#FCFBFA

sRGB: 252 / 251 / 250

Cosmic tempests pierce eternal darkness
Unbridled forces shimmer across boundless heavens
Celestial symphonies illuminate hidden worlds

#FCFBFA belongs to the orange family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 252 red, 251 green and 250 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 30.0° lands in the orange region. Its 25.0% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 98.4% 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 (20.32:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 252, 251, 250
HSL: 30.00°, 25.00%, 98.43%
HSV / HSB: 30.00°, 0.79%, 98.82%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 0.40%, 0.79%, 1.18%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 91.893, 96.592, 104.249
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 98.667, 0.156, 0.594
WCAG relative luminance: 0.96592
24-bit decimal: 16579578

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 #FCFBFA 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: 20.32:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.03:1

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

#FAFBFC sits half a turn (180°) from #FCFBFA 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.

#FCFBFA #FAFBFC

Analogous

#FCFAFA and #FCFCFA sit 30° to either side of #FCFBFA. 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.

#FCFAFA #FCFBFA #FCFCFA

Triadic

#FCFBFA, #FAFCFB and #FBFAFC are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#FCFBFA #FAFCFB #FBFAFC

Split complementary

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

#FCFBFA #FAFCFC #FAFAFC

Square

Starting with #FCFBFA, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #FAFCFA, #FAFBFC, then #FCFAFC. Across the square, #FCFBFA pairs with #FAFBFC, and #FAFCFA with #FCFAFC.

#FCFBFA #FAFCFA #FAFBFC #FCFAFC

Tetradic

#FCFBFA and #FAFBFC are opposites, as are #FBFCFA and #FBFAFC. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#FCFBFA #FBFCFA #FAFBFC #FBFAFC

Tints

Mixing #FCFBFA with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #FDFCFB, keeps 80% of the original. By #FEFEFE, the mixture is 80% white.

#FCFBFA #FDFCFB #FDFDFC #FEFDFD #FEFEFE #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #FCFBFA with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CAC9C8, keeps 80% of the original. By #323232, the mixture is 80% black.

#FCFBFA #CAC9C8 #979796 #656464 #323232 #000000

Tones

Mixing #FCFBFA with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E3E2E2, keeps 80% of the original. By #999998, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#FCFBFA #E3E2E2 #CACAC9 #B2B1B1 #999998 #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

#FCFBFA

RGB

rgb(252 251 250)

HSL

hsl(30.000 25.000% 98.431%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#FCFBFA uses 252 red, 251 green and 250 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 98.8%

Green 98.4%

Blue 98.0%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #FCFBFA is 0.0% cyan, 0.4% magenta, 0.8% yellow and 1.2% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 0.4%

Yellow 0.8%

Black 1.2%

Nearby colors

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

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

Gradient to complement

#FCFBFA #FCFBFA #FBFBFB #FBFBFB #FBFBFB #FAFBFC #FAFBFC

Color vision previews

Compare how #FCFBFA 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.

#FBFBFA

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.

#FCFBFA

Tritanopia

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

#FCFBFB

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.

#FCFBFA

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.

#FCFBFA

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#FCFBFA

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#FBFBFB

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.

#FCFBFB

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 0.96469 B 0.95597

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 0.98754 G 0.98444 B 0.98081

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.97189 G 0.96498 B 0.95690

CIE xyY

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

x 0.314 y 0.330 Y 96.592

CMY

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

C % 1.176 M % 1.569 Y % 1.961

Binary RGB

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

11111100 11111011 11111010