#FCF2EC

sRGB: 252 / 242 / 236

Cosmic tempests pierce eternal darkness
Unbridled forces tremble in empty gardens
Infinite wonders awaken sleeping galaxies

#FCF2EC belongs to the orange family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 252 red, 242 green and 236 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 22.5° lands in the orange region. Its 72.7% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 95.7% 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 (19.05:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 252, 242, 236
HSL: 22.50°, 72.73%, 95.69%
HSV / HSB: 22.50°, 6.35%, 98.82%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 3.97%, 6.35%, 1.18%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 87.033, 90.256, 92.196
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 96.103, 2.334, 4.083
WCAG relative luminance: 0.90256
24-bit decimal: 16577260

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 #FCF2EC 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: 19.05:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.10:1

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

#ECF6FC sits half a turn (180°) from #FCF2EC 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.

#FCF2EC #ECF6FC

Analogous

#FCECEE and #FCFAEC sit 30° to either side of #FCF2EC. 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.

#FCECEE #FCF2EC #FCFAEC

Triadic

#FCF2EC, #ECFCF2 and #F2ECFC are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#FCF2EC #ECFCF2 #F2ECFC

Split complementary

Start at #FCF2EC and look across the wheel. #ECFCFA and #ECEEFC sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#FCF2EC #ECFCFA #ECEEFC

Square

Starting with #FCF2EC, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #EEFCEC, #ECF6FC, then #FAECFC. Across the square, #FCF2EC pairs with #ECF6FC, and #EEFCEC with #FAECFC.

#FCF2EC #EEFCEC #ECF6FC #FAECFC

Tetradic

#FCF2EC and #ECF6FC are opposites, as are #F6FCEC and #F2ECFC. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#FCF2EC #F6FCEC #ECF6FC #F2ECFC

Tints

Mixing #FCF2EC with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #FDF5F0, keeps 80% of the original. By #FEFCFB, the mixture is 80% white.

#FCF2EC #FDF5F0 #FDF7F4 #FEFAF7 #FEFCFB #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #FCF2EC with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CAC2BD, keeps 80% of the original. By #32302F, the mixture is 80% black.

#FCF2EC #CAC2BD #97918E #65615E #32302F #000000

Tones

Mixing #FCF2EC with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E3DBD6, keeps 80% of the original. By #999796, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#FCF2EC #E3DBD6 #CAC4C1 #B2AEAB #999796 #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

#FCF2EC

RGB

rgb(252 242 236)

HSL

hsl(22.500 72.727% 95.686%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #FCF2EC;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#FCF2EC uses 252 red, 242 green and 236 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 98.8%

Green 94.9%

Blue 92.5%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #FCF2EC is 0.0% cyan, 4.0% magenta, 6.3% yellow and 1.2% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 4.0%

Yellow 6.3%

Black 1.2%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #FFEEEE. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #FEE in CSS. For a modern design, keep #FCF2EC when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #FFFFFF, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #FFEEEE Nearest web-safe: #FFFFFF

Gradient to complement

#FCF2EC #F9F3EF #F7F3F1 #F4F4F4 #F1F5F7 #EFF5F9 #ECF6FC

Color vision previews

Compare how #FCF2EC 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.

#F5F3EC

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.

#F7F5EC

Tritanopia

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

#FFF0F0

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.

#F7F3EC

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.

#F8F4EC

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#FCF2EE

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#F4F4F4

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.

#F8F3F0

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 0.88792 B 0.83880

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 0.98142 G 0.95036 B 0.92834

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.95826 G 0.89076 B 0.84466

CIE xyY

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

x 0.323 y 0.335 Y 90.256

CMY

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

C % 1.176 M % 5.098 Y % 7.451

Binary RGB

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

11111100 11110010 11101100