#FFDEFE

sRGB: 255 / 222 / 254

Cosmic tempests reshape eternity
Electric visions transcend the boundaries of time
Celestial symphonies transcend the limits of dreams

#FFDEFE belongs to the magenta family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 255 red, 222 green and 254 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 301.8° lands in the magenta region. Its 100.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 93.5% 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 (17.13:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 255, 222, 254
HSL: 301.82°, 100.00%, 93.53%
HSV / HSB: 301.82°, 12.94%, 100.00%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 12.94%, 0.39%, 0.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 85.247, 80.659, 104.847
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 91.980, 16.760, -11.312
WCAG relative luminance: 0.80658
24-bit decimal: 16768766

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 #FFDEFE 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: 17.13:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.23:1

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

#DEFFDF sits half a turn (180°) from #FFDEFE 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.

#FFDEFE #DEFFDF

Analogous

#EFDEFF and #FFDEEE sit 30° to either side of #FFDEFE. 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.

#EFDEFF #FFDEFE #FFDEEE

Triadic

#FFDEFE, #FEFFDE and #DEFEFF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#FFDEFE #FEFFDE #DEFEFF

Split complementary

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

#FFDEFE #EEFFDE #DEFFEF

Square

Starting with #FFDEFE, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #FFEFDE, #DEFFDF, then #DEEEFF. Across the square, #FFDEFE pairs with #DEFFDF, and #FFEFDE with #DEEEFF.

#FFDEFE #FFEFDE #DEFFDF #DEEEFF

Tetradic

#FFDEFE and #DEFFDF are opposites, as are #FFDFDE and #DEFEFF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#FFDEFE #FFDFDE #DEFFDF #DEFEFF

Tints

Mixing #FFDEFE with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #FFE5FE, keeps 80% of the original. By #FFF8FF, the mixture is 80% white.

#FFDEFE #FFE5FE #FFEBFE #FFF2FF #FFF8FF #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #FFDEFE with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CCB2CB, keeps 80% of the original. By #332C33, the mixture is 80% black.

#FFDEFE #CCB2CB #998598 #665966 #332C33 #000000

Tones

Mixing #FFDEFE with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E6CBE5, keeps 80% of the original. By #999399, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#FFDEFE #E6CBE5 #CCB8CC #B3A6B2 #999399 #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

#FFDEFE

RGB

rgb(255 222 254)

HSL

hsl(301.818 100.000% 93.529%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#FFDEFE uses 255 red, 222 green and 254 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 100.0%

Green 87.1%

Blue 99.6%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #FFDEFE is 0.0% cyan, 12.9% 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 12.9%

Yellow 0.4%

Black 0.0%

Nearby colors

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

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

Gradient to complement

#FFDEFE #FAE4F9 #F4E9F4 #EFEFEF #E9F4E9 #E4FAE4 #DEFFDF

Color vision previews

Compare how #FFDEFE 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.

#DCE5FF

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.

#E3E9FD

Tritanopia

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

#FFE0E9

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.

#E9E3FE

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.

#ECE6FD

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#FEDFF7

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#E8E8E8

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.

#F4E3F3

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 0.73046 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 0.97866 G 0.87530 B 0.98776

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.95215 G 0.73941 B 0.97238

CIE xyY

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

x 0.315 y 0.298 Y 80.659

CMY

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

C % 0.000 M % 12.941 Y % 0.392

Binary RGB

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

11111111 11011110 11111110