#FFCCBD

sRGB: 255 / 204 / 189

Cosmic tempests reshape eternity
Majestic waterfalls thunder through timeless canyons
Eternal flames shatter the chains of fate

#FFCCBD belongs to the red family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 255 red, 204 green and 189 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 13.6° lands in the red region. Its 100.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 87.1% 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 (14.62:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 255, 204, 189
HSL: 13.64°, 100.00%, 87.06%
HSV / HSB: 13.64°, 25.88%, 100.00%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 20.00%, 25.88%, 0.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 72.015, 68.121, 57.501
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 86.067, 15.883, 14.329
WCAG relative luminance: 0.68120
24-bit decimal: 16764093

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 #FFCCBD 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: 14.62:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.44:1

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

#BDF0FF sits half a turn (180°) from #FFCCBD 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.

#FFCCBD #BDF0FF

Analogous

#FFBDCF and #FFEDBD sit 30° to either side of #FFCCBD. 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.

#FFBDCF #FFCCBD #FFEDBD

Triadic

#FFCCBD, #BDFFCC and #CCBDFF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#FFCCBD #BDFFCC #CCBDFF

Split complementary

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

#FFCCBD #BDFFED #BDCFFF

Square

Starting with #FFCCBD, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #CFFFBD, #BDF0FF, then #EDBDFF. Across the square, #FFCCBD pairs with #BDF0FF, and #CFFFBD with #EDBDFF.

#FFCCBD #CFFFBD #BDF0FF #EDBDFF

Tetradic

#FFCCBD and #BDF0FF are opposites, as are #F0FFBD and #CCBDFF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#FFCCBD #F0FFBD #BDF0FF #CCBDFF

Tints

Mixing #FFCCBD with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #FFD6CA, keeps 80% of the original. By #FFF5F2, the mixture is 80% white.

#FFCCBD #FFD6CA #FFE0D7 #FFEBE5 #FFF5F2 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #FFCCBD with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CCA397, keeps 80% of the original. By #332926, the mixture is 80% black.

#FFCCBD #CCA397 #997A71 #66524C #332926 #000000

Tones

Mixing #FFCCBD with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E6BDB1, keeps 80% of the original. By #998F8C, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#FFCCBD #E6BDB1 #CCAEA5 #B39E98 #998F8C #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

#FFCCBD

RGB

rgb(255 204 189)

HSL

hsl(13.636 100.000% 87.059%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#FFCCBD uses 255 red, 204 green and 189 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 100.0%

Green 80.0%

Blue 74.1%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #FFCCBD is 0.0% cyan, 20.0% magenta, 25.9% yellow and 0.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 20.0%

Yellow 25.9%

Black 0.0%

Nearby colors

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

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

Gradient to complement

#FFCCBD #F4D2C8 #E9D8D3 #DEDEDE #D3E4E9 #C8EAF4 #BDF0FF

Color vision previews

Compare how #FFCCBD 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.

#D8D1BC

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.

#E3DBBD

Tritanopia

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

#FFC5C8

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.

#E7D1BC

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.

#ECD6BD

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#FFCBC1

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#D7D7D7

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.

#ECD2CB

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 0.60383 B 0.50888

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 0.96842 G 0.80771 B 0.75104

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.92966 G 0.61698 B 0.52414

CIE xyY

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

x 0.364 y 0.345 Y 68.121

CMY

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

C % 0.000 M % 20.000 Y % 25.882

Binary RGB

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

11111111 11001100 10111101