#CCFAEE

sRGB: 204 / 250 / 238

Celestial flames pierce eternal darkness
Unbridled forces awaken beneath celestial skies
Infinite wonders transcend the limits of dreams

#CCFAEE belongs to the green-cyan family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 204 red, 250 green and 238 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 164.3° lands in the green-cyan region. Its 82.1% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 89.0% 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 (18.48:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 204, 250, 238
HSL: 164.35°, 82.14%, 89.02%
HSV / HSB: 164.35°, 18.40%, 98.04%
CMYK (approx.): 18.40%, 0.00%, 4.80%, 1.96%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 74.516, 87.380, 93.832
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 94.899, -16.970, 0.895
WCAG relative luminance: 0.87382
24-bit decimal: 13433582

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 #CCFAEE 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: 18.48:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.14:1

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

#FACCD8 sits half a turn (180°) from #CCFAEE 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.

#CCFAEE #FACCD8

Analogous

#CCFAD7 and #CCEFFA sit 30° to either side of #CCFAEE. 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.

#CCFAD7 #CCFAEE #CCEFFA

Triadic

#CCFAEE, #EECCFA and #FAEECC are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#CCFAEE #EECCFA #FAEECC

Split complementary

Start at #CCFAEE and look across the wheel. #FACCEF and #FAD7CC sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#CCFAEE #FACCEF #FAD7CC

Square

Starting with #CCFAEE, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #D7CCFA, #FACCD8, then #EFFACC. Across the square, #CCFAEE pairs with #FACCD8, and #D7CCFA with #EFFACC.

#CCFAEE #D7CCFA #FACCD8 #EFFACC

Tetradic

#CCFAEE and #FACCD8 are opposites, as are #CCD8FA and #FAEECC. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#CCFAEE #CCD8FA #FACCD8 #FAEECC

Tints

Mixing #CCFAEE with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D6FBF1, keeps 80% of the original. By #F5FEFC, the mixture is 80% white.

#CCFAEE #D6FBF1 #E0FCF5 #EBFDF8 #F5FEFC #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #CCFAEE with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A3C8BE, keeps 80% of the original. By #293230, the mixture is 80% black.

#CCFAEE #A3C8BE #7A968F #52645F #293230 #000000

Tones

Mixing #CCFAEE with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BDE2D8, keeps 80% of the original. By #8F9896, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#CCFAEE #BDE2D8 #AEC9C2 #9EB1AC #8F9896 #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

#CCFAEE

RGB

rgb(204 250 238)

HSL

hsl(164.348 82.143% 89.020%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#CCFAEE uses 204 red, 250 green and 238 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 80.0%

Green 98.0%

Blue 93.3%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #CCFAEE is 18.4% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 4.8% yellow and 2.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 18.4%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 4.8%

Black 2.0%

Nearby colors

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

Nearest shorthand: #CCFFEE Nearest web-safe: #CCFFFF

Gradient to complement

#CCFAEE #D4F2EA #DBEBE7 #E3E3E3 #EBDBDF #F2D4DC #FACCD8

Color vision previews

Compare how #CCFAEE 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.

#F6F4EE

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.

#EDEEEF

Tritanopia

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

#C1FBF6

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.

#E8F5EE

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.

#E4F2EF

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#CCFAF1

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#F0F0F0

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.

#DFF5EF

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 0.60383 G 0.95597 B 0.85499

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 0.83583 G 0.97510 B 0.93479

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.66635 G 0.94428 B 0.85801

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.291 y 0.342 Y 87.380

CMY

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

C % 20.000 M % 1.961 Y % 6.667

Binary RGB

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

11001100 11111010 11101110