#F2FDED

sRGB: 242 / 253 / 237

Cosmic tempests drift beyond memory
Unbridled forces illuminate forgotten empires
Infinite wonders shatter the chains of fate

#F2FDED belongs to the yellow-green family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 242 red, 253 green and 237 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 101.3° lands in the yellow-green region. Its 80.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 96.1% 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 (20.05:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 242, 253, 237
HSL: 101.25°, 80.00%, 96.08%
HSV / HSB: 101.25°, 6.32%, 99.22%
CMYK (approx.): 4.35%, 0.00%, 6.32%, 0.78%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 87.025, 95.242, 93.922
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 98.130, -6.420, 6.404
WCAG relative luminance: 0.95242
24-bit decimal: 15924717

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 #F2FDED 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: 20.05:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.05:1

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

#F8EDFD sits half a turn (180°) from #F2FDED 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.

#F2FDED #F8EDFD

Analogous

#FAFDED and #EDFDF0 sit 30° to either side of #F2FDED. 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.

#FAFDED #F2FDED #EDFDF0

Triadic

#F2FDED, #EDF2FD and #FDEDF2 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#F2FDED #EDF2FD #FDEDF2

Split complementary

Start at #F2FDED and look across the wheel. #F0EDFD and #FDEDFA sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#F2FDED #F0EDFD #FDEDFA

Square

Starting with #F2FDED, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #EDFAFD, #F8EDFD, then #FDF0ED. Across the square, #F2FDED pairs with #F8EDFD, and #EDFAFD with #FDF0ED.

#F2FDED #EDFAFD #F8EDFD #FDF0ED

Tetradic

#F2FDED and #F8EDFD are opposites, as are #EDFDF8 and #FDEDF2. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#F2FDED #EDFDF8 #F8EDFD #FDEDF2

Tints

Mixing #F2FDED with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #F5FDF1, keeps 80% of the original. By #FCFFFB, the mixture is 80% white.

#F2FDED #F5FDF1 #F7FEF4 #FAFEF8 #FCFFFB #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #F2FDED with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #C2CABE, keeps 80% of the original. By #30332F, the mixture is 80% black.

#F2FDED #C2CABE #91988E #61655F #30332F #000000

Tones

Mixing #F2FDED with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #DBE4D7, keeps 80% of the original. By #979996, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#F2FDED #DBE4D7 #C4CBC1 #AEB2AC #979996 #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

#F2FDED

RGB

rgb(242 253 237)

HSL

hsl(101.250 80.000% 96.078%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #F2FDED;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#F2FDED uses 242 red, 253 green and 237 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 94.9%

Green 99.2%

Blue 92.9%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #F2FDED is 4.3% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 6.3% yellow and 0.8% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 4.3%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 6.3%

Black 0.8%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #EEFFEE. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #EFE in CSS. For a modern design, keep #F2FDED when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #FFFFFF, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #EEFFEE Nearest web-safe: #FFFFFF

Gradient to complement

#F2FDED #F3FAF0 #F4F8F2 #F5F5F5 #F6F2F8 #F7F0FA #F8EDFD

Color vision previews

Compare how #F2FDED 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.

#FFFAEC

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.

#FDF9EE

Tritanopia

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

#F2FCF8

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.

#FAFBED

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.

#F9FAED

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#F3FCF1

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#FAFAFA

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.

#F6FBF3

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 0.98225 B 0.84687

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 0.95687 G 0.99076 B 0.93448

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.90467 G 0.97912 B 0.85738

CIE xyY

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

x 0.315 y 0.345 Y 95.242

CMY

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

C % 5.098 M % 0.784 Y % 7.059

Binary RGB

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

11110010 11111101 11101101