#FFBAAA

sRGB: 255 / 186 / 170

Cosmic tempests reshape eternity
Restless constellations awaken beneath celestial skies
Brilliant stars illuminate hidden worlds

#FFBAAA belongs to the red family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 255 red, 186 green and 170 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 11.3° lands in the red region. Its 100.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 83.3% 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 (12.86:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 255, 186, 170
HSL: 11.29°, 100.00%, 83.33%
HSV / HSB: 11.29°, 33.33%, 100.00%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 27.06%, 33.33%, 0.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 66.052, 59.282, 45.995
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 81.446, 22.855, 17.956
WCAG relative luminance: 0.59280
24-bit decimal: 16759466

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 #FFBAAA 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: 12.86:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.63:1

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

#AAEFFF sits half a turn (180°) from #FFBAAA 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.

#FFBAAA #AAEFFF

Analogous

#FFAAC4 and #FFE5AA sit 30° to either side of #FFBAAA. 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.

#FFAAC4 #FFBAAA #FFE5AA

Triadic

#FFBAAA, #AAFFBA and #BAAAFF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#FFBAAA #AAFFBA #BAAAFF

Split complementary

Start at #FFBAAA and look across the wheel. #AAFFE4 and #AAC5FF sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#FFBAAA #AAFFE4 #AAC5FF

Square

Starting with #FFBAAA, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #C4FFAA, #AAEFFF, then #E4AAFF. Across the square, #FFBAAA pairs with #AAEFFF, and #C4FFAA with #E4AAFF.

#FFBAAA #C4FFAA #AAEFFF #E4AAFF

Tetradic

#FFBAAA and #AAEFFF are opposites, as are #EFFFAA and #BAAAFF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#FFBAAA #EFFFAA #AAEFFF #BAAAFF

Tints

Mixing #FFBAAA with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #FFC8BB, keeps 80% of the original. By #FFF1EE, the mixture is 80% white.

#FFBAAA #FFC8BB #FFD6CC #FFE3DD #FFF1EE #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #FFBAAA with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CC9588, keeps 80% of the original. By #332522, the mixture is 80% black.

#FFBAAA #CC9588 #997066 #664A44 #332522 #000000

Tones

Mixing #FFBAAA with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E6AEA2, keeps 80% of the original. By #998C88, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#FFBAAA #E6AEA2 #CCA399 #B39791 #998C88 #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

#FFBAAA

RGB

rgb(255 186 170)

HSL

hsl(11.294 100.000% 83.333%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#FFBAAA uses 255 red, 186 green and 170 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 100.0%

Green 72.9%

Blue 66.7%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #FFBAAA is 0.0% cyan, 27.1% magenta, 33.3% yellow and 0.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 27.1%

Yellow 33.3%

Black 0.0%

Nearby colors

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

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

Gradient to complement

#FFBAAA #F1C3B8 #E3CCC6 #D5D5D5 #C6DDE3 #B8E6F1 #AAEFFF

Color vision previews

Compare how #FFBAAA 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.

#C9C2A9

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.

#DAD0A9

Tritanopia

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

#FFB1B6

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.

#DFC1A9

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.

#E5C8A9

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#FFB9AF

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#CACACA

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.

#E7C2BB

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 0.49102 B 0.40198

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 0.95918 G 0.74055 B 0.67898

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.90964 G 0.50792 B 0.41864

CIE xyY

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

x 0.386 y 0.346 Y 59.282

CMY

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

C % 0.000 M % 27.059 Y % 33.333

Binary RGB

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

11111111 10111010 10101010