#FCBFCE

sRGB: 252 / 191 / 206

Cosmic tempests pierce eternal darkness
Restless constellations transform the fabric of existence
Boundless spirits transcend the limits of dreams

#FCBFCE belongs to the red family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 252 red, 191 green and 206 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 345.2° lands in the red region. Its 91.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 86.9% 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 (13.48:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 252, 191, 206
HSL: 345.25°, 91.04%, 86.86%
HSV / HSB: 345.25°, 24.21%, 98.82%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 24.21%, 18.25%, 1.18%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 69.913, 62.415, 66.759
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 83.134, 24.049, 1.024
WCAG relative luminance: 0.62413
24-bit decimal: 16564174

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 #FCBFCE 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: 13.48:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.56:1

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

#BFFCED sits half a turn (180°) from #FCBFCE 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.

#FCBFCE #BFFCED

Analogous

#FCBFEC and #FCCFBF sit 30° to either side of #FCBFCE. 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.

#FCBFEC #FCBFCE #FCCFBF

Triadic

#FCBFCE, #CEFCBF and #BFCEFC are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#FCBFCE #CEFCBF #BFCEFC

Split complementary

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

#FCBFCE #BFFCCF #BFECFC

Square

Starting with #FCBFCE, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #ECFCBF, #BFFCED, then #CFBFFC. Across the square, #FCBFCE pairs with #BFFCED, and #ECFCBF with #CFBFFC.

#FCBFCE #ECFCBF #BFFCED #CFBFFC

Tetradic

#FCBFCE and #BFFCED are opposites, as are #FCEDBF and #BFCEFC. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#FCBFCE #FCEDBF #BFFCED #BFCEFC

Tints

Mixing #FCBFCE with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #FDCCD8, keeps 80% of the original. By #FEF2F5, the mixture is 80% white.

#FCBFCE #FDCCD8 #FDD9E2 #FEE5EB #FEF2F5 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #FCBFCE with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CA99A5, keeps 80% of the original. By #322629, the mixture is 80% black.

#FCBFCE #CA99A5 #97737C #654C52 #322629 #000000

Tones

Mixing #FCBFCE with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E3B2BE, keeps 80% of the original. By #998D90, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#FCBFCE #E3B2BE #CAA6AF #B2999F #998D90 #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

#FCBFCE

RGB

rgb(252 191 206)

HSL

hsl(345.246 91.045% 86.863%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#FCBFCE uses 252 red, 191 green and 206 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 98.8%

Green 74.9%

Blue 80.8%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #FCBFCE is 0.0% cyan, 24.2% magenta, 18.3% yellow and 1.2% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 24.2%

Yellow 18.3%

Black 1.2%

Nearby colors

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

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

Gradient to complement

#FCBFCE #F2C9D3 #E8D3D8 #DEDEDE #D3E8E3 #C9F2E8 #BFFCED

Color vision previews

Compare how #FCBFCE 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.

#C7C9CE

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.

#D5D3CD

Tritanopia

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

#FFBBC4

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.

#DCC7CE

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.

#E1CCCD

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#FCBFCB

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#CFCFCF

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.

#E7C7CF

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 0.97345 G 0.52100 B 0.61721

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 0.95146 G 0.75860 B 0.80733

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.89312 G 0.53601 B 0.61633

CIE xyY

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

x 0.351 y 0.314 Y 62.415

CMY

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

C % 1.176 M % 25.098 Y % 19.216

Binary RGB

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

11111100 10111111 11001110