#F6DFD1

sRGB: 246 / 223 / 209

Cosmic tempests emerge from slumber
Electric visions transform the fabric of existence
Fierce revelations surrender to silence

#F6DFD1 belongs to the orange family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 246 red, 223 green and 209 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 22.7° lands in the orange region. Its 67.3% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 89.2% 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 (16.39:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 246, 223, 209
HSL: 22.70°, 67.27%, 89.22%
HSV / HSB: 22.70°, 15.04%, 96.47%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 9.35%, 15.04%, 3.53%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 75.899, 76.972, 71.183
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 90.309, 5.651, 9.723
WCAG relative luminance: 0.76972
24-bit decimal: 16179153

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 #F6DFD1 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: 16.39:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.28:1

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

#D1E8F6 sits half a turn (180°) from #F6DFD1 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.

#F6DFD1 #D1E8F6

Analogous

#F6D1D6 and #F6F2D1 sit 30° to either side of #F6DFD1. 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.

#F6D1D6 #F6DFD1 #F6F2D1

Triadic

#F6DFD1, #D1F6DF and #DFD1F6 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#F6DFD1 #D1F6DF #DFD1F6

Split complementary

Start at #F6DFD1 and look across the wheel. #D1F6F2 and #D1D5F6 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#F6DFD1 #D1F6F2 #D1D5F6

Square

Starting with #F6DFD1, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #D5F6D1, #D1E8F6, then #F2D1F6. Across the square, #F6DFD1 pairs with #D1E8F6, and #D5F6D1 with #F2D1F6.

#F6DFD1 #D5F6D1 #D1E8F6 #F2D1F6

Tetradic

#F6DFD1 and #D1E8F6 are opposites, as are #E8F6D1 and #DFD1F6. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#F6DFD1 #E8F6D1 #D1E8F6 #DFD1F6

Tints

Mixing #F6DFD1 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #F8E5DA, keeps 80% of the original. By #FDF9F6, the mixture is 80% white.

#F6DFD1 #F8E5DA #FAECE3 #FBF2ED #FDF9F6 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #F6DFD1 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #C5B2A7, keeps 80% of the original. By #312D2A, the mixture is 80% black.

#F6DFD1 #C5B2A7 #94867D #625954 #312D2A #000000

Tones

Mixing #F6DFD1 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #DECCC1, keeps 80% of the original. By #989390, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#F6DFD1 #DECCC1 #C7B9B1 #AFA6A0 #989390 #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

#F6DFD1

RGB

rgb(246 223 209)

HSL

hsl(22.703 67.273% 89.216%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #F6DFD1;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#F6DFD1 uses 246 red, 223 green and 209 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 96.5%

Green 87.5%

Blue 82.0%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #F6DFD1 is 0.0% cyan, 9.3% magenta, 15.0% yellow and 3.5% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 9.3%

Yellow 15.0%

Black 3.5%

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 #F6DFD1 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

#F6DFD1 #F0E1D7 #EAE2DD #E4E4E4 #DDE5EA #D7E7F0 #D1E8F6

Color vision previews

Compare how #F6DFD1 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.

#E5E0D0

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.

#EBE5D1

Tritanopia

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

#FDDBDB

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.

#ECE0D0

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.

#EEE3D1

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#F7DED5

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#E3E3E3

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.

#EDE1DA

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 0.92158 G 0.73791 B 0.63760

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 0.94951 G 0.87770 B 0.82649

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.88897 G 0.74401 B 0.64971

CIE xyY

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

x 0.339 y 0.344 Y 76.972

CMY

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

C % 3.529 M % 12.549 Y % 18.039

Binary RGB

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

11110110 11011111 11010001