#FFCAAF

sRGB: 255 / 202 / 175

Cosmic tempests reshape eternity
Majestic waterfalls awaken beneath celestial skies
Brilliant stars echo beyond eternity

#FFCAAF belongs to the orange family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 255 red, 202 green and 175 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 20.2° lands in the orange region. Its 100.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 84.3% 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 (14.32:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 255, 202, 175
HSL: 20.25°, 100.00%, 84.31%
HSV / HSB: 20.25°, 31.37%, 100.00%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 20.78%, 31.37%, 0.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 70.096, 66.598, 49.721
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 85.300, 15.101, 20.654
WCAG relative luminance: 0.66596
24-bit decimal: 16763567

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 #FFCAAF 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: 14.32:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.47:1

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

#AFE4FF sits half a turn (180°) from #FFCAAF 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.

#FFCAAF #AFE4FF

Analogous

#FFAFBC and #FFF2AF sit 30° to either side of #FFCAAF. 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.

#FFAFBC #FFCAAF #FFF2AF

Triadic

#FFCAAF, #AFFFCA and #CAAFFF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#FFCAAF #AFFFCA #CAAFFF

Split complementary

Start at #FFCAAF and look across the wheel. #AFFFF2 and #AFBCFF sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#FFCAAF #AFFFF2 #AFBCFF

Square

Starting with #FFCAAF, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #BCFFAF, #AFE4FF, then #F2AFFF. Across the square, #FFCAAF pairs with #AFE4FF, and #BCFFAF with #F2AFFF.

#FFCAAF #BCFFAF #AFE4FF #F2AFFF

Tetradic

#FFCAAF and #AFE4FF are opposites, as are #E4FFAF and #CAAFFF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#FFCAAF #E4FFAF #AFE4FF #CAAFFF

Tints

Mixing #FFCAAF with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #FFD5BF, keeps 80% of the original. By #FFF4EF, the mixture is 80% white.

#FFCAAF #FFD5BF #FFDFCF #FFEADF #FFF4EF #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #FFCAAF with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CCA28C, keeps 80% of the original. By #332823, the mixture is 80% black.

#FFCAAF #CCA28C #997969 #665146 #332823 #000000

Tones

Mixing #FFCAAF with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E6BBA6, keeps 80% of the original. By #998F89, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#FFCAAF #E6BBA6 #CCAC9C #B39E93 #998F89 #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

#FFCAAF

RGB

rgb(255 202 175)

HSL

hsl(20.250 100.000% 84.314%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#FFCAAF uses 255 red, 202 green and 175 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 100.0%

Green 79.2%

Blue 68.6%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #FFCAAF is 0.0% cyan, 20.8% magenta, 31.4% yellow and 0.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 20.8%

Yellow 31.4%

Black 0.0%

Nearby colors

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

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

Gradient to complement

#FFCAAF #F2CEBC #E4D3CA #D7D7D7 #CADBE4 #BCE0F2 #AFE4FF

Color vision previews

Compare how #FFCAAF 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.

#D8CFAD

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.

#E4DAAF

Tritanopia

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

#FFC1C3

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.

#E7CEAE

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.

#ECD4AF

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#FFC8B7

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#D5D5D5

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.

#EBD0C3

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 0.59062 B 0.42869

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 0.96735 G 0.80022 B 0.70153

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.92732 G 0.60421 B 0.45017

CIE xyY

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

x 0.376 y 0.357 Y 66.598

CMY

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

C % 0.000 M % 20.784 Y % 31.373

Binary RGB

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

11111111 11001010 10101111