#F2DBDE

sRGB: 242 / 219 / 222

Cosmic tempests drift beyond memory
Electric visions shimmer across boundless heavens
Fierce revelations transcend the limits of dreams

#F2DBDE belongs to the red family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 242 red, 219 green and 222 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 352.2° lands in the red region. Its 46.9% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 90.4% 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 (15.96:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 242, 219, 222
HSL: 352.17°, 46.94%, 90.39%
HSV / HSB: 352.17°, 9.50%, 94.90%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 9.50%, 8.26%, 5.10%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 75.131, 74.815, 79.593
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 89.306, 8.403, 1.411
WCAG relative luminance: 0.74814
24-bit decimal: 15915998

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 #F2DBDE 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: 15.96:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.32:1

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

#DBF2EF sits half a turn (180°) from #F2DBDE 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.

#F2DBDE #DBF2EF

Analogous

#F2DBEA and #F2E3DB sit 30° to either side of #F2DBDE. 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.

#F2DBEA #F2DBDE #F2E3DB

Triadic

#F2DBDE, #DEF2DB and #DBDEF2 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#F2DBDE #DEF2DB #DBDEF2

Split complementary

Start at #F2DBDE and look across the wheel. #DBF2E3 and #DBEAF2 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#F2DBDE #DBF2E3 #DBEAF2

Square

Starting with #F2DBDE, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #EAF2DB, #DBF2EF, then #E3DBF2. Across the square, #F2DBDE pairs with #DBF2EF, and #EAF2DB with #E3DBF2.

#F2DBDE #EAF2DB #DBF2EF #E3DBF2

Tetradic

#F2DBDE and #DBF2EF are opposites, as are #F2EFDB and #DBDEF2. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#F2DBDE #F2EFDB #DBF2EF #DBDEF2

Tints

Mixing #F2DBDE with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #F5E2E5, keeps 80% of the original. By #FCF8F8, the mixture is 80% white.

#F2DBDE #F5E2E5 #F7E9EB #FAF1F2 #FCF8F8 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #F2DBDE with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #C2AFB2, keeps 80% of the original. By #302C2C, the mixture is 80% black.

#F2DBDE #C2AFB2 #918385 #615859 #302C2C #000000

Tones

Mixing #F2DBDE with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #DBC9CB, keeps 80% of the original. By #979293, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#F2DBDE #DBC9CB #C4B7B8 #AEA4A6 #979293 #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

#F2DBDE

RGB

rgb(242 219 222)

HSL

hsl(352.174 46.939% 90.392%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #F2DBDE;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#F2DBDE uses 242 red, 219 green and 222 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 94.9%

Green 85.9%

Blue 87.1%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #F2DBDE is 0.0% cyan, 9.5% magenta, 8.3% yellow and 5.1% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 9.5%

Yellow 8.3%

Black 5.1%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #EEDDDD. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #EDD in CSS. For a modern design, keep #F2DBDE when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #FFCCCC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #EEDDDD Nearest web-safe: #FFCCCC

Gradient to complement

#F2DBDE #EEDFE1 #EAE3E4 #E7E7E7 #E3EAE9 #DFEEEC #DBF2EF

Color vision previews

Compare how #F2DBDE 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.

#DEDEDE

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.

#E3E2DE

Tritanopia

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

#F7DADC

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.

#E6DDDE

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.

#E8E0DE

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#F2DBDD

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#E0E0E0

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.

#E9DEDF

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 0.70838 B 0.73046

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 0.93384 G 0.86202 B 0.87116

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.85605 G 0.71434 B 0.73155

CIE xyY

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

x 0.327 y 0.326 Y 74.815

CMY

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

C % 5.098 M % 14.118 Y % 12.941

Binary RGB

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

11110010 11011011 11011110