#FFDDCC

sRGB · 255 / 221 / 204

#FFDDCC belongs to the orange family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 255 red, 221 green and 204 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 20.0° lands in the orange region. Its 100.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 90.0% 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 (16.47:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 255, 221, 204
HSL: 20.00°, 100.00%, 90.00%
HSV / HSB: 20.00°, 20.00%, 100.00%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 13.33%, 20.00%, 0.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 77.992, 77.334, 67.947
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 90.475, 9.161, 12.680
WCAG relative luminance: 0.77333
24-bit decimal: 16768460

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 #FFDDCC 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 · 16.47:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text · 1.28:1

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. 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

#CCEEFF sits half a turn (180°) from #FFDDCC 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.

#FFDDCC #CCEEFF

Analogous

#FFCCD5 and #FFF7CC sit 30° to either side of #FFDDCC. 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.

#FFCCD5 #FFDDCC #FFF7CC

Triadic

#FFDDCC, #CCFFDD and #DDCCFF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#FFDDCC #CCFFDD #DDCCFF

Split complementary

Start at #FFDDCC and look across the wheel. #CCFFF7 and #CCD5FF sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#FFDDCC #CCFFF7 #CCD5FF

Square

Starting with #FFDDCC, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #D5FFCC, #CCEEFF, then #F6CCFF. Across the square, #FFDDCC pairs with #CCEEFF, and #D5FFCC with #F6CCFF.

#FFDDCC #D5FFCC #CCEEFF #F6CCFF

Tetradic

#FFDDCC and #CCEEFF are opposites, as are #EEFFCC and #DDCCFF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#FFDDCC #EEFFCC #CCEEFF #DDCCFF

Tints

Mixing #FFDDCC with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #FFE4D6, keeps 80% of the original. By #FFF8F5, the mixture is 80% white.

#FFDDCC #FFE4D6 #FFEBE0 #FFF1EB #FFF8F5 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #FFDDCC with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CCB1A3, keeps 80% of the original. By #332C29, the mixture is 80% black.

#FFDDCC #CCB1A3 #99857A #665852 #332C29 #000000

Tones

Mixing #FFDDCC with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E6CABD, keeps 80% of the original. By #99938F, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#FFDDCC #E6CABD #CCB8AE #B3A59E #99938F #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

#FFDDCC

RGB

rgb(255 221 204)

HSL

hsl(20.000 100.000% 90.000%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#FFDDCC uses 255 red, 221 green and 204 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 100.0%

Green 86.7%

Blue 80.0%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #FFDDCC is 0.0% cyan, 13.3% magenta, 20.0% yellow and 0.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 13.3%

Yellow 20.0%

Black 0.0%

Nearby colors

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

Nearest shorthand · #FFDDCC Nearest web-safe · #FFCCCC

Gradient to complement

#FFDDCC #F7E0D5 #EEE3DD #E6E6E6 #DDE8EE #D5EBF7 #CCEEFF

Color vision previews

Compare how #FFDDCC 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.

#E6E0CB

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.

#EEE6CC

Tritanopia

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

#FFD8D8

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.

#EFDFCB

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.

#F3E3CC

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#FFDCD1

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.

#F2E0D8

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 0.72306 B 0.60383

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 0.97807 G 0.87153 B 0.80902

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.95083 G 0.73225 B 0.61923

CIE xyY

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

x 0.349 y 0.346 Y 77.334

CMY

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

C % 0.000 M % 13.333 Y % 20.000

Binary RGB

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

11111111 11011101 11001100