#FFCFCD

sRGB: 255 / 207 / 205

Cosmic tempests reshape eternity
Majestic waterfalls transform the fabric of existence
Boundless spirits shatter the chains of fate

#FFCFCD belongs to the red family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 255 red, 207 green and 205 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 2.4° lands in the red region. Its 100.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 90.2% 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 (15.06:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 255, 207, 205
HSL: 2.40°, 100.00%, 90.20%
HSV / HSB: 2.40°, 19.61%, 100.00%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 18.82%, 19.61%, 0.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 74.569, 70.295, 67.400
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 87.141, 16.579, 7.392
WCAG relative luminance: 0.70293
24-bit decimal: 16764877

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 #FFCFCD 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: 15.06:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.39:1

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

#CDFDFF sits half a turn (180°) from #FFCFCD 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.

#FFCFCD #CDFDFF

Analogous

#FFCDE4 and #FFE8CD sit 30° to either side of #FFCFCD. 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.

#FFCDE4 #FFCFCD #FFE8CD

Triadic

#FFCFCD, #CDFFCF and #CFCDFF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#FFCFCD #CDFFCF #CFCDFF

Split complementary

Start at #FFCFCD and look across the wheel. #CDFFE8 and #CDE4FF sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#FFCFCD #CDFFE8 #CDE4FF

Square

Starting with #FFCFCD, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #E4FFCD, #CDFDFF, then #E8CDFF. Across the square, #FFCFCD pairs with #CDFDFF, and #E4FFCD with #E8CDFF.

#FFCFCD #E4FFCD #CDFDFF #E8CDFF

Tetradic

#FFCFCD and #CDFDFF are opposites, as are #FDFFCD and #CFCDFF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#FFCFCD #FDFFCD #CDFDFF #CFCDFF

Tints

Mixing #FFCFCD with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #FFD9D7, keeps 80% of the original. By #FFF5F5, the mixture is 80% white.

#FFCFCD #FFD9D7 #FFE2E1 #FFECEB #FFF5F5 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #FFCFCD with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CCA6A4, keeps 80% of the original. By #332929, the mixture is 80% black.

#FFCFCD #CCA6A4 #997C7B #665352 #332929 #000000

Tones

Mixing #FFCFCD with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E6BFBE, keeps 80% of the original. By #99908F, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#FFCFCD #E6BFBE #CCAFAE #B3A09F #99908F #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

#FFCFCD

RGB

rgb(255 207 205)

HSL

hsl(2.400 100.000% 90.196%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#FFCFCD uses 255 red, 207 green and 205 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 100.0%

Green 81.2%

Blue 80.4%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #FFCFCD is 0.0% cyan, 18.8% magenta, 19.6% yellow and 0.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 18.8%

Yellow 19.6%

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 #FFCFCD 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

#FFCFCD #F7D7D5 #EEDEDE #E6E6E6 #DEEEEE #D5F5F7 #CDFDFF

Color vision previews

Compare how #FFCFCD 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.

#D8D5CD

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.

#E3DECC

Tritanopia

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

#FFCACF

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.

#E7D4CD

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.

#EBD9CC

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#FFCFCE

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.

#EED5D4

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 0.62396 B 0.61050

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 0.97006 G 0.81895 B 0.80838

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.93324 G 0.63644 B 0.61812

CIE xyY

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

x 0.351 y 0.331 Y 70.295

CMY

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

C % 0.000 M % 18.824 Y % 19.608

Binary RGB

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

11111111 11001111 11001101