#FCF1DF

sRGB: 252 / 241 / 223

Cosmic tempests pierce eternal darkness
Unbridled forces disappear beneath stillness
Fierce revelations echo beyond eternity

#FCF1DF belongs to the orange family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 252 red, 241 green and 223 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 37.2° lands in the orange region. Its 82.9% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 93.1% 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 (18.79:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 252, 241, 223
HSL: 37.24°, 82.86%, 93.14%
HSV / HSB: 37.24°, 11.51%, 98.82%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 4.37%, 11.51%, 1.18%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 84.916, 88.934, 82.507
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 95.553, 0.734, 10.009
WCAG relative luminance: 0.88934
24-bit decimal: 16576991

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 #FCF1DF 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: 18.79:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.12:1

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

#DFEAFC sits half a turn (180°) from #FCF1DF 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.

#FCF1DF #DFEAFC

Analogous

#FCE3DF and #F9FCDF sit 30° to either side of #FCF1DF. 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.

#FCE3DF #FCF1DF #F9FCDF

Triadic

#FCF1DF, #DFFCF1 and #F1DFFC are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#FCF1DF #DFFCF1 #F1DFFC

Split complementary

Start at #FCF1DF and look across the wheel. #DFF9FC and #E3DFFC sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#FCF1DF #DFF9FC #E3DFFC

Square

Starting with #FCF1DF, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #DFFCE3, #DFEAFC, then #FCDFF9. Across the square, #FCF1DF pairs with #DFEAFC, and #DFFCE3 with #FCDFF9.

#FCF1DF #DFFCE3 #DFEAFC #FCDFF9

Tetradic

#FCF1DF and #DFEAFC are opposites, as are #EAFCDF and #F1DFFC. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#FCF1DF #EAFCDF #DFEAFC #F1DFFC

Tints

Mixing #FCF1DF with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #FDF4E5, keeps 80% of the original. By #FEFCF9, the mixture is 80% white.

#FCF1DF #FDF4E5 #FDF7EC #FEF9F2 #FEFCF9 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #FCF1DF with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CAC1B2, keeps 80% of the original. By #32302D, the mixture is 80% black.

#FCF1DF #CAC1B2 #979186 #656059 #32302D #000000

Tones

Mixing #FCF1DF with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E3DACC, keeps 80% of the original. By #999793, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#FCF1DF #E3DACC #CAC4B9 #B2ADA6 #999793 #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

#FCF1DF

RGB

rgb(252 241 223)

HSL

hsl(37.241 82.857% 93.137%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #FCF1DF;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#FCF1DF uses 252 red, 241 green and 223 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 98.8%

Green 94.5%

Blue 87.5%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #FCF1DF is 0.0% cyan, 4.4% magenta, 11.5% yellow and 1.2% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 4.4%

Yellow 11.5%

Black 1.2%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #FFEEDD. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #FED in CSS. For a modern design, keep #FCF1DF when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #FFFFCC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #FFEEDD Nearest web-safe: #FFFFCC

Gradient to complement

#FCF1DF #F7F0E4 #F2EFE9 #EEEEEE #E9ECF2 #E4EBF7 #DFEAFC

Color vision previews

Compare how #FCF1DF 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.

#F6F1DE

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.

#F9F3DF

Tritanopia

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

#FFEEEC

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.

#F8F1DE

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.

#FAF2DF

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#FDF0E4

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#F2F2F2

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.

#F7F2E9

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 0.87962 B 0.73791

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 0.98076 G 0.94657 B 0.88196

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.95679 G 0.88274 B 0.75219

CIE xyY

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

x 0.331 y 0.347 Y 88.934

CMY

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

C % 1.176 M % 5.490 Y % 12.549

Binary RGB

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

11111100 11110001 11011111