#FFBACE

sRGB: 255 / 186 / 206

Cosmic tempests reshape eternity
Restless constellations awaken beneath celestial skies
Boundless spirits transcend the limits of dreams

#FFBACE belongs to the rose family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 255 red, 186 green and 206 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 342.6° lands in the rose region. Its 100.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 86.5% 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 (13.17:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 255, 186, 206
HSL: 342.61°, 100.00%, 86.47%
HSV / HSB: 342.61°, 27.06%, 100.00%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 27.06%, 19.22%, 0.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 69.937, 60.836, 66.453
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 82.290, 27.734, -0.170
WCAG relative luminance: 0.60834
24-bit decimal: 16759502

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 #FFBACE 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: 13.17:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.59:1

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

#BAFFEB sits half a turn (180°) from #FFBACE 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.

#FFBACE #BAFFEB

Analogous

#FFBAF1 and #FFC8BA sit 30° to either side of #FFBACE. 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.

#FFBAF1 #FFBACE #FFC8BA

Triadic

#FFBACE, #CEFFBA and #BACEFF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#FFBACE #CEFFBA #BACEFF

Split complementary

Start at #FFBACE and look across the wheel. #BAFFC8 and #BAF1FF sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#FFBACE #BAFFC8 #BAF1FF

Square

Starting with #FFBACE, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #F1FFBA, #BAFFEB, then #C8BAFF. Across the square, #FFBACE pairs with #BAFFEB, and #F1FFBA with #C8BAFF.

#FFBACE #F1FFBA #BAFFEB #C8BAFF

Tetradic

#FFBACE and #BAFFEB are opposites, as are #FFEBBA and #BACEFF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#FFBACE #FFEBBA #BAFFEB #BACEFF

Tints

Mixing #FFBACE with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #FFC8D8, keeps 80% of the original. By #FFF1F5, the mixture is 80% white.

#FFBACE #FFC8D8 #FFD6E2 #FFE3EB #FFF1F5 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #FFBACE with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CC95A5, keeps 80% of the original. By #332529, the mixture is 80% black.

#FFBACE #CC95A5 #99707C #664A52 #332529 #000000

Tones

Mixing #FFBACE with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E6AEBE, keeps 80% of the original. By #998C90, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#FFBACE #E6AEBE #CCA3AF #B3979F #998C90 #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

#FFBACE

RGB

rgb(255 186 206)

HSL

hsl(342.609 100.000% 86.471%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#FFBACE uses 255 red, 186 green and 206 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 100.0%

Green 72.9%

Blue 80.8%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #FFBACE is 0.0% cyan, 27.1% magenta, 19.2% 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 19.2%

Black 0.0%

Nearby colors

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

Nearest shorthand: #FFBBCC Nearest web-safe: #FFCCCC

Gradient to complement

#FFBACE #F4C6D3 #E8D1D8 #DDDDDD #D1E8E1 #C6F4E6 #BAFFEB

Color vision previews

Compare how #FFBACE 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.

#C3C6CF

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.

#D3D1CD

Tritanopia

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

#FFB6C1

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.

#DBC3CE

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.

#E1CACD

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#FFBACA

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#CDCDCD

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.

#E8C4CD

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 0.61721

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 0.80633

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.90964 G 0.50792 B 0.61461

CIE xyY

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

x 0.355 y 0.308 Y 60.836

CMY

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

C % 0.000 M % 27.059 Y % 19.216

Binary RGB

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

11111111 10111010 11001110