#FFE8FB

sRGB: 255 / 232 / 251

Cosmic tempests reshape eternity
Immortal legends echo between distant mountains
Celestial symphonies defy the passing ages

#FFE8FB belongs to the magenta family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 255 red, 232 green and 251 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 310.4° lands in the magenta region. Its 100.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 95.5% 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 (18.19:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 255, 232, 251
HSL: 310.43°, 100.00%, 95.49%
HSV / HSB: 310.43°, 9.02%, 100.00%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 9.02%, 1.57%, 0.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 87.505, 85.939, 103.248
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 94.286, 11.040, -6.326
WCAG relative luminance: 0.85938
24-bit decimal: 16771323

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 #FFE8FB 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: 18.19:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.15:1

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

#E8FFEC sits half a turn (180°) from #FFE8FB 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.

#FFE8FB #E8FFEC

Analogous

#F8E8FF and #FFE8EF sit 30° to either side of #FFE8FB. 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.

#F8E8FF #FFE8FB #FFE8EF

Triadic

#FFE8FB, #FBFFE8 and #E8FBFF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#FFE8FB #FBFFE8 #E8FBFF

Split complementary

Start at #FFE8FB and look across the wheel. #EFFFE8 and #E8FFF8 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#FFE8FB #EFFFE8 #E8FFF8

Square

Starting with #FFE8FB, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #FFF8E8, #E8FFEC, then #E8EFFF. Across the square, #FFE8FB pairs with #E8FFEC, and #FFF8E8 with #E8EFFF.

#FFE8FB #FFF8E8 #E8FFEC #E8EFFF

Tetradic

#FFE8FB and #E8FFEC are opposites, as are #FFECE8 and #E8FBFF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#FFE8FB #FFECE8 #E8FFEC #E8FBFF

Tints

Mixing #FFE8FB with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #FFEDFC, keeps 80% of the original. By #FFFAFE, the mixture is 80% white.

#FFE8FB #FFEDFC #FFF1FD #FFF6FD #FFFAFE #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #FFE8FB with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CCBAC9, keeps 80% of the original. By #332E32, the mixture is 80% black.

#FFE8FB #CCBAC9 #998B97 #665D64 #332E32 #000000

Tones

Mixing #FFE8FB with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E6D3E2, keeps 80% of the original. By #999599, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#FFE8FB #E6D3E2 #CCBECA #B3AAB1 #999599 #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

#FFE8FB

RGB

rgb(255 232 251)

HSL

hsl(310.435 100.000% 95.490%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #FFE8FB;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#FFE8FB uses 255 red, 232 green and 251 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 100.0%

Green 91.0%

Blue 98.4%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #FFE8FB is 0.0% cyan, 9.0% magenta, 1.6% yellow and 0.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 9.0%

Yellow 1.6%

Black 0.0%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #FFEEFF. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #FEF in CSS. For a modern design, keep #FFE8FB when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #FFFFFF, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #FFEEFF Nearest web-safe: #FFFFFF

Gradient to complement

#FFE8FB #FBECF9 #F7F0F6 #F4F4F4 #F0F7F1 #ECFBEF #E8FFEC

Color vision previews

Compare how #FFE8FB 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.

#E8EDFC

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.

#ECF0FA

Tritanopia

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

#FFE9EE

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.

#F0EBFB

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.

#F2EDFA

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#FFE9F6

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#EFEFEF

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.

#F7EBF5

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 0.80695 B 0.96469

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 0.98478 G 0.91299 B 0.97944

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.96573 G 0.81336 B 0.95387

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 0.311 Y 85.939

CMY

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

C % 0.000 M % 9.020 Y % 1.569

Binary RGB

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

11111111 11101000 11111011