Recognised as Colour

#F99FFD

#F99FFD
Magenta
Light
Nearest: Violet

#F99FFD is a magenta with RGB values 249, 159, 253 and HSL 297°, 96%, 81%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Violet.

Colour values

#F99FFD#F99FFD

HEX#F99FFD

RGBrgb(249, 159, 253)

RGB (0–1)0.9765, 0.6235, 0.9922

RGB percentages97.6%, 62.4%, 99.2%

HSLhsl(297.4, 95.9%, 80.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(297.4, 37.2%, 99.2%)

CMYK1.6%, 37.2%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,359,421

CSS custom property--colour: #F99FFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52028WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness201.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.41:1

Contrast with white1.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B9B9B9

Inverted#066002

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#97B8FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#AEC3FAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.6 from the original

Tritanopia#FEA8C3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.84:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Violet · ΔE 12.1 Orchid · ΔE 16.4 Plum · ΔE 19.2 Medium orchid · ΔE 29.9 Medium purple · ΔE 30.1 Hot pink · ΔE 30.3

Nearest named CSS colourViolet (#EE82EE)ΔE 12.15, a distinctly different colour

Hue familymagenta

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#A3FD9F

Analogous#CA9FFD, #FD9FD2

Triadic#FDF99F, #9FFDF9

Split complementary#D2FD9F, #9FFDCA

Tetradic#FDCA9F, #A3FD9F, #9FD2FD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FCD1FE

Darker −10%#F66DFC

Darker −20%#F33BFB

Darker −30%#F009FA

Darker −40%#C304CC

More saturated +25%#FB9DFF

Less saturated −25%#EEABF1

Channel breakdown

R249

G159

B253

Red249 (97.6%)

Green159 (62.4%)

Blue253 (99.2%)

Hue297.45°

Saturation (HSL)95.92%

Lightness80.78%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR F9 · G 9F · B FD

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