%, 100.00%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 50.98%, 0.78%, 0.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 66.300, 43.022, 97.744
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 71.570, 65.981, -41.937
WCAG relative luminance: 0.43019
24-bit decimal: 16743933

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 #FF7DFD 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: 9.60:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 2.19:1

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

#7DFF7F sits half a turn (180°) from #FF7DFD 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.

#FF7DFD #7DFF7F

Analogous

#C07DFF and #FF7DBC sit 30° to either side of #FF7DFD. 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.

#C07DFF #FF7DFD #FF7DBC

Triadic

#FF7DFD, #FDFF7D and #7DFDFF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#FF7DFD #FDFF7D #7DFDFF

Split complementary

Start at #FF7DFD and look across the wheel. #BCFF7D and #7DFFC0 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#FF7DFD #BCFF7D #7DFFC0

Square

Starting with #FF7DFD, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #FFC07D, #7DFF7F, then #7DBCFF. Across the square, #FF7DFD pairs with #7DFF7F, and #FFC07D with #7DBCFF.

#FF7DFD #FFC07D #7DFF7F #7DBCFF

Tetradic

#FF7DFD and #7DFF7F are opposites, as are #FF7F7D and #7DFDFF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#FF7DFD #FF7F7D #7DFF7F #7DFDFF

Tints

Mixing #FF7DFD with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #FF97FD, keeps 80% of the original. By #FFE5FF, the mixture is 80% white.

#FF7DFD #FF97FD #FFB1FE #FFCBFE #FFE5FF #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #FF7DFD with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CC64CA, keeps 80% of the original. By #331933, the mixture is 80% black.

#FF7DFD #CC64CA #994B98 #663265 #331933 #000000

Tones

Mixing #FF7DFD with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E67EE4, keeps 80% of the original. By #997F99, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#FF7DFD #E67EE4 #CC7ECB #B37FB2 #997F99 #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

#FF7DFD

RGB

rgb(255 125 253)

HSL

hsl(300.923 100.000% 74.510%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #FF7DFD;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#FF7DFD uses 255 red, 125 green and 253 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 100.0%

Green 49.0%

Blue 99.2%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #FF7DFD is 0.0% cyan, 51.0% magenta, 0.8% yellow and 0.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 51.0%

Yellow 0.8%

Black 0.0%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #FF77FF. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #F7F in CSS. For a modern design, keep #FF7DFD when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #FF66FF, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #FF77FF Nearest web-safe: #FF66FF

Gradient to complement

#FF7DFD #E993E8 #D4A8D3 #BEBEBE #A8D4A9 #93E994 #7DFF7F

Color vision previews

Compare how #FF7DFD 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.

#72A4FF

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.

#99B5F9

Tritanopia

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

#FF8BB2

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.

#B59BFE

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.

#BFA5FB

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#FD86E6

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#AFAFAF

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.

#DC99DB

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 0.20508 B 0.98225

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 0.93520 G 0.51840 B 0.96687

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.85887 G 0.23147 B 0.92629

CIE xyY

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

x 0.320 y 0.208 Y 43.022

CMY

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

C % 0.000 M % 50.980 Y % 0.784

Binary RGB

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

11111111 01111101 11111101