#FCDEDB

sRGB: 252 / 222 / 219

Cosmic tempests pierce eternal darkness
Electric visions transcend the boundaries of time
Fierce revelations defy the passing ages

#FCDEDB belongs to the red family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 252 red, 222 green and 219 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 5.5° lands in the red region. Its 84.6% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 92.4% 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 (16.61:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 252, 222, 219
HSL: 5.45°, 84.62%, 92.35%
HSV / HSB: 5.45°, 13.10%, 98.82%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 11.90%, 13.10%, 1.18%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 79.049, 78.053, 77.922
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 90.804, 9.846, 5.264
WCAG relative luminance: 0.78052
24-bit decimal: 16572123

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 #FCDEDB 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: 16.61:1

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

#DBF9FC sits half a turn (180°) from #FCDEDB 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.

#FCDEDB #DBF9FC

Analogous

#FCDBE8 and #FCEFDB sit 30° to either side of #FCDEDB. 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.

#FCDBE8 #FCDEDB #FCEFDB

Triadic

#FCDEDB, #DBFCDE and #DEDBFC are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#FCDEDB #DBFCDE #DEDBFC

Split complementary

Start at #FCDEDB and look across the wheel. #DBFCEF and #DBE8FC sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#FCDEDB #DBFCEF #DBE8FC

Square

Starting with #FCDEDB, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #E8FCDB, #DBF9FC, then #EFDBFC. Across the square, #FCDEDB pairs with #DBF9FC, and #E8FCDB with #EFDBFC.

#FCDEDB #E8FCDB #DBF9FC #EFDBFC

Tetradic

#FCDEDB and #DBF9FC are opposites, as are #F9FCDB and #DEDBFC. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#FCDEDB #F9FCDB #DBF9FC #DEDBFC

Tints

Mixing #FCDEDB with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #FDE5E2, keeps 80% of the original. By #FEF8F8, the mixture is 80% white.

#FCDEDB #FDE5E2 #FDEBE9 #FEF2F1 #FEF8F8 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #FCDEDB with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CAB2AF, keeps 80% of the original. By #322C2C, the mixture is 80% black.

#FCDEDB #CAB2AF #978583 #655958 #322C2C #000000

Tones

Mixing #FCDEDB with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E3CBC9, keeps 80% of the original. By #999392, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#FCDEDB #E3CBC9 #CAB8B7 #B2A6A4 #999392 #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

#FCDEDB

RGB

rgb(252 222 219)

HSL

hsl(5.455 84.615% 92.353%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#FCDEDB uses 252 red, 222 green and 219 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 98.8%

Green 87.1%

Blue 85.9%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #FCDEDB is 0.0% cyan, 11.9% magenta, 13.1% yellow and 1.2% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 11.9%

Yellow 13.1%

Black 1.2%

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 #FCDEDB 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

#FCDEDB #F7E3E1 #F1E7E6 #ECECEC #E6F0F1 #E1F5F7 #DBF9FC

Color vision previews

Compare how #FCDEDB 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.

#E4E1DB

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.

#EAE7DB

Tritanopia

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

#FFDBDD

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.

#EDE1DB

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.

#EFE4DB

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#FDDEDC

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.

#F1E1E0

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 0.73046 B 0.70838

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 0.96872 G 0.87483 B 0.86211

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.93031 G 0.73853 B 0.71450

CIE xyY

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

x 0.336 y 0.332 Y 78.053

CMY

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

C % 1.176 M % 12.941 Y % 14.118

Binary RGB

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

11111100 11011110 11011011