#FDEDFA

sRGB: 253 / 237 / 250

Cosmic tempests command forgotten kingdoms
Immortal legends illuminate forgotten empires
Celestial symphonies illuminate hidden worlds

#FDEDFA belongs to the magenta family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 253 red, 237 green and 250 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 311.3° lands in the magenta region. Its 80.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 96.1% 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 (18.67:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 253, 237, 250
HSL: 311.25°, 80.00%, 96.08%
HSV / HSB: 311.25°, 6.32%, 99.22%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 6.32%, 1.19%, 0.78%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 88.043, 88.354, 102.861
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 95.310, 7.624, -4.316
WCAG relative luminance: 0.88353
24-bit decimal: 16641530

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 #FDEDFA 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: 18.67:1

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

#EDFDF0 sits half a turn (180°) from #FDEDFA 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.

#FDEDFA #EDFDF0

Analogous

#F8EDFD and #FDEDF2 sit 30° to either side of #FDEDFA. 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.

#F8EDFD #FDEDFA #FDEDF2

Triadic

#FDEDFA, #FAFDED and #EDFAFD are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#FDEDFA #FAFDED #EDFAFD

Split complementary

Start at #FDEDFA and look across the wheel. #F2FDED and #EDFDF8 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#FDEDFA #F2FDED #EDFDF8

Square

Starting with #FDEDFA, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #FDF8ED, #EDFDF0, then #EDF2FD. Across the square, #FDEDFA pairs with #EDFDF0, and #FDF8ED with #EDF2FD.

#FDEDFA #FDF8ED #EDFDF0 #EDF2FD

Tetradic

#FDEDFA and #EDFDF0 are opposites, as are #FDF0ED and #EDFAFD. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#FDEDFA #FDF0ED #EDFDF0 #EDFAFD

Tints

Mixing #FDEDFA with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #FDF1FB, keeps 80% of the original. By #FFFBFE, the mixture is 80% white.

#FDEDFA #FDF1FB #FEF4FC #FEF8FD #FFFBFE #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #FDEDFA with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CABEC8, keeps 80% of the original. By #332F32, the mixture is 80% black.

#FDEDFA #CABEC8 #988E96 #655F64 #332F32 #000000

Tones

Mixing #FDEDFA with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E4D7E2, keeps 80% of the original. By #999698, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#FDEDFA #E4D7E2 #CBC1C9 #B2ACB1 #999698 #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

#FDEDFA

RGB

rgb(253 237 250)

HSL

hsl(311.250 80.000% 96.078%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#FDEDFA uses 253 red, 237 green and 250 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 99.2%

Green 92.9%

Blue 98.0%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #FDEDFA is 0.0% cyan, 6.3% magenta, 1.2% yellow and 0.8% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 6.3%

Yellow 1.2%

Black 0.8%

Nearby colors

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

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

Gradient to complement

#FDEDFA #FAF0F8 #F8F2F7 #F5F5F5 #F2F8F3 #F0FAF2 #EDFDF0

Color vision previews

Compare how #FDEDFA 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.

#EDF0FB

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.

#F0F2F9

Tritanopia

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

#FFEEF1

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.

#F3EFFA

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.

#F4F0FA

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#FDEEF7

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#F1F1F1

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.

#F7EFF6

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 0.84687 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 0.98140 G 0.93158 B 0.97702

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.95822 G 0.85137 B 0.94852

CIE xyY

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

x 0.315 y 0.316 Y 88.354

CMY

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

C % 0.784 M % 7.059 Y % 1.961

Binary RGB

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

11111101 11101101 11111010