#FE8564

sRGB · 254 / 133 / 100

#FE8564 belongs to the red family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 254 red, 133 green and 100 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 12.9° lands in the red region. Its 98.7% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 69.4% 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 (8.75:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 254, 133, 100
HSL: 12.86°, 98.72%, 69.41%
HSV / HSB: 12.86°, 60.63%, 99.61%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 47.64%, 60.63%, 0.39%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 51.559, 38.769, 16.825
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 68.584, 43.198, 38.518
WCAG relative luminance: 0.38766
24-bit decimal: 16680292

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 #FE8564 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 · 8.75:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text · 2.40:1

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. 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

#64DDFE sits half a turn (180°) from #FE8564 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.

#FE8564 #64DDFE

Analogous

#FE6490 and #FED264 sit 30° to either side of #FE8564. 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.

#FE6490 #FE8564 #FED264

Triadic

#FE8564, #64FE85 and #8564FE are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#FE8564 #64FE85 #8564FE

Split complementary

Start at #FE8564 and look across the wheel. #64FED2 and #6490FE sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#FE8564 #64FED2 #6490FE

Square

Starting with #FE8564, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #90FE64, #64DDFE, then #D264FE. Across the square, #FE8564 pairs with #64DDFE, and #90FE64 with #D264FE.

#FE8564 #90FE64 #64DDFE #D264FE

Tetradic

#FE8564 and #64DDFE are opposites, as are #DDFE64 and #8564FE. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#FE8564 #DDFE64 #64DDFE #8564FE

Tints

Mixing #FE8564 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #FE9D83, keeps 80% of the original. By #FFE7E0, the mixture is 80% white.

#FE8564 #FE9D83 #FEB6A2 #FFCEC1 #FFE7E0 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #FE8564 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CB6A50, keeps 80% of the original. By #331B14, the mixture is 80% black.

#FE8564 #CB6A50 #98503C #663528 #331B14 #000000

Tones

Mixing #FE8564 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E5846A, keeps 80% of the original. By #99817A, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#FE8564 #E5846A #CC836F #B28275 #99817A #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

#FE8564

RGB

rgb(254 133 100)

HSL

hsl(12.857 98.718% 69.412%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #FE8564;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#FE8564 uses 254 red, 133 green and 100 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 99.6%

Green 52.2%

Blue 39.2%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #FE8564 is 0.0% cyan, 47.6% magenta, 60.6% yellow and 0.4% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 47.6%

Yellow 60.6%

Black 0.4%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #FF8866. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #F86 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #FE8564 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #FF9966, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #FF8866 Nearest web-safe · #FF9966

Gradient to complement

#FE8564 #E4947E #CBA297 #B1B1B1 #97C0CB #7ECEE4 #64DDFE

Color vision previews

Compare how #FE8564 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.

#A49761

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.

#C2B162

Tritanopia

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

#FF6F7D

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.

#CB9461

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.

#D5A362

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#FF826F

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#A7A7A7

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.

#D8978B

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 0.99110 G 0.23455 B 0.12744

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 0.93420 G 0.54653 B 0.42351

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.85679 G 0.25966 B 0.14995

CIE xyY

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

x 0.481 y 0.362 Y 38.769

CMY

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

C % 0.392 M % 47.843 Y % 60.784

Binary RGB

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

11111110 10000101 01100100