#FFCEBE

sRGB: 255 / 206 / 190

Cosmic tempests reshape eternity
Majestic waterfalls transcend the boundaries of time
Eternal flames transcend the limits of dreams

#FFCEBE belongs to the red family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 255 red, 206 green and 190 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 14.8° lands in the red region. Its 100.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 87.3% 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 (14.82:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 255, 206, 190
HSL: 14.77°, 100.00%, 87.25%
HSV / HSB: 14.77°, 25.49%, 100.00%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 19.22%, 25.49%, 0.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 72.603, 69.122, 58.234
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 86.564, 14.976, 14.502
WCAG relative luminance: 0.69120
24-bit decimal: 16764606

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 #FFCEBE 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: 14.82:1

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

#BEEFFF sits half a turn (180°) from #FFCEBE 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.

#FFCEBE #BEEFFF

Analogous

#FFBECF and #FFEFBE sit 30° to either side of #FFCEBE. 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.

#FFBECF #FFCEBE #FFEFBE

Triadic

#FFCEBE, #BEFFCE and #CEBEFF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#FFCEBE #BEFFCE #CEBEFF

Split complementary

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

#FFCEBE #BEFFEE #BECFFF

Square

Starting with #FFCEBE, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #CFFFBE, #BEEFFF, then #EEBEFF. Across the square, #FFCEBE pairs with #BEEFFF, and #CFFFBE with #EEBEFF.

#FFCEBE #CFFFBE #BEEFFF #EEBEFF

Tetradic

#FFCEBE and #BEEFFF are opposites, as are #EFFFBE and #CEBEFF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#FFCEBE #EFFFBE #BEEFFF #CEBEFF

Tints

Mixing #FFCEBE with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #FFD8CB, keeps 80% of the original. By #FFF5F2, the mixture is 80% white.

#FFCEBE #FFD8CB #FFE2D8 #FFEBE5 #FFF5F2 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #FFCEBE with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CCA598, keeps 80% of the original. By #332926, the mixture is 80% black.

#FFCEBE #CCA598 #997C72 #66524C #332926 #000000

Tones

Mixing #FFCEBE with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E6BEB2, keeps 80% of the original. By #99908C, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#FFCEBE #E6BEB2 #CCAFA5 #B39F99 #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

#FFCEBE

RGB

rgb(255 206 190)

HSL

hsl(14.769 100.000% 87.255%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#FFCEBE uses 255 red, 206 green and 190 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 100.0%

Green 80.8%

Blue 74.5%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #FFCEBE is 0.0% cyan, 19.2% magenta, 25.5% 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 25.5%

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 #FFCEBE 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

#FFCEBE #F4D4C9 #E9D9D4 #DFDFDF #D4E4E9 #C9EAF4 #BEEFFF

Color vision previews

Compare how #FFCEBE 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.

#D9D3BD

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.

#E5DDBE

Tritanopia

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

#FFC7CA

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.

#E8D2BD

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.

#ECD7BE

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#FFCDC3

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.

#EDD3CC

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 0.51492

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 0.75517

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.93204 G 0.62991 B 0.53061

CIE xyY

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

x 0.363 y 0.346 Y 69.122

CMY

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

C % 0.000 M % 19.216 Y % 25.490

Binary RGB

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

11111111 11001110 10111110