#FBABA3

sRGB: 251 / 171 / 163

Cosmic tempests rise against oblivion
Sacred blossoms shimmer across boundless heavens
Brilliant stars linger beyond yesterday

#FBABA3 belongs to the red family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 251 red, 171 green and 163 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 5.5° lands in the red region. Its 91.7% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 81.2% 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 (11.46:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 251, 171, 163
HSL: 5.45°, 91.67%, 81.18%
HSV / HSB: 5.45°, 35.06%, 98.43%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 31.87%, 35.06%, 1.57%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 60.955, 52.282, 41.532
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 77.449, 28.387, 16.083
WCAG relative luminance: 0.52279
24-bit decimal: 16493475

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 #FBABA3 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: 11.46:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.83:1

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

#A3F3FB sits half a turn (180°) from #FBABA3 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.

#FBABA3 #A3F3FB

Analogous

#FBA3C7 and #FBD7A3 sit 30° to either side of #FBABA3. 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.

#FBA3C7 #FBABA3 #FBD7A3

Triadic

#FBABA3, #A3FBAB and #ABA3FB are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#FBABA3 #A3FBAB #ABA3FB

Split complementary

Start at #FBABA3 and look across the wheel. #A3FBD7 and #A3C7FB sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#FBABA3 #A3FBD7 #A3C7FB

Square

Starting with #FBABA3, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #C7FBA3, #A3F3FB, then #D7A3FB. Across the square, #FBABA3 pairs with #A3F3FB, and #C7FBA3 with #D7A3FB.

#FBABA3 #C7FBA3 #A3F3FB #D7A3FB

Tetradic

#FBABA3 and #A3F3FB are opposites, as are #F3FBA3 and #ABA3FB. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#FBABA3 #F3FBA3 #A3F3FB #ABA3FB

Tints

Mixing #FBABA3 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #FCBCB5, keeps 80% of the original. By #FEEEED, the mixture is 80% white.

#FBABA3 #FCBCB5 #FDCDC8 #FDDDDA #FEEEED #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #FBABA3 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #C98982, keeps 80% of the original. By #322221, the mixture is 80% black.

#FBABA3 #C98982 #976762 #644441 #322221 #000000

Tones

Mixing #FBABA3 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E2A29C, keeps 80% of the original. By #998987, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#FBABA3 #E2A29C #CA9A95 #B1918E #998987 #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

#FBABA3

RGB

rgb(251 171 163)

HSL

hsl(5.455 91.667% 81.176%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #FBABA3;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#FBABA3 uses 251 red, 171 green and 163 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 98.4%

Green 67.1%

Blue 63.9%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #FBABA3 is 0.0% cyan, 31.9% magenta, 35.1% yellow and 1.6% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 31.9%

Yellow 35.1%

Black 1.6%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #FFAAAA. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #FAA in CSS. For a modern design, keep #FBABA3 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #FF9999, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #FFAAAA Nearest web-safe: #FF9999

Gradient to complement

#FBABA3 #ECB7B2 #DEC3C0 #CFCFCF #C0DBDE #B2E7EC #A3F3FB

Color vision previews

Compare how #FBABA3 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.

#BCB6A2

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.

#CFC5A2

Tritanopia

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

#FFA1A9

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.

#D5B4A2

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.

#DCBDA2

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#FCAAA6

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#BFBFBF

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.

#E0B6B2

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 0.96469 G 0.40724 B 0.36625

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 0.93848 G 0.68415 B 0.64953

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.86572 G 0.42574 B 0.37944

CIE xyY

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

x 0.394 y 0.338 Y 52.282

CMY

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

C % 1.569 M % 32.941 Y % 36.078

Binary RGB

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

11111011 10101011 10100011