#FFAED8

sRGB: 255 / 174 / 216

Cosmic tempests reshape eternity
Sacred blossoms transcend the boundaries of time
Fierce revelations carry promises of spring

#FFAED8 belongs to the rose family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 255 red, 174 green and 216 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 328.9° lands in the rose region. Its 100.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 84.1% 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 (12.30:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 255, 174, 216
HSL: 328.89°, 100.00%, 84.12%
HSV / HSB: 328.89°, 31.76%, 100.00%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 31.76%, 15.29%, 0.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 68.768, 56.492, 72.250
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 79.893, 35.539, -9.099
WCAG relative luminance: 0.56490
24-bit decimal: 16756440

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 #FFAED8 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: 12.30:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.71:1

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

#AEFFD5 sits half a turn (180°) from #FFAED8 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.

#FFAED8 #AEFFD5

Analogous

#FEAEFF and #FFAEAF sit 30° to either side of #FFAED8. 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.

#FEAEFF #FFAED8 #FFAEAF

Triadic

#FFAED8, #D8FFAE and #AED8FF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#FFAED8 #D8FFAE #AED8FF

Split complementary

Start at #FFAED8 and look across the wheel. #AFFFAE and #AEFFFE sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#FFAED8 #AFFFAE #AEFFFE

Square

Starting with #FFAED8, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #FFFEAE, #AEFFD5, then #AEAFFF. Across the square, #FFAED8 pairs with #AEFFD5, and #FFFEAE with #AEAFFF.

#FFAED8 #FFFEAE #AEFFD5 #AEAFFF

Tetradic

#FFAED8 and #AEFFD5 are opposites, as are #FFD5AE and #AED8FF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#FFAED8 #FFD5AE #AEFFD5 #AED8FF

Tints

Mixing #FFAED8 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #FFBEE0, keeps 80% of the original. By #FFEFF7, the mixture is 80% white.

#FFAED8 #FFBEE0 #FFCEE8 #FFDFEF #FFEFF7 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #FFAED8 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CC8BAD, keeps 80% of the original. By #33232B, the mixture is 80% black.

#FFAED8 #CC8BAD #996882 #664656 #33232B #000000

Tones

Mixing #FFAED8 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E6A5C6, keeps 80% of the original. By #998992, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#FFAED8 #E6A5C6 #CC9CB5 #B392A3 #998992 #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

#FFAED8

RGB

rgb(255 174 216)

HSL

hsl(328.889 100.000% 84.118%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #FFAED8;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#FFAED8 uses 255 red, 174 green and 216 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 100.0%

Green 68.2%

Blue 84.7%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #FFAED8 is 0.0% cyan, 31.8% magenta, 15.3% yellow and 0.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 31.8%

Yellow 15.3%

Black 0.0%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #FFAADD. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #FAD in CSS. For a modern design, keep #FFAED8 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #FF99CC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #FFAADD Nearest web-safe: #FF99CC

Gradient to complement

#FFAED8 #F2BCD8 #E4C9D7 #D7D7D7 #C9E4D6 #BCF2D6 #AEFFD5

Color vision previews

Compare how #FFAED8 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.

#B4BEDA

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.

#C8CBD6

Tritanopia

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

#FFADBD

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.

#D3BAD8

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.

#DAC2D7

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#FFB0CF

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#C6C6C6

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.

#E5BBCF

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 1.00000 G 0.42327 B 0.68669

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 0.95357 G 0.69607 B 0.83951

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.89761 G 0.44241 B 0.67297

CIE xyY

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

x 0.348 y 0.286 Y 56.492

CMY

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

C % 0.000 M % 31.765 Y % 15.294

Binary RGB

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

11111111 10101110 11011000