#FEDCEE

sRGB: 254 / 220 / 238

Cosmic tempests fracture ancient heavens
Electric visions thunder through timeless canyons
Infinite wonders transcend the limits of dreams

#FEDCEE belongs to the rose family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 254 red, 220 green and 238 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 328.2° lands in the rose region. Its 94.4% 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 (16.69:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 254, 220, 238
HSL: 328.24°, 94.44%, 92.94%
HSV / HSB: 328.24°, 13.39%, 99.61%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 13.39%, 6.30%, 0.39%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 81.895, 78.431, 91.716
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 90.976, 14.682, -4.428
WCAG relative luminance: 0.78430
24-bit decimal: 16702702

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 #FEDCEE 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: 16.69:1

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

#DCFEEC sits half a turn (180°) from #FEDCEE 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.

#FEDCEE #DCFEEC

Analogous

#FDDCFE and #FEDCDD sit 30° to either side of #FEDCEE. 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.

#FDDCFE #FEDCEE #FEDCDD

Triadic

#FEDCEE, #EEFEDC and #DCEEFE are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#FEDCEE #EEFEDC #DCEEFE

Split complementary

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

#FEDCEE #DDFEDC #DCFEFD

Square

Starting with #FEDCEE, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #FEFDDC, #DCFEEC, then #DCDDFE. Across the square, #FEDCEE pairs with #DCFEEC, and #FEFDDC with #DCDDFE.

#FEDCEE #FEFDDC #DCFEEC #DCDDFE

Tetradic

#FEDCEE and #DCFEEC are opposites, as are #FEECDC and #DCEEFE. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#FEDCEE #FEECDC #DCFEEC #DCEEFE

Tints

Mixing #FEDCEE with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #FEE3F1, keeps 80% of the original. By #FFF8FC, the mixture is 80% white.

#FEDCEE #FEE3F1 #FEEAF5 #FFF1F8 #FFF8FC #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #FEDCEE with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CBB0BE, keeps 80% of the original. By #332C30, the mixture is 80% black.

#FEDCEE #CBB0BE #98848F #66585F #332C30 #000000

Tones

Mixing #FEDCEE with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E5CAD8, keeps 80% of the original. By #999296, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#FEDCEE #E5CAD8 #CCB7C2 #B2A5AC #999296 #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

#FEDCEE

RGB

rgb(254 220 238)

HSL

hsl(328.235 94.444% 92.941%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#FEDCEE uses 254 red, 220 green and 238 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 99.6%

Green 86.3%

Blue 93.3%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #FEDCEE is 0.0% cyan, 13.4% magenta, 6.3% yellow and 0.4% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 13.4%

Yellow 6.3%

Black 0.4%

Nearby colors

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

Nearest shorthand: #FFDDEE Nearest web-safe: #FFCCFF

Gradient to complement

#FEDCEE #F8E2EE #F3E7ED #EDEDED #E7F3ED #E2F8EC #DCFEEC

Color vision previews

Compare how #FEDCEE 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.

#DEE2EF

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.

#E5E7ED

Tritanopia

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

#FFDCE2

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.

#EAE1EE

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.

#EDE3ED

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#FEDDEA

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.

#F2E1EA

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 0.99110 G 0.71569 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 0.97415 G 0.86761 B 0.92959

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.94221 G 0.72484 B 0.84723

CIE xyY

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

x 0.325 y 0.311 Y 78.431

CMY

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

C % 0.392 M % 13.725 Y % 6.667

Binary RGB

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

11111110 11011100 11101110