#FAC3BB

sRGB: 250 / 195 / 187

Cosmic tempests flourish beyond boundaries
Majestic waterfalls flicker through endless evenings
Eternal flames defy the passing ages

#FAC3BB belongs to the red family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 250 red, 195 green and 187 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 7.6° lands in the red region. Its 86.3% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 85.7% 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 (13.59:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 250, 195, 187
HSL: 7.62°, 86.30%, 85.69%
HSV / HSB: 7.62°, 25.20%, 98.04%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 22.00%, 25.20%, 1.96%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 67.906, 62.944, 55.588
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 83.413, 18.485, 11.566
WCAG relative luminance: 0.62942
24-bit decimal: 16434107

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 #FAC3BB 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: 13.59:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.55:1

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

#BBF2FA sits half a turn (180°) from #FAC3BB 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.

#FAC3BB #BBF2FA

Analogous

#FABBD3 and #FAE2BB sit 30° to either side of #FAC3BB. 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.

#FABBD3 #FAC3BB #FAE2BB

Triadic

#FAC3BB, #BBFAC3 and #C3BBFA are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#FAC3BB #BBFAC3 #C3BBFA

Split complementary

Start at #FAC3BB and look across the wheel. #BBFAE2 and #BBD3FA sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#FAC3BB #BBFAE2 #BBD3FA

Square

Starting with #FAC3BB, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #D3FABB, #BBF2FA, then #E2BBFA. Across the square, #FAC3BB pairs with #BBF2FA, and #D3FABB with #E2BBFA.

#FAC3BB #D3FABB #BBF2FA #E2BBFA

Tetradic

#FAC3BB and #BBF2FA are opposites, as are #F2FABB and #C3BBFA. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#FAC3BB #F2FABB #BBF2FA #C3BBFA

Tints

Mixing #FAC3BB with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #FBCFC9, keeps 80% of the original. By #FEF3F1, the mixture is 80% white.

#FAC3BB #FBCFC9 #FCDBD6 #FDE7E4 #FEF3F1 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #FAC3BB with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #C89C96, keeps 80% of the original. By #322725, the mixture is 80% black.

#FAC3BB #C89C96 #967570 #644E4B #322725 #000000

Tones

Mixing #FAC3BB with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E2B6AF, keeps 80% of the original. By #988D8C, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#FAC3BB #E2B6AF #C9A8A3 #B19B98 #988D8C #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

#FAC3BB

RGB

rgb(250 195 187)

HSL

hsl(7.619 86.301% 85.686%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #FAC3BB;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#FAC3BB uses 250 red, 195 green and 187 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 98.0%

Green 76.5%

Blue 73.3%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #FAC3BB is 0.0% cyan, 22.0% magenta, 25.2% yellow and 2.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 22.0%

Yellow 25.2%

Black 2.0%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #FFBBBB. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #FBB in CSS. For a modern design, keep #FAC3BB when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #FFCCCC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

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

Gradient to complement

#FAC3BB #F0CBC6 #E5D3D0 #DBDBDB #D0E2E5 #C6EAF0 #BBF2FA

Color vision previews

Compare how #FAC3BB 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.

#CECABA

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.

#DBD4BA

Tritanopia

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

#FFBDC1

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.

#DFC8BA

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.

#E4CEBA

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#FBC2BE

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#D0D0D0

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.

#E6CAC6

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 0.95597 G 0.54572 B 0.49693

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 0.94676 G 0.77317 B 0.74080

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.88314 G 0.55934 B 0.50831

CIE xyY

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

x 0.364 y 0.338 Y 62.944

CMY

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

C % 1.961 M % 23.529 Y % 26.667

Binary RGB

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

11111010 11000011 10111011