#FBDBDE

sRGB: 251 / 219 / 222

Cosmic tempests rise against oblivion
Electric visions shimmer across boundless heavens
Fierce revelations transcend the limits of dreams

#FBDBDE belongs to the red family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 251 red, 219 green and 222 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 354.4° lands in the red region. Its 80.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 92.2% 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 (16.29:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 251, 219, 222
HSL: 354.37°, 80.00%, 92.16%
HSV / HSB: 354.37°, 12.75%, 98.43%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 12.75%, 11.55%, 1.57%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 78.297, 76.447, 79.741
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 90.067, 11.530, 2.610
WCAG relative luminance: 0.76446
24-bit decimal: 16505822

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 #FBDBDE 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: 16.29:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.29:1

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

#DBFBF8 sits half a turn (180°) from #FBDBDE 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.

#FBDBDE #DBFBF8

Analogous

#FBDBEE and #FBE8DB sit 30° to either side of #FBDBDE. 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.

#FBDBEE #FBDBDE #FBE8DB

Triadic

#FBDBDE, #DEFBDB and #DBDEFB are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#FBDBDE #DEFBDB #DBDEFB

Split complementary

Start at #FBDBDE and look across the wheel. #DBFBE8 and #DBEEFB sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#FBDBDE #DBFBE8 #DBEEFB

Square

Starting with #FBDBDE, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #EEFBDB, #DBFBF8, then #E8DBFB. Across the square, #FBDBDE pairs with #DBFBF8, and #EEFBDB with #E8DBFB.

#FBDBDE #EEFBDB #DBFBF8 #E8DBFB

Tetradic

#FBDBDE and #DBFBF8 are opposites, as are #FBF8DB and #DBDEFB. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#FBDBDE #FBF8DB #DBFBF8 #DBDEFB

Tints

Mixing #FBDBDE with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #FCE2E5, keeps 80% of the original. By #FEF8F8, the mixture is 80% white.

#FBDBDE #FCE2E5 #FDE9EB #FDF1F2 #FEF8F8 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #FBDBDE with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #C9AFB2, keeps 80% of the original. By #322C2C, the mixture is 80% black.

#FBDBDE #C9AFB2 #978385 #645859 #322C2C #000000

Tones

Mixing #FBDBDE with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E2C9CB, keeps 80% of the original. By #999293, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#FBDBDE #E2C9CB #CAB7B8 #B1A4A6 #999293 #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

#FBDBDE

RGB

rgb(251 219 222)

HSL

hsl(354.375 80.000% 92.157%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#FBDBDE uses 251 red, 219 green and 222 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 98.4%

Green 85.9%

Blue 87.1%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #FBDBDE is 0.0% cyan, 12.7% magenta, 11.6% yellow and 1.6% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 12.7%

Yellow 11.6%

Black 1.6%

Nearby colors

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

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

Gradient to complement

#FBDBDE #F6E0E2 #F0E6E7 #EBEBEB #E6F0EF #E0F6F4 #DBFBF8

Color vision previews

Compare how #FBDBDE 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.

#E0DFDE

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.

#E7E5DD

Tritanopia

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

#FFD9DC

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.

#EADEDE

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.

#EDE1DE

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#FBDBDD

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.

#EFDFE0

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 0.70838 B 0.73046

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 0.96360 G 0.86338 B 0.87186

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.91918 G 0.71688 B 0.73286

CIE xyY

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

x 0.334 y 0.326 Y 76.447

CMY

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

C % 1.569 M % 14.118 Y % 12.941

Binary RGB

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

11111011 11011011 11011110