#FDDEDD

sRGB: 253 / 222 / 221

Cosmic tempests command forgotten kingdoms
Electric visions transcend the boundaries of time
Fierce revelations shatter the chains of fate

#FDDEDD belongs to the red family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 253 red, 222 green and 221 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 1.9° lands in the red region. Its 88.9% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 92.9% 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 (16.67:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 253, 222, 221
HSL: 1.88°, 88.89%, 92.94%
HSV / HSB: 1.88°, 12.65%, 99.22%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 12.25%, 12.65%, 0.78%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 79.677, 78.347, 79.334
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 90.938, 10.512, 4.420
WCAG relative luminance: 0.78346
24-bit decimal: 16637661

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 #FDDEDD 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: 16.67:1

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

#DDFCFD sits half a turn (180°) from #FDDEDD 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.

#FDDEDD #DDFCFD

Analogous

#FDDDEC and #FDEEDD sit 30° to either side of #FDDEDD. 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.

#FDDDEC #FDDEDD #FDEEDD

Triadic

#FDDEDD, #DDFDDE and #DEDDFD are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#FDDEDD #DDFDDE #DEDDFD

Split complementary

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

#FDDEDD #DDFDEE #DDECFD

Square

Starting with #FDDEDD, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #ECFDDD, #DDFCFD, then #EEDDFD. Across the square, #FDDEDD pairs with #DDFCFD, and #ECFDDD with #EEDDFD.

#FDDEDD #ECFDDD #DDFCFD #EEDDFD

Tetradic

#FDDEDD and #DDFCFD are opposites, as are #FCFDDD and #DEDDFD. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#FDDEDD #FCFDDD #DDFCFD #DEDDFD

Tints

Mixing #FDDEDD with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #FDE5E4, keeps 80% of the original. By #FFF8F8, the mixture is 80% white.

#FDDEDD #FDE5E4 #FEEBEB #FEF2F1 #FFF8F8 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #FDDEDD with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CAB2B1, keeps 80% of the original. By #332C2C, the mixture is 80% black.

#FDDEDD #CAB2B1 #988585 #655958 #332C2C #000000

Tones

Mixing #FDDEDD with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E4CBCA, keeps 80% of the original. By #999393, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#FDDEDD #E4CBCA #CBB8B8 #B2A6A5 #999393 #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

#FDDEDD

RGB

rgb(253 222 221)

HSL

hsl(1.875 88.889% 92.941%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#FDDEDD uses 253 red, 222 green and 221 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 99.2%

Green 87.1%

Blue 86.7%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #FDDEDD is 0.0% cyan, 12.3% magenta, 12.6% yellow and 0.8% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 12.3%

Yellow 12.6%

Black 0.8%

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 #FDDEDD 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

#FDDEDD #F8E3E2 #F2E8E8 #EDEDED #E8F2F2 #E2F7F8 #DDFCFD

Color vision previews

Compare how #FDDEDD 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.

#E3E2DD

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.

#EAE7DD

Tritanopia

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

#FFDBDE

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.

#EDE1DD

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.

#F0E4DD

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#FEDEDD

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.

#F1E2E1

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 0.98225 G 0.73046 B 0.72306

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 0.97203 G 0.87499 B 0.86930

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.93755 G 0.73882 B 0.72802

CIE xyY

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

x 0.336 y 0.330 Y 78.347

CMY

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

C % 0.784 M % 12.941 Y % 13.333

Binary RGB

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

11111101 11011110 11011101