#FBDFD6

sRGB: 251 / 223 / 214
Color name: Botticelli Angel

Cosmic tempests rise against oblivion
Electric visions transform the fabric of existence
Fierce revelations find forgotten pathways

The hex code for Botticelli Angel is #FBDFD6. It belongs to the red family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 251 red, 223 green and 214 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 14.6° lands in the red region. Its 82.2% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 91.2% 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 (16.63:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 251, 223, 214
HSL: 14.59°, 82.22%, 91.18%
HSV / HSB: 14.59°, 14.74%, 98.43%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 11.16%, 14.74%, 1.57%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 78.306, 78.141, 74.578
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 90.844, 8.196, 7.928
WCAG relative luminance: 0.78140
24-bit decimal: 16506838

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 #FBDFD6 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: 16.63:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.26:1

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

#D6F2FB sits half a turn (180°) from #FBDFD6 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.

#FBDFD6 #D6F2FB

Analogous

#FBD6E0 and #FBF2D6 sit 30° to either side of #FBDFD6. 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.

#FBD6E0 #FBDFD6 #FBF2D6

Triadic

#FBDFD6, #D6FBDF and #DFD6FB are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#FBDFD6 #D6FBDF #DFD6FB

Split complementary

Start at #FBDFD6 and look across the wheel. #D6FBF2 and #D6E0FB sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#FBDFD6 #D6FBF2 #D6E0FB

Square

Starting with #FBDFD6, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #E0FBD6, #D6F2FB, then #F2D6FB. Across the square, #FBDFD6 pairs with #D6F2FB, and #E0FBD6 with #F2D6FB.

#FBDFD6 #E0FBD6 #D6F2FB #F2D6FB

Tetradic

#FBDFD6 and #D6F2FB are opposites, as are #F2FBD6 and #DFD6FB. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#FBDFD6 #F2FBD6 #D6F2FB #DFD6FB

Tints

Mixing #FBDFD6 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #FCE5DE, keeps 80% of the original. By #FEF9F7, the mixture is 80% white.

#FBDFD6 #FCE5DE #FDECE6 #FDF2EF #FEF9F7 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #FBDFD6 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #C9B2AB, keeps 80% of the original. By #322D2B, the mixture is 80% black.

#FBDFD6 #C9B2AB #978680 #645956 #322D2B #000000

Tones

Mixing #FBDFD6 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E2CCC5, keeps 80% of the original. By #999391, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#FBDFD6 #E2CCC5 #CAB9B4 #B1A6A2 #999391 #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

#FBDFD6

RGB

rgb(251 223 214)

HSL

hsl(14.595 82.222% 91.176%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #FBDFD6;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#FBDFD6 uses 251 red, 223 green and 214 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 98.4%

Green 87.5%

Blue 83.9%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #FBDFD6 is 0.0% cyan, 11.2% magenta, 14.7% yellow and 1.6% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 11.2%

Yellow 14.7%

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 #FBDFD6 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

#FBDFD6 #F5E2DC #EFE5E2 #E9E9E9 #E2ECEF #DCEFF5 #D6F2FB

Color vision previews

Compare how #FBDFD6 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.

#E5E2D5

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.

#ECE7D6

Tritanopia

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

#FFDBDC

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.

#EDE1D6

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.

#F0E4D6

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#FCDED9

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#E5E5E5

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.

#F0E2DE

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 0.73791 B 0.67244

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 0.96602 G 0.87845 B 0.84459

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.92442 G 0.74544 B 0.68218

CIE xyY

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

x 0.339 y 0.338 Y 78.141

CMY

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

C % 1.569 M % 12.549 Y % 16.078

Binary RGB

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

11111011 11011111 11010110