#FBCAEE

sRGB: 251 / 202 / 238

Cosmic tempests rise against oblivion
Majestic waterfalls awaken beneath celestial skies
Infinite wonders transcend the limits of dreams

#FBCAEE belongs to the rose family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 251 red, 202 green and 238 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 315.9° lands in the rose region. Its 86.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 88.8% 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 (14.78:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 251, 202, 238
HSL: 315.92°, 85.96%, 88.82%
HSV / HSB: 315.92°, 19.52%, 98.43%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 19.52%, 5.18%, 1.57%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 76.333, 68.925, 90.174
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 86.467, 23.095, -11.138
WCAG relative luminance: 0.68923
24-bit decimal: 16501486

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 #FBCAEE 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: 14.78:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.42:1

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

#CAFBD7 sits half a turn (180°) from #FBCAEE 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.

#FBCAEE #CAFBD7

Analogous

#F0CAFB and #FBCAD5 sit 30° to either side of #FBCAEE. 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.

#F0CAFB #FBCAEE #FBCAD5

Triadic

#FBCAEE, #EEFBCA and #CAEEFB are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#FBCAEE #EEFBCA #CAEEFB

Split complementary

Start at #FBCAEE and look across the wheel. #D5FBCA and #CAFBF0 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#FBCAEE #D5FBCA #CAFBF0

Square

Starting with #FBCAEE, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #FBF0CA, #CAFBD7, then #CAD5FB. Across the square, #FBCAEE pairs with #CAFBD7, and #FBF0CA with #CAD5FB.

#FBCAEE #FBF0CA #CAFBD7 #CAD5FB

Tetradic

#FBCAEE and #CAFBD7 are opposites, as are #FBD7CA and #CAEEFB. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#FBCAEE #FBD7CA #CAFBD7 #CAEEFB

Tints

Mixing #FBCAEE with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #FCD5F1, keeps 80% of the original. By #FEF4FC, the mixture is 80% white.

#FBCAEE #FCD5F1 #FDDFF5 #FDEAF8 #FEF4FC #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #FBCAEE with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #C9A2BE, keeps 80% of the original. By #322830, the mixture is 80% black.

#FBCAEE #C9A2BE #97798F #64515F #322830 #000000

Tones

Mixing #FBCAEE with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E2BBD8, keeps 80% of the original. By #998F96, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#FBCAEE #E2BBD8 #CAACC2 #B19EAC #998F96 #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

#FBCAEE

RGB

rgb(251 202 238)

HSL

hsl(315.918 85.965% 88.824%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#FBCAEE uses 251 red, 202 green and 238 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 98.4%

Green 79.2%

Blue 93.3%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #FBCAEE is 0.0% cyan, 19.5% magenta, 5.2% yellow and 1.6% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 19.5%

Yellow 5.2%

Black 1.6%

Nearby colors

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

Nearest shorthand: #FFCCEE Nearest web-safe: #FFCCFF

Gradient to complement

#FBCAEE #F3D2EA #EBDAE6 #E3E3E3 #DAEBDF #D2F3DB #CAFBD7

Color vision previews

Compare how #FBCAEE 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.

#CAD4F0

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.

#D5DBEC

Tritanopia

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

#FFCBD6

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.

#DDD2EE

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.

#E1D5ED

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#FACCE6

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#D8D8D8

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.

#EBD1E4

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 0.59062 B 0.85499

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 0.95388 G 0.79953 B 0.92497

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.89828 G 0.60304 B 0.83773

CIE xyY

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

x 0.324 y 0.293 Y 68.925

CMY

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

C % 1.569 M % 20.784 Y % 6.667

Binary RGB

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

11111011 11001010 11101110