#F2DFCA

sRGB: 242 / 223 / 202

Cosmic tempests drift beyond memory
Electric visions transform the fabric of existence
Boundless spirits illuminate hidden worlds

#F2DFCA belongs to the orange family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 242 red, 223 green and 202 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 31.5° lands in the orange region. Its 60.6% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 87.1% 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 (16.18:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 242, 223, 202
HSL: 31.50°, 60.61%, 87.06%
HSV / HSB: 31.50°, 16.53%, 94.90%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 7.85%, 16.53%, 5.10%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 73.663, 75.918, 66.652
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 89.821, 3.153, 12.645
WCAG relative luminance: 0.75917
24-bit decimal: 15917002

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 #F2DFCA 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: 16.18:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.30:1

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

#CADDF2 sits half a turn (180°) from #F2DFCA 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.

#F2DFCA #CADDF2

Analogous

#F2CBCA and #F1F2CA sit 30° to either side of #F2DFCA. 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.

#F2CBCA #F2DFCA #F1F2CA

Triadic

#F2DFCA, #CAF2DF and #DFCAF2 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#F2DFCA #CAF2DF #DFCAF2

Split complementary

Start at #F2DFCA and look across the wheel. #CAF1F2 and #CBCAF2 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#F2DFCA #CAF1F2 #CBCAF2

Square

Starting with #F2DFCA, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #CAF2CB, #CADDF2, then #F2CAF1. Across the square, #F2DFCA pairs with #CADDF2, and #CAF2CB with #F2CAF1.

#F2DFCA #CAF2CB #CADDF2 #F2CAF1

Tetradic

#F2DFCA and #CADDF2 are opposites, as are #DDF2CA and #DFCAF2. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#F2DFCA #DDF2CA #CADDF2 #DFCAF2

Tints

Mixing #F2DFCA with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #F5E5D5, keeps 80% of the original. By #FCF9F4, the mixture is 80% white.

#F2DFCA #F5E5D5 #F7ECDF #FAF2EA #FCF9F4 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #F2DFCA with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #C2B2A2, keeps 80% of the original. By #302D28, the mixture is 80% black.

#F2DFCA #C2B2A2 #918679 #615951 #302D28 #000000

Tones

Mixing #F2DFCA with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #DBCCBB, keeps 80% of the original. By #97938F, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#F2DFCA #DBCCBB #C4B9AC #AEA69E #97938F #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

#F2DFCA

RGB

rgb(242 223 202)

HSL

hsl(31.500 60.606% 87.059%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #F2DFCA;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#F2DFCA uses 242 red, 223 green and 202 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 94.9%

Green 87.5%

Blue 79.2%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #F2DFCA is 0.0% cyan, 7.9% magenta, 16.5% yellow and 5.1% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 7.9%

Yellow 16.5%

Black 5.1%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #EEDDCC. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #EDC in CSS. For a modern design, keep #F2DFCA when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #FFCCCC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

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

Gradient to complement

#F2DFCA #EBDFD1 #E5DED7 #DEDEDE #D7DEE5 #D1DDEB #CADDF2

Color vision previews

Compare how #F2DFCA 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.

#E6DFC9

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.

#EAE4CA

Tritanopia

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

#FADAD9

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.

#EBE0C9

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.

#EDE2CA

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#F3DED0

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#E2E2E2

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.

#EAE0D6

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 0.73791 B 0.59062

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 0.93636 G 0.87712 B 0.80149

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.86129 G 0.74289 B 0.60636

CIE xyY

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

x 0.341 y 0.351 Y 75.918

CMY

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

C % 5.098 M % 12.549 Y % 20.784

Binary RGB

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

11110010 11011111 11001010