#FFCEBC

sRGB: 255 / 206 / 188

Cosmic tempests reshape eternity
Majestic waterfalls transcend the boundaries of time
Eternal flames awaken sleeping galaxies

#FFCEBC belongs to the orange family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 255 red, 206 green and 188 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 16.1° lands in the orange region. Its 100.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 86.9% 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 (14.81:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 255, 206, 188
HSL: 16.12°, 100.00%, 86.86%
HSV / HSB: 16.12°, 26.27%, 100.00%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 19.22%, 26.27%, 0.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 72.386, 69.035, 57.091
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 86.521, 14.705, 15.498
WCAG relative luminance: 0.69033
24-bit decimal: 16764604

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 #FFCEBC 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: 14.81:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.42:1

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

#BCEDFF sits half a turn (180°) from #FFCEBC 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.

#FFCEBC #BCEDFF

Analogous

#FFBCCC and #FFEFBC sit 30° to either side of #FFCEBC. 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.

#FFBCCC #FFCEBC #FFEFBC

Triadic

#FFCEBC, #BCFFCE and #CEBCFF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#FFCEBC #BCFFCE #CEBCFF

Split complementary

Start at #FFCEBC and look across the wheel. #BCFFF0 and #BCCBFF sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#FFCEBC #BCFFF0 #BCCBFF

Square

Starting with #FFCEBC, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #CCFFBC, #BCEDFF, then #F0BCFF. Across the square, #FFCEBC pairs with #BCEDFF, and #CCFFBC with #F0BCFF.

#FFCEBC #CCFFBC #BCEDFF #F0BCFF

Tetradic

#FFCEBC and #BCEDFF are opposites, as are #EDFFBC and #CEBCFF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#FFCEBC #EDFFBC #BCEDFF #CEBCFF

Tints

Mixing #FFCEBC with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #FFD8C9, keeps 80% of the original. By #FFF5F2, the mixture is 80% white.

#FFCEBC #FFD8C9 #FFE2D7 #FFEBE4 #FFF5F2 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #FFCEBC with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CCA596, keeps 80% of the original. By #332926, the mixture is 80% black.

#FFCEBC #CCA596 #997C71 #66524B #332926 #000000

Tones

Mixing #FFCEBC with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E6BEB0, keeps 80% of the original. By #99908C, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#FFCEBC #E6BEB0 #CCAFA4 #B39F98 #99908C #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

#FFCEBC

RGB

rgb(255 206 188)

HSL

hsl(16.119 100.000% 86.863%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#FFCEBC uses 255 red, 206 green and 188 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 100.0%

Green 80.8%

Blue 73.7%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #FFCEBC is 0.0% cyan, 19.2% magenta, 26.3% yellow and 0.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 19.2%

Yellow 26.3%

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 #FFCEBC 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

#FFCEBC #F4D3C7 #E9D8D2 #DEDEDE #D2E3E9 #C7E8F4 #BCEDFF

Color vision previews

Compare how #FFCEBC 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.

#DAD3BB

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.

#E5DCBC

Tritanopia

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

#FFC7C9

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.

#E8D2BB

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.

#EDD7BC

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#FFCDC1

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#D9D9D9

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.

#EDD3CB

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 0.61721 B 0.50289

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 0.96951 G 0.81520 B 0.74816

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.93204 G 0.62991 B 0.51965

CIE xyY

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

x 0.365 y 0.348 Y 69.035

CMY

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

C % 0.000 M % 19.216 Y % 26.275

Binary RGB

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

11111111 11001110 10111100