#FCFFDC

sRGB: 252 / 255 / 220

Cosmic tempests pierce eternal darkness
Unbridled forces transform the fabric of existence
Fierce revelations awaken sleeping galaxies

#FCFFDC belongs to the yellow family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 252 red, 255 green and 220 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 65.1° lands in the yellow region. Its 100.0% 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 (20.48:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 252, 255, 220
HSL: 65.14°, 100.00%, 93.14%
HSV / HSB: 65.14°, 13.73%, 100.00%
CMYK (approx.): 1.18%, 0.00%, 13.73%, 0.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 88.819, 97.383, 81.830
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 98.979, -6.765, 16.416
WCAG relative luminance: 0.97383
24-bit decimal: 16580572

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 #FCFFDC 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: 20.48:1

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

#DFDCFF sits half a turn (180°) from #FCFFDC 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.

#FCFFDC #DFDCFF

Analogous

#FFF1DC and #EBFFDC sit 30° to either side of #FCFFDC. 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.

#FFF1DC #FCFFDC #EBFFDC

Triadic

#FCFFDC, #DCFCFF and #FFDCFC are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#FCFFDC #DCFCFF #FFDCFC

Split complementary

Start at #FCFFDC and look across the wheel. #DCEBFF and #F1DCFF sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#FCFFDC #DCEBFF #F1DCFF

Square

Starting with #FCFFDC, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #DCFFF0, #DFDCFF, then #FFDCEB. Across the square, #FCFFDC pairs with #DFDCFF, and #DCFFF0 with #FFDCEB.

#FCFFDC #DCFFF0 #DFDCFF #FFDCEB

Tetradic

#FCFFDC and #DFDCFF are opposites, as are #DCFFDF and #FFDCFC. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#FCFFDC #DCFFDF #DFDCFF #FFDCFC

Tints

Mixing #FCFFDC with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #FDFFE3, keeps 80% of the original. By #FEFFF8, the mixture is 80% white.

#FCFFDC #FDFFE3 #FDFFEA #FEFFF1 #FEFFF8 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #FCFFDC with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CACCB0, keeps 80% of the original. By #32332C, the mixture is 80% black.

#FCFFDC #CACCB0 #979984 #656658 #32332C #000000

Tones

Mixing #FCFFDC with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E3E6CA, keeps 80% of the original. By #999992, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#FCFFDC #E3E6CA #CACCB7 #B2B3A5 #999992 #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

#FCFFDC

RGB

rgb(252 255 220)

HSL

hsl(65.143 100.000% 93.137%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#FCFFDC uses 252 red, 255 green and 220 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 98.8%

Green 100.0%

Blue 86.3%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #FCFFDC is 1.2% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 13.7% yellow and 0.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 1.2%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 13.7%

Black 0.0%

Nearby colors

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

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

Gradient to complement

#FCFFDC #F7F9E2 #F2F3E8 #EEEEEE #E9E8F3 #E4E2F9 #DFDCFF

Color vision previews

Compare how #FCFFDC 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.

#FFFBDA

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.

#FFFDDD

Tritanopia

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

#FFFAF5

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.

#FFFDDB

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.

#FFFDDD

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#FDFDE6

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#FCFCFC

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.

#FCFEED

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 1.00000 B 0.71569

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 0.99034 G 0.99961 B 0.87596

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.97816 G 0.99912 B 0.74068

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 0.363 Y 97.383

CMY

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

C % 1.176 M % 0.000 Y % 13.725

Binary RGB

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

11111100 11111111 11011100