#FFB993

sRGB: 255 / 185 / 147

Cosmic tempests reshape eternity
Restless constellations cascade across forgotten valleys
Rising tides linger beyond yesterday

#FFB993 belongs to the orange family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 255 red, 185 green and 147 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 21.1° lands in the orange region. Its 100.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 78.8% 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 (12.61:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 255, 185, 147
HSL: 21.11°, 100.00%, 78.82%
HSV / HSB: 21.11°, 42.35%, 100.00%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 27.45%, 42.35%, 0.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 63.853, 58.067, 35.450
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 80.776, 20.775, 29.277
WCAG relative luminance: 0.58065
24-bit decimal: 16759187

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 #FFB993 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: 12.61:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.66:1

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

#93D9FF sits half a turn (180°) from #FFB993 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.

#FFB993 #93D9FF

Analogous

#FF93A3 and #FFEF93 sit 30° to either side of #FFB993. 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.

#FF93A3 #FFB993 #FFEF93

Triadic

#FFB993, #93FFB9 and #B993FF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#FFB993 #93FFB9 #B993FF

Split complementary

Start at #FFB993 and look across the wheel. #93FFEF and #93A3FF sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#FFB993 #93FFEF #93A3FF

Square

Starting with #FFB993, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #A3FF93, #93D9FF, then #EF93FF. Across the square, #FFB993 pairs with #93D9FF, and #A3FF93 with #EF93FF.

#FFB993 #A3FF93 #93D9FF #EF93FF

Tetradic

#FFB993 and #93D9FF are opposites, as are #D9FF93 and #B993FF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#FFB993 #D9FF93 #93D9FF #B993FF

Tints

Mixing #FFB993 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #FFC7A9, keeps 80% of the original. By #FFF1E9, the mixture is 80% white.

#FFB993 #FFC7A9 #FFD5BE #FFE3D4 #FFF1E9 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #FFB993 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CC9476, keeps 80% of the original. By #33251D, the mixture is 80% black.

#FFB993 #CC9476 #996F58 #664A3B #33251D #000000

Tones

Mixing #FFB993 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E6AE8F, keeps 80% of the original. By #998B84, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#FFB993 #E6AE8F #CCA28B #B39788 #998B84 #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

#FFB993

RGB

rgb(255 185 147)

HSL

hsl(21.111 100.000% 78.824%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #FFB993;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#FFB993 uses 255 red, 185 green and 147 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 100.0%

Green 72.5%

Blue 57.6%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #FFB993 is 0.0% cyan, 27.5% magenta, 42.4% yellow and 0.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 27.5%

Yellow 42.4%

Black 0.0%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #FFBB99. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #FB9 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #FFB993 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #FFCC99, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #FFBB99 Nearest web-safe: #FFCC99

Gradient to complement

#FFB993 #EDBEA5 #DBC4B7 #C9C9C9 #B7CEDB #A5D4ED #93D9FF

Color vision previews

Compare how #FFB993 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.

#CCC090

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.

#DCCE93

Tritanopia

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

#FFADAF

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.

#E0BF91

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.

#E7C793

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#FFB79F

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#C8C8C8

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.

#E6C1B0

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 0.48515 B 0.29177

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 0.95869 G 0.73683 B 0.59942

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.90859 G 0.50224 B 0.31787

CIE xyY

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

x 0.406 y 0.369 Y 58.067

CMY

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

C % 0.000 M % 27.451 Y % 42.353

Binary RGB

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

11111111 10111001 10010011