#FFBEFE

sRGB: 255 / 190 / 254

Cosmic tempests reshape eternity
Restless constellations transcend the boundaries of time
Celestial symphonies transcend the limits of dreams

#FFBEFE belongs to the magenta family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 255 red, 190 green and 254 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 87.3% 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 (14.05:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 255, 190, 254
HSL: 300.92°, 100.00%, 87.25%
HSV / HSB: 300.92°, 25.49%, 100.00%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 25.49%, 0.39%, 0.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 77.539, 65.244, 102.278
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 84.609, 33.535, -22.393
WCAG relative luminance: 0.65243
24-bit decimal: 16760574

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 #FFBEFE 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: 14.05:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.49:1

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

#BEFFBF sits half a turn (180°) from #FFBEFE 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.

#FFBEFE #BEFFBF

Analogous

#E0BEFF and #FFBEDE sit 30° to either side of #FFBEFE. 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.

#E0BEFF #FFBEFE #FFBEDE

Triadic

#FFBEFE, #FEFFBE and #BEFEFF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#FFBEFE #FEFFBE #BEFEFF

Split complementary

Start at #FFBEFE and look across the wheel. #DEFFBE and #BEFFDF sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#FFBEFE #DEFFBE #BEFFDF

Square

Starting with #FFBEFE, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #FFE0BE, #BEFFBF, then #BEDEFF. Across the square, #FFBEFE pairs with #BEFFBF, and #FFE0BE with #BEDEFF.

#FFBEFE #FFE0BE #BEFFBF #BEDEFF

Tetradic

#FFBEFE and #BEFFBF are opposites, as are #FFBFBE and #BEFEFF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#FFBEFE #FFBFBE #BEFFBF #BEFEFF

Tints

Mixing #FFBEFE with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #FFCBFE, keeps 80% of the original. By #FFF2FF, the mixture is 80% white.

#FFBEFE #FFCBFE #FFD8FE #FFE5FF #FFF2FF #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #FFBEFE with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CC98CB, keeps 80% of the original. By #332633, the mixture is 80% black.

#FFBEFE #CC98CB #997298 #664C66 #332633 #000000

Tones

Mixing #FFBEFE with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E6B2E5, keeps 80% of the original. By #998C99, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#FFBEFE #E6B2E5 #CCA5CC #B399B2 #998C99 #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

#FFBEFE

RGB

rgb(255 190 254)

HSL

hsl(300.923 100.000% 87.255%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#FFBEFE uses 255 red, 190 green and 254 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 100.0%

Green 74.5%

Blue 99.6%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #FFBEFE is 0.0% cyan, 25.5% magenta, 0.4% yellow and 0.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 25.5%

Yellow 0.4%

Black 0.0%

Nearby colors

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

Nearest shorthand: #FFBBFF Nearest web-safe: #FFCCFF

Gradient to complement

#FFBEFE #F4C9F4 #E9D4E9 #DFDFDF #D4E9D4 #C9F4CA #BEFFBF

Color vision previews

Compare how #FFBEFE 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.

#BACEFF

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.

#C9D6FC

Tritanopia

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

#FFC3D5

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.

#D6CAFF

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.

#DBCEFD

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#FEC1F0

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#D3D3D3

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.

#EAC9EA

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 0.51492 B 0.99110

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 0.96115 G 0.75543 B 0.98076

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.91388 G 0.53102 B 0.95678

CIE xyY

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

x 0.316 y 0.266 Y 65.244

CMY

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

C % 0.000 M % 25.490 Y % 0.392

Binary RGB

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

11111111 10111110 11111110