#FF99CC colour

#FF99CC is a light pink close to CSS plum. RGB 255, 153, 204, HSL 330, 100%, 80%. Black text passes AAA (10.68:1), white fails (1.97:1).

#FF99CC

Nearest CSS name: plum #dda0dd (not an exact match)
Described as: a light pink
Red, green, blue: 255, 153, 204
Web safe: Yes, one of the 216 web-safe colours
Luminance: 0.484 (WCAG relative luminance, 0 is black, 1 is white)

Colour codes

HEX	`#ff99cc`
HEX (short)	`#f9c`
RGB	`rgb(255, 153, 204)`
RGB (percent)	`rgb(100% 60% 80%)`
HSL	`hsl(330, 100%, 80%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(330, 40%, 100%)`
HWB	`hwb(330 60% 0%)`
CMYK (naive)	`cmyk(0%, 40%, 20%, 0%)`
CIELAB (D50)	`lab(75.29% 43.8 -9.09)`
OKLCH	`oklch(80.27% 0.1355 349.23)`
Decimal	`16751052`

CMYK here is the plain formula with no colour profile, so treat it as a starting point; a printer's profile gives the real ink values. CIELAB uses a D50 white point, as CSS lab() does. HSV is not a CSS function, so it is shown for design apps only.

Contrast with white and black text

White text, 1.97:1The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Black text, 10.68:1The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Text	Ratio	AA normal (4.5)	AA large (3)	AAA normal (7)	AAA large (4.5)
White	1.97:1	Fail	Fail	Fail	Fail
Black	10.68:1	Pass	Pass	Pass	Pass

Black text is the better choice on #FF99CC (10.68:1). Ratios use the WCAG 2.2 formula; large text means at least 24px, or 18.66px bold. Check another pair.

Tints and shades

Mixed with white, then with black, in ten even steps (straight sRGB mixing, as most design tools do).

9%#ffa2d1 18%#ffacd5 27%#ffb5da 36%#ffbedf 45%#ffc7e3 55%#ffd1e8 64%#ffdaec 73%#ffe3f1 82%#ffecf6 91%#fff6fa

9%#e88bb9 18%#d17da7 27%#b96f94 36%#a26182 45%#8b536f 55%#74465d 64%#5d384a 73%#462a38 82%#2e1c25 91%#170e13

Colour harmonies

Hue turned around the HSL colour wheel, saturation and lightness kept.

Complementary

The hue opposite on the colour wheel (180°).

#ff99cc #99ffcc

Analogous

Neighbours 30° either side.

#ff99ff #ff99cc #ff9999

Triadic

Three hues 120° apart.

#ff99cc #ccff99 #99ccff

Split complementary

The two hues either side of the complement (150° and 210°).

#ff99cc #99ff99 #99ffff

Tetradic (square)

Four hues 90° apart.

#ff99cc #ffff99 #99ffcc #9999ff

How it looks with colour blindness

Normal vision#ff99cc Protanopia#a3aece Deuteranopia#bcbfc9 Tritanopia#ff96ab Achromatopsia#b9b9b9

Simulated with the Machado, Oliveira and Fernandes (2009) matrices at full severity, applied in linear RGB; achromatopsia shows the colour's luminance as grey. Milder forms (protanomaly, deuteranomaly) are far more common and shift colours less. Never use colour as the only way to carry meaning.

CSS

Text colour	`color: #ff99cc;`
Background	`background-color: #ff99cc;`
Border	`border: 1px solid #ff99cc;`
Half transparent	`background-color: rgb(255 153 204 / 50%);`
Custom property	`--colour-main: #ff99cc;`
Gradient to a darker shade	`background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ff99cc, #995c7a);`
Gradient from a lighter tint	`background: linear-gradient(180deg, #ffc2e0, #ff99cc);`
Text on this colour	`background-color: #ff99cc; color: #000;`

Similar named colours

Distance is measured in OKLab, scaled by 100; under about 2 is hard to tell apart side by side.

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Colour names from CSS Color Module Level 4. Palette values from the Tailwind CSS v3 default palette (MIT licence) and the Material Design 2014 colour palette as published in Material Design Lite (Apache License 2.0). All other values are calculated from the hex code.