#FFBFCD

sRGB: 255 / 191 / 205

Cosmic tempests reshape eternity
Restless constellations transform the fabric of existence
Boundless spirits shatter the chains of fate

#FFBFCD belongs to the red family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 255 red, 191 green and 205 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 346.9° lands in the red region. Its 100.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 87.5% 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 (13.59:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 255, 191, 205
HSL: 346.88°, 100.00%, 87.45%
HSV / HSB: 346.88°, 25.10%, 100.00%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 25.10%, 19.61%, 0.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 70.887, 62.931, 66.173
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 83.406, 24.961, 1.993
WCAG relative luminance: 0.62929
24-bit decimal: 16760781

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 #FFBFCD 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: 13.59:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.55:1

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

#BFFFF1 sits half a turn (180°) from #FFBFCD 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.

#FFBFCD #BFFFF1

Analogous

#FFBFED and #FFD1BF sit 30° to either side of #FFBFCD. 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.

#FFBFED #FFBFCD #FFD1BF

Triadic

#FFBFCD, #CDFFBF and #BFCDFF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#FFBFCD #CDFFBF #BFCDFF

Split complementary

Start at #FFBFCD and look across the wheel. #BFFFD1 and #BFEDFF sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#FFBFCD #BFFFD1 #BFEDFF

Square

Starting with #FFBFCD, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #EDFFBF, #BFFFF1, then #D1BFFF. Across the square, #FFBFCD pairs with #BFFFF1, and #EDFFBF with #D1BFFF.

#FFBFCD #EDFFBF #BFFFF1 #D1BFFF

Tetradic

#FFBFCD and #BFFFF1 are opposites, as are #FFF1BF and #BFCDFF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#FFBFCD #FFF1BF #BFFFF1 #BFCDFF

Tints

Mixing #FFBFCD with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #FFCCD7, keeps 80% of the original. By #FFF2F5, the mixture is 80% white.

#FFBFCD #FFCCD7 #FFD9E1 #FFE5EB #FFF2F5 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #FFBFCD with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CC99A4, keeps 80% of the original. By #332629, the mixture is 80% black.

#FFBFCD #CC99A4 #99737B #664C52 #332629 #000000

Tones

Mixing #FFBFCD with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E6B2BE, keeps 80% of the original. By #998D8F, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#FFBFCD #E6B2BE #CCA6AE #B3999F #998D8F #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

#FFBFCD

RGB

rgb(255 191 205)

HSL

hsl(346.875 100.000% 87.451%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#FFBFCD uses 255 red, 191 green and 205 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 100.0%

Green 74.9%

Blue 80.4%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #FFBFCD is 0.0% cyan, 25.1% magenta, 19.6% yellow and 0.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 25.1%

Yellow 19.6%

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 #FFBFCD 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

#FFBFCD #F4CAD3 #EAD4D9 #DFDFDF #D4EAE5 #CAF4EB #BFFFF1

Color vision previews

Compare how #FFBFCD 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.

#C8C9CD

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.

#D7D4CC

Tritanopia

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

#FFBBC4

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.

#DEC7CD

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.

#E3CDCC

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#FFBFCA

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#D0D0D0

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.

#E9C8CE

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 0.52100 B 0.61050

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 0.96165 G 0.75915 B 0.80402

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.91496 G 0.53690 B 0.61067

CIE xyY

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

x 0.354 y 0.315 Y 62.931

CMY

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

C % 0.000 M % 25.098 Y % 19.608

Binary RGB

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

11111111 10111111 11001101