#FDEEEE

sRGB: 253 / 238 / 238

Cosmic tempests command forgotten kingdoms
Immortal legends transcend the boundaries of time
Infinite wonders transcend the limits of dreams

#FDEEEE belongs to the red family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 253 red, 238 green and 238 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 0.0° lands in the red region. Its 78.9% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 96.3% 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 (18.64:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 253, 238, 238
HSL: 0.00°, 78.95%, 96.27%
HSV / HSB: 0.00°, 5.93%, 99.22%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 5.93%, 5.93%, 0.78%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 86.511, 88.205, 93.360
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 95.247, 5.049, 1.815
WCAG relative luminance: 0.88205
24-bit decimal: 16641774

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 #FDEEEE 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: 18.64:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.13:1

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

#EEFDFD sits half a turn (180°) from #FDEEEE 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.

#FDEEEE #EEFDFD

Analogous

#FDEEF6 and #FDF6EE sit 30° to either side of #FDEEEE. 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.

#FDEEF6 #FDEEEE #FDF6EE

Triadic

#FDEEEE, #EEFDEE and #EEEEFD are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#FDEEEE #EEFDEE #EEEEFD

Split complementary

Start at #FDEEEE and look across the wheel. #EEFDF6 and #EEF6FD sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#FDEEEE #EEFDF6 #EEF6FD

Square

Starting with #FDEEEE, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #F6FDEE, #EEFDFD, then #F6EEFD. Across the square, #FDEEEE pairs with #EEFDFD, and #F6FDEE with #F6EEFD.

#FDEEEE #F6FDEE #EEFDFD #F6EEFD

Tetradic

#FDEEEE and #EEFDFD are opposites, as are #FDFDEE and #EEEEFD. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#FDEEEE #FDFDEE #EEFDFD #EEEEFD

Tints

Mixing #FDEEEE with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #FDF1F1, keeps 80% of the original. By #FFFCFC, the mixture is 80% white.

#FDEEEE #FDF1F1 #FEF5F5 #FEF8F8 #FFFCFC #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #FDEEEE with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CABEBE, keeps 80% of the original. By #333030, the mixture is 80% black.

#FDEEEE #CABEBE #988F8F #655F5F #333030 #000000

Tones

Mixing #FDEEEE with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E4D8D8, keeps 80% of the original. By #999696, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#FDEEEE #E4D8D8 #CBC2C2 #B2ACAC #999696 #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

#FDEEEE

RGB

rgb(253 238 238)

HSL

hsl(0.000 78.947% 96.275%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#FDEEEE uses 253 red, 238 green and 238 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 99.2%

Green 93.3%

Blue 93.3%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #FDEEEE is 0.0% cyan, 5.9% magenta, 5.9% yellow and 0.8% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 5.9%

Yellow 5.9%

Black 0.8%

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 #FDEEEE 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

#FDEEEE #FBF1F1 #F8F3F3 #F6F6F6 #F3F8F8 #F1FBFB #EEFDFD

Color vision previews

Compare how #FDEEEE 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.

#F0F0EE

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.

#F4F2EE

Tritanopia

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

#FFEDEE

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.

#F5EFEE

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.

#F6F1EE

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#FDEEEE

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.

#F7F0F0

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 0.85499 B 0.85499

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 0.98205 G 0.93536 B 0.93438

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.95966 G 0.85922 B 0.85717

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 0.329 Y 88.205

CMY

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

C % 0.784 M % 6.667 Y % 6.667

Binary RGB

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

11111101 11101110 11101110