#F2CBAE

sRGB: 242 / 203 / 174

Cosmic tempests drift beyond memory
Majestic waterfalls shimmer across boundless heavens
Brilliant stars transcend the limits of dreams

#F2CBAE belongs to the orange family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 242 red, 203 green and 174 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 25.6° lands in the orange region. Its 72.3% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 81.6% 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 (13.93:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 242, 203, 174
HSL: 25.59°, 72.34%, 81.57%
HSV / HSB: 25.59°, 28.10%, 94.90%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 16.12%, 28.10%, 5.10%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 65.611, 64.646, 49.068
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 84.301, 9.562, 19.609
WCAG relative luminance: 0.64645
24-bit decimal: 15911854

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 #F2CBAE 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: 13.93:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.51:1

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

#AED5F2 sits half a turn (180°) from #F2CBAE 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.

#F2CBAE #AED5F2

Analogous

#F2AEB3 and #F2EDAE sit 30° to either side of #F2CBAE. 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.

#F2AEB3 #F2CBAE #F2EDAE

Triadic

#F2CBAE, #AEF2CB and #CBAEF2 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#F2CBAE #AEF2CB #CBAEF2

Split complementary

Start at #F2CBAE and look across the wheel. #AEF2ED and #AEB3F2 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#F2CBAE #AEF2ED #AEB3F2

Square

Starting with #F2CBAE, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #B3F2AE, #AED5F2, then #EDAEF2. Across the square, #F2CBAE pairs with #AED5F2, and #B3F2AE with #EDAEF2.

#F2CBAE #B3F2AE #AED5F2 #EDAEF2

Tetradic

#F2CBAE and #AED5F2 are opposites, as are #D5F2AE and #CBAEF2. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#F2CBAE #D5F2AE #AED5F2 #CBAEF2

Tints

Mixing #F2CBAE with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #F5D5BE, keeps 80% of the original. By #FCF5EF, the mixture is 80% white.

#F2CBAE #F5D5BE #F7E0CE #FAEADF #FCF5EF #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #F2CBAE with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #C2A28B, keeps 80% of the original. By #302923, the mixture is 80% black.

#F2CBAE #C2A28B #917A68 #615146 #302923 #000000

Tones

Mixing #F2CBAE with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #DBBCA5, keeps 80% of the original. By #978F89, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#F2CBAE #DBBCA5 #C4AD9C #AE9E92 #978F89 #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

#F2CBAE

RGB

rgb(242 203 174)

HSL

hsl(25.588 72.340% 81.569%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #F2CBAE;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#F2CBAE uses 242 red, 203 green and 174 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 94.9%

Green 79.6%

Blue 68.2%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #F2CBAE is 0.0% cyan, 16.1% magenta, 28.1% yellow and 5.1% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 16.1%

Yellow 28.1%

Black 5.1%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #EECCAA. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #ECA in CSS. For a modern design, keep #F2CBAE when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #FFCC99, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #EECCAA Nearest web-safe: #FFCC99

Gradient to complement

#F2CBAE #E7CDB9 #DBCEC5 #D0D0D0 #C5D2DB #B9D3E7 #AED5F2

Color vision previews

Compare how #F2CBAE 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.

#D7CDAC

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.

#E0D6AE

Tritanopia

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

#FEC3C3

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.

#E1CDAD

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.

#E5D2AE

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#F4C9B6

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#D2D2D2

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.

#E3CFC1

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 0.88792 G 0.59720 B 0.42327

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 0.92428 G 0.80178 B 0.69705

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.83631 G 0.60685 B 0.44380

CIE xyY

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

x 0.366 y 0.360 Y 64.646

CMY

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

C % 5.098 M % 20.392 Y % 31.765

Binary RGB

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

11110010 11001011 10101110