#FFDAEE

sRGB: 255 / 218 / 238

Cosmic tempests reshape eternity
Electric visions awaken beneath celestial skies
Infinite wonders transcend the limits of dreams

#FFDAEE belongs to the rose family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 255 red, 218 green and 238 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 327.6° lands in the rose region. Its 100.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 92.7% 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 (16.52:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 255, 218, 238
HSL: 327.57°, 100.00%, 92.75%
HSV / HSB: 327.57°, 14.51%, 100.00%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 14.51%, 6.67%, 0.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 81.740, 77.577, 91.560
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 90.586, 16.062, -4.992
WCAG relative luminance: 0.77576
24-bit decimal: 16767726

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 #FFDAEE 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: 16.52:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.27:1

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

#DAFFEB sits half a turn (180°) from #FFDAEE 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.

#FFDAEE #DAFFEB

Analogous

#FDDAFF and #FFDADC sit 30° to either side of #FFDAEE. 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.

#FDDAFF #FFDAEE #FFDADC

Triadic

#FFDAEE, #EEFFDA and #DAEEFF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#FFDAEE #EEFFDA #DAEEFF

Split complementary

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

#FFDAEE #DCFFDA #DAFFFD

Square

Starting with #FFDAEE, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #FFFDDA, #DAFFEB, then #DADCFF. Across the square, #FFDAEE pairs with #DAFFEB, and #FFFDDA with #DADCFF.

#FFDAEE #FFFDDA #DAFFEB #DADCFF

Tetradic

#FFDAEE and #DAFFEB are opposites, as are #FFEBDA and #DAEEFF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#FFDAEE #FFEBDA #DAFFEB #DAEEFF

Tints

Mixing #FFDAEE with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #FFE1F1, keeps 80% of the original. By #FFF8FC, the mixture is 80% white.

#FFDAEE #FFE1F1 #FFE9F5 #FFF0F8 #FFF8FC #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #FFDAEE with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CCAEBE, keeps 80% of the original. By #332C30, the mixture is 80% black.

#FFDAEE #CCAEBE #99838F #66575F #332C30 #000000

Tones

Mixing #FFDAEE with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E6C8D8, keeps 80% of the original. By #999296, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#FFDAEE #E6C8D8 #CCB6C2 #B3A4AC #999296 #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

#FFDAEE

RGB

rgb(255 218 238)

HSL

hsl(327.568 100.000% 92.745%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#FFDAEE uses 255 red, 218 green and 238 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 100.0%

Green 85.5%

Blue 93.3%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #FFDAEE is 0.0% cyan, 14.5% magenta, 6.7% yellow and 0.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 14.5%

Yellow 6.7%

Black 0.0%

Nearby colors

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

Nearest shorthand: #FFDDEE Nearest web-safe: #FFCCFF

Gradient to complement

#FFDAEE #F9E0EE #F3E6ED #EDEDED #E6F3EC #E0F9EC #DAFFEB

Color vision previews

Compare how #FFDAEE 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.

#DCE1EF

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.

#E4E6ED

Tritanopia

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

#FFDAE1

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.

#E9DFEE

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.

#ECE2ED

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#FFDBE9

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#E4E4E4

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.

#F2DFE9

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 0.70110 B 0.85499

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 0.97630 G 0.86025 B 0.92915

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.94693 G 0.71102 B 0.84633

CIE xyY

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

x 0.326 y 0.309 Y 77.577

CMY

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

C % 0.000 M % 14.510 Y % 6.667

Binary RGB

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

11111111 11011010 11101110