What color is #FF5C8D?

#FF5C8D is a light, vivid rose known as Stellar Strawberry. It belongs to the pink family of colors.

What is the RGB value of Stellar Strawberry?

The RGB value is 255, 92, 141: 255 red, 92 green and 141 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of Stellar Strawberry?

The complementary color is #5CFFCE, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #FF5C8D?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.17:1 and white text 2.93:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

Stellar Strawberry color: hex code #FF5C8D

#FF5C8D rgb(255, 92, 141)

Shades of pink

Stellar Strawberry has the hex code #FF5C8D. It is a light, vivid rose.

In the RGB color model it is made of 100% red, 36.1% green and 55.3% blue (255, 92, 141).

Its hue angle is 342°, with 100% saturation and 68% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 0% cyan, 64% magenta, 45% yellow and 0% black.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 7.17:1).

Stellar Strawberry (#FF5C8D) color codes

HEX	`#FF5C8D`
RGB	`rgb(255, 92, 141)`
RGB percent	`rgb(100%, 36.1%, 55.3%)`
HSL	`hsl(342, 100%, 68%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(342, 64%, 100%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 64%, 45%, 0%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(62.38, 65.48, 7.16)`
CIE LCH	`lch(62.38, 65.87, 6.24)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(49.879, 30.843, 28.521)`
Decimal	`16735373`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with Stellar Strawberry, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #FF5C8D	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	7.17:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.93:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#FF5C8D as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.93:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	7.17:1	Pass	Pass	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #FF5C8D looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #ff5c8d; }
.text { color: #ff5c8d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ff5c8d; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(255 92 141 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #ff5c8d, #ff7d5c); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Watermelon.

See #FF5C8D on its hex code page

Questions

What color is #FF5C8D?: #FF5C8D is a light, vivid rose known as Stellar Strawberry. It belongs to the pink family of colors.
What is the RGB value of Stellar Strawberry?: The RGB value is 255, 92, 141: 255 red, 92 green and 141 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of Stellar Strawberry?: The complementary color is #5CFFCE, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #FF5C8D?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.17:1 and white text 2.93:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.