#FBCED3

sRGB: 251 / 206 / 211

Cosmic tempests rise against oblivion
Majestic waterfalls transcend the boundaries of time
Fierce revelations linger beyond yesterday

#FBCED3 belongs to the red family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 251 red, 206 green and 211 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 353.3° lands in the red region. Its 84.9% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 89.6% 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 (14.87:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 251, 206, 211
HSL: 353.33°, 84.91%, 89.61%
HSV / HSB: 353.33°, 17.93%, 98.43%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 17.93%, 15.94%, 1.57%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 73.610, 69.356, 71.140
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 86.680, 16.580, 3.501
WCAG relative luminance: 0.69355
24-bit decimal: 16502483

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 #FBCED3 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: 14.87:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.41:1

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

#CEFBF6 sits half a turn (180°) from #FBCED3 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.

#FBCED3 #CEFBF6

Analogous

#FBCEE9 and #FBE0CE sit 30° to either side of #FBCED3. 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.

#FBCEE9 #FBCED3 #FBE0CE

Triadic

#FBCED3, #D3FBCE and #CED3FB are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#FBCED3 #D3FBCE #CED3FB

Split complementary

Start at #FBCED3 and look across the wheel. #CEFBE0 and #CEE9FB sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#FBCED3 #CEFBE0 #CEE9FB

Square

Starting with #FBCED3, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #E9FBCE, #CEFBF6, then #E0CEFB. Across the square, #FBCED3 pairs with #CEFBF6, and #E9FBCE with #E0CEFB.

#FBCED3 #E9FBCE #CEFBF6 #E0CEFB

Tetradic

#FBCED3 and #CEFBF6 are opposites, as are #FBF6CE and #CED3FB. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#FBCED3 #FBF6CE #CEFBF6 #CED3FB

Tints

Mixing #FBCED3 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #FCD8DC, keeps 80% of the original. By #FEF5F6, the mixture is 80% white.

#FBCED3 #FCD8DC #FDE2E5 #FDEBED #FEF5F6 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #FBCED3 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #C9A5A9, keeps 80% of the original. By #32292A, the mixture is 80% black.

#FBCED3 #C9A5A9 #977C7F #645254 #32292A #000000

Tones

Mixing #FBCED3 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E2BEC2, keeps 80% of the original. By #999091, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#FBCED3 #E2BEC2 #CAAFB2 #B19FA1 #999091 #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

#FBCED3

RGB

rgb(251 206 211)

HSL

hsl(353.333 84.906% 89.608%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #FBCED3;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#FBCED3 uses 251 red, 206 green and 211 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 98.4%

Green 80.8%

Blue 82.7%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #FBCED3 is 0.0% cyan, 17.9% magenta, 15.9% yellow and 1.6% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 17.9%

Yellow 15.9%

Black 1.6%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #FFCCCC. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #FCC in CSS. For a modern design, keep #FBCED3 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #FFCCCC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

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

Gradient to complement

#FBCED3 #F4D6D9 #ECDDDF #E5E5E5 #DDECEA #D6F4F0 #CEFBF6

Color vision previews

Compare how #FBCED3 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.

#D5D4D3

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.

#DFDCD2

Tritanopia

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

#FFCBD0

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.

#E3D3D3

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.

#E7D7D2

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#FCCED2

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#D9D9D9

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.

#EBD4D6

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 0.61721 B 0.65141

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 0.95609 G 0.81453 B 0.82907

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.90300 G 0.62874 B 0.65428

CIE xyY

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

x 0.344 y 0.324 Y 69.356

CMY

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

C % 1.569 M % 19.216 Y % 17.255

Binary RGB

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

11111011 11001110 11010011