#FCDFD7

sRGB: 252 / 223 / 215

Cosmic tempests pierce eternal darkness
Electric visions transform the fabric of existence
Fierce revelations embrace the coming dawn

#FCDFD7 belongs to the red family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 252 red, 223 green and 215 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 13.0° lands in the red region. Its 86.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 91.6% 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 (16.68:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 252, 223, 215
HSL: 12.97°, 86.05%, 91.57%
HSV / HSB: 12.97°, 14.68%, 98.82%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 11.51%, 14.68%, 1.18%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 78.795, 78.378, 75.270
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 90.952, 8.705, 7.571
WCAG relative luminance: 0.78377
24-bit decimal: 16572375

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 #FCDFD7 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: 16.68:1

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

#D7F4FC sits half a turn (180°) from #FCDFD7 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.

#FCDFD7 #D7F4FC

Analogous

#FCD7E2 and #FCF2D7 sit 30° to either side of #FCDFD7. 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.

#FCD7E2 #FCDFD7 #FCF2D7

Triadic

#FCDFD7, #D7FCDF and #DFD7FC are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#FCDFD7 #D7FCDF #DFD7FC

Split complementary

Start at #FCDFD7 and look across the wheel. #D7FCF1 and #D7E2FC sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#FCDFD7 #D7FCF1 #D7E2FC

Square

Starting with #FCDFD7, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #E2FCD7, #D7F4FC, then #F1D7FC. Across the square, #FCDFD7 pairs with #D7F4FC, and #E2FCD7 with #F1D7FC.

#FCDFD7 #E2FCD7 #D7F4FC #F1D7FC

Tetradic

#FCDFD7 and #D7F4FC are opposites, as are #F4FCD7 and #DFD7FC. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#FCDFD7 #F4FCD7 #D7F4FC #DFD7FC

Tints

Mixing #FCDFD7 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #FDE5DF, keeps 80% of the original. By #FEF9F7, the mixture is 80% white.

#FCDFD7 #FDE5DF #FDECE7 #FEF2EF #FEF9F7 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #FCDFD7 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CAB2AC, keeps 80% of the original. By #322D2B, the mixture is 80% black.

#FCDFD7 #CAB2AC #978681 #655956 #322D2B #000000

Tones

Mixing #FCDFD7 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E3CCC6, keeps 80% of the original. By #999391, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#FCDFD7 #E3CCC6 #CAB9B4 #B2A6A3 #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

#FCDFD7

RGB

rgb(252 223 215)

HSL

hsl(12.973 86.047% 91.569%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #FCDFD7;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#FCDFD7 uses 252 red, 223 green and 215 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 98.8%

Green 87.5%

Blue 84.3%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #FCDFD7 is 0.0% cyan, 11.5% magenta, 14.7% yellow and 1.2% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 11.5%

Yellow 14.7%

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 #FCDFD7 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

#FCDFD7 #F6E3DD #F0E6E3 #EAEAEA #E3EDF0 #DDF1F6 #D7F4FC

Color vision previews

Compare how #FCDFD7 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.

#E5E2D6

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.

#ECE7D7

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.

#EEE1D7

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.

#F1E4D7

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#FDDED9

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.

#F1E2DE

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 0.73791 B 0.67954

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 0.96932 G 0.87860 B 0.84821

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.93163 G 0.74573 B 0.68879

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 0.337 Y 78.378

CMY

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

C % 1.176 M % 12.549 Y % 15.686

Binary RGB

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

11111100 11011111 11010111