#FFCED4

sRGB: 255 / 206 / 212

Cosmic tempests reshape eternity
Majestic waterfalls transcend the boundaries of time
Fierce revelations drift toward tomorrow

#FFCED4 belongs to the red family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 255 red, 206 green and 212 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 352.7° lands in the red region. Its 100.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 90.4% 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 (15.03:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 255, 206, 212
HSL: 352.65°, 100.00%, 90.39%
HSV / HSB: 352.65°, 19.22%, 100.00%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 19.22%, 16.86%, 0.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 75.192, 70.158, 71.871
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 87.074, 18.149, 3.588
WCAG relative luminance: 0.70156
24-bit decimal: 16764628

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 #FFCED4 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: 15.03:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.40:1

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

#CEFFF9 sits half a turn (180°) from #FFCED4 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.

#FFCED4 #CEFFF9

Analogous

#FFCEED and #FFE0CE sit 30° to either side of #FFCED4. 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.

#FFCEED #FFCED4 #FFE0CE

Triadic

#FFCED4, #D4FFCE and #CED4FF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#FFCED4 #D4FFCE #CED4FF

Split complementary

Start at #FFCED4 and look across the wheel. #CEFFE0 and #CEEDFF sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#FFCED4 #CEFFE0 #CEEDFF

Square

Starting with #FFCED4, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #EDFFCE, #CEFFF9, then #E0CEFF. Across the square, #FFCED4 pairs with #CEFFF9, and #EDFFCE with #E0CEFF.

#FFCED4 #EDFFCE #CEFFF9 #E0CEFF

Tetradic

#FFCED4 and #CEFFF9 are opposites, as are #FFF9CE and #CED4FF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#FFCED4 #FFF9CE #CEFFF9 #CED4FF

Tints

Mixing #FFCED4 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #FFD8DD, keeps 80% of the original. By #FFF5F6, the mixture is 80% white.

#FFCED4 #FFD8DD #FFE2E5 #FFEBEE #FFF5F6 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #FFCED4 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CCA5AA, keeps 80% of the original. By #33292A, the mixture is 80% black.

#FFCED4 #CCA5AA #997C7F #665255 #33292A #000000

Tones

Mixing #FFCED4 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E6BEC3, keeps 80% of the original. By #999091, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#FFCED4 #E6BEC3 #CCAFB2 #B39FA2 #999091 #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

#FFCED4

RGB

rgb(255 206 212)

HSL

hsl(352.653 100.000% 90.392%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #FFCED4;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#FFCED4 uses 255 red, 206 green and 212 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 100.0%

Green 80.8%

Blue 83.1%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #FFCED4 is 0.0% cyan, 19.2% magenta, 16.9% yellow and 0.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 19.2%

Yellow 16.9%

Black 0.0%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #FFCCCC. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #FCC in CSS. For a modern design, keep #FFCED4 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #FFCCCC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

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

Gradient to complement

#FFCED4 #F7D6DA #EFDEE0 #E7E7E7 #DEEFED #D6F7F3 #CEFFF9

Color vision previews

Compare how #FFCED4 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.

#D5D5D4

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.

#E0DDD3

Tritanopia

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

#FFCAD0

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.

#E5D4D4

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.

#EAD8D3

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#FFCED3

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#DADADA

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.

#EDD4D7

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 0.65837

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 0.83297

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.93204 G 0.62991 B 0.66123

CIE xyY

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

x 0.346 y 0.323 Y 70.158

CMY

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

C % 0.000 M % 19.216 Y % 16.863

Binary RGB

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

11111111 11001110 11010100