#FFBDAA

sRGB: 255 / 189 / 170

Cosmic tempests reshape eternity
Restless constellations illuminate forgotten empires
Brilliant stars illuminate hidden worlds

#FFBDAA belongs to the red family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 255 red, 189 green and 170 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 13.4° 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 (13.11:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 255, 189, 170
HSL: 13.41°, 100.00%, 83.33%
HSV / HSB: 13.41°, 33.33%, 100.00%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 25.88%, 33.33%, 0.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 66.691, 60.559, 46.208
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 82.141, 21.282, 18.923
WCAG relative luminance: 0.60557
24-bit decimal: 16760234

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 #FFBDAA 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: 13.11:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.60:1

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

#AAECFF sits half a turn (180°) from #FFBDAA 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.

#FFBDAA #AAECFF

Analogous

#FFAAC2 and #FFE8AA sit 30° to either side of #FFBDAA. 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.

#FFAAC2 #FFBDAA #FFE8AA

Triadic

#FFBDAA, #AAFFBD and #BDAAFF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#FFBDAA #AAFFBD #BDAAFF

Split complementary

Start at #FFBDAA and look across the wheel. #AAFFE8 and #AAC1FF sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#FFBDAA #AAFFE8 #AAC1FF

Square

Starting with #FFBDAA, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #C1FFAA, #AAECFF, then #E8AAFF. Across the square, #FFBDAA pairs with #AAECFF, and #C1FFAA with #E8AAFF.

#FFBDAA #C1FFAA #AAECFF #E8AAFF

Tetradic

#FFBDAA and #AAECFF are opposites, as are #ECFFAA and #BDAAFF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#FFBDAA #ECFFAA #AAECFF #BDAAFF

Tints

Mixing #FFBDAA with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #FFCABB, keeps 80% of the original. By #FFF2EE, the mixture is 80% white.

#FFBDAA #FFCABB #FFD7CC #FFE5DD #FFF2EE #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #FFBDAA with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CC9788, keeps 80% of the original. By #332622, the mixture is 80% black.

#FFBDAA #CC9788 #997166 #664C44 #332622 #000000

Tones

Mixing #FFBDAA with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E6B1A2, keeps 80% of the original. By #998C88, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#FFBDAA #E6B1A2 #CCA599 #B39891 #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

#FFBDAA

RGB

rgb(255 189 170)

HSL

hsl(13.412 100.000% 83.333%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#FFBDAA uses 255 red, 189 green and 170 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 100.0%

Green 74.1%

Blue 66.7%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #FFBDAA is 0.0% cyan, 25.9% 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 25.9%

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 #FFBDAA 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

#FFBDAA #F1C5B8 #E3CDC6 #D5D5D5 #C6DCE3 #B8E4F1 #AAECFF

Color vision previews

Compare how #FFBDAA 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.

#CCC4A9

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.

#DCD2AA

Tritanopia

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

#FFB4B8

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.

#E0C3A9

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.

#E6CBA9

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#FFBCB0

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#CCCCCC

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.

#E7C5BC

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 0.50888 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 0.96065 G 0.75171 B 0.67993

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.91281 G 0.52518 B 0.41993

CIE xyY

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

x 0.384 y 0.349 Y 60.559

CMY

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

C % 0.000 M % 25.882 Y % 33.333

Binary RGB

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

11111111 10111101 10101010