#FFAFA0

sRGB: 255 / 175 / 160

Cosmic tempests reshape eternity
Sacred blossoms transform the fabric of existence
Brilliant stars vanish without farewell

#FFAFA0 belongs to the red family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 255 red, 175 green and 160 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 9.5° lands in the red region. Its 100.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 81.4% 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 (11.89:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 255, 175, 160
HSL: 9.47°, 100.00%, 81.37%
HSV / HSB: 9.47°, 37.25%, 100.00%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 31.37%, 37.25%, 0.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 62.913, 54.460, 40.457
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 78.729, 27.436, 19.553
WCAG relative luminance: 0.54458
24-bit decimal: 16756640

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 #FFAFA0 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: 11.89:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.77:1

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

#A0F0FF sits half a turn (180°) from #FFAFA0 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.

#FFAFA0 #A0F0FF

Analogous

#FFA0C1 and #FFDEA0 sit 30° to either side of #FFAFA0. 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.

#FFA0C1 #FFAFA0 #FFDEA0

Triadic

#FFAFA0, #A0FFAF and #AFA0FF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#FFAFA0 #A0FFAF #AFA0FF

Split complementary

Start at #FFAFA0 and look across the wheel. #A0FFDE and #A0C1FF sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#FFAFA0 #A0FFDE #A0C1FF

Square

Starting with #FFAFA0, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #C1FFA0, #A0F0FF, then #DEA0FF. Across the square, #FFAFA0 pairs with #A0F0FF, and #C1FFA0 with #DEA0FF.

#FFAFA0 #C1FFA0 #A0F0FF #DEA0FF

Tetradic

#FFAFA0 and #A0F0FF are opposites, as are #F0FFA0 and #AFA0FF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#FFAFA0 #F0FFA0 #A0F0FF #AFA0FF

Tints

Mixing #FFAFA0 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #FFBFB3, keeps 80% of the original. By #FFEFEC, the mixture is 80% white.

#FFAFA0 #FFBFB3 #FFCFC6 #FFDFD9 #FFEFEC #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #FFAFA0 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CC8C80, keeps 80% of the original. By #332320, the mixture is 80% black.

#FFAFA0 #CC8C80 #996960 #664640 #332320 #000000

Tones

Mixing #FFAFA0 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E6A69A, keeps 80% of the original. By #998986, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#FFAFA0 #E6A69A #CC9C93 #B3938D #998986 #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

#FFAFA0

RGB

rgb(255 175 160)

HSL

hsl(9.474 100.000% 81.373%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #FFAFA0;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#FFAFA0 uses 255 red, 175 green and 160 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 100.0%

Green 68.6%

Blue 62.7%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #FFAFA0 is 0.0% cyan, 31.4% magenta, 37.3% yellow and 0.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 31.4%

Yellow 37.3%

Black 0.0%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #FFAA99. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #FA9 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #FFAFA0 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #FF9999, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #FFAA99 Nearest web-safe: #FF9999

Gradient to complement

#FFAFA0 #EFBAB0 #DFC5C0 #D0D0D0 #C0DADF #B0E5EF #A0F0FF

Color vision previews

Compare how #FFAFA0 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.

#C1B99F

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.

#D4C99F

Tritanopia

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

#FFA4AB

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.

#DAB89F

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.

#E1C09F

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#FFAEA5

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#C3C3C3

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.

#E4B9B3

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 0.42869 B 0.35153

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 0.95402 G 0.69977 B 0.64075

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.89857 G 0.44765 B 0.36820

CIE xyY

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

x 0.399 y 0.345 Y 54.460

CMY

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

C % 0.000 M % 31.373 Y % 37.255

Binary RGB

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

11111111 10101111 10100000