Recognised as Colour

#FFBCEB

#FFBCEB
Magenta
Light
Nearest: Plum

#FFBCEB is a magenta with RGB values 255, 188, 235 and HSL 318°, 100%, 87%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#FFBCEB#FFBCEB

HEX#FFBCEB

RGBrgb(255, 188, 235)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.7373, 0.9216

RGB percentages100%, 73.7%, 92.2%

HSLhsl(317.9, 100%, 86.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(317.9, 26.3%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 26.3%, 7.8%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,760,043

CSS custom property--colour: #FFBCEB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63225WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness215.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.64:1

Contrast with white1.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.64:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CECECE

Inverted#004314

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#BDCAEDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#CDD4E9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.7 from the original

Tritanopia#FFBECCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.54:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 13.1 Pink · ΔE 18.6 Thistle · ΔE 19 Light pink · ΔE 19.3 Lavender · ΔE 29.1 Pale violetred · ΔE 30.6

Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 13.1, a distinctly different colour

Hue familymagenta

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#BCFFD0

Analogous#F2BCFF, #FFBCC9

Triadic#EBFFBC, #BCEBFF

Split complementary#C9FFBC, #BCFFF2

Tetradic#FFF2BC, #BCFFD0, #BCCAFF

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FFEFFA

Darker −10%#FF89DC

Darker −20%#FF56CD

Darker −30%#FF23BD

Darker −40%#EF00A8

More saturated +25%#FFBCEB

Less saturated −25%#F7C4E8

Channel breakdown

R255

G188

B235

Red255 (100%)

Green188 (73.7%)

Blue235 (92.2%)

Hue317.91°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness86.86%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G BC · B EB

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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