#FFE0DF

sRGB: 255 / 224 / 223

Cosmic tempests reshape eternity
Immortal legends fade beyond remembrance
Fierce revelations echo beyond eternity

#FFE0DF belongs to the red family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 255 red, 224 green and 223 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 1.9° lands in the red region. Its 100.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 93.7% 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 (16.98:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 255, 224, 223
HSL: 1.88°, 100.00%, 93.73%
HSV / HSB: 1.88°, 12.55%, 100.00%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 12.16%, 12.55%, 0.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 81.211, 79.900, 80.959
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 91.640, 10.493, 4.410
WCAG relative luminance: 0.79899
24-bit decimal: 16769247

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 #FFE0DF 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: 16.98:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.24:1

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

#DFFEFF sits half a turn (180°) from #FFE0DF 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.

#FFE0DF #DFFEFF

Analogous

#FFDFEE and #FFF0DF sit 30° to either side of #FFE0DF. 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.

#FFDFEE #FFE0DF #FFF0DF

Triadic

#FFE0DF, #DFFFE0 and #E0DFFF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#FFE0DF #DFFFE0 #E0DFFF

Split complementary

Start at #FFE0DF and look across the wheel. #DFFFF0 and #DFEEFF sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#FFE0DF #DFFFF0 #DFEEFF

Square

Starting with #FFE0DF, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #EEFFDF, #DFFEFF, then #F0DFFF. Across the square, #FFE0DF pairs with #DFFEFF, and #EEFFDF with #F0DFFF.

#FFE0DF #EEFFDF #DFFEFF #F0DFFF

Tetradic

#FFE0DF and #DFFEFF are opposites, as are #FEFFDF and #E0DFFF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#FFE0DF #FEFFDF #DFFEFF #E0DFFF

Tints

Mixing #FFE0DF with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #FFE6E5, keeps 80% of the original. By #FFF9F9, the mixture is 80% white.

#FFE0DF #FFE6E5 #FFECEC #FFF3F2 #FFF9F9 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #FFE0DF with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CCB3B2, keeps 80% of the original. By #332D2D, the mixture is 80% black.

#FFE0DF #CCB3B2 #998686 #665A59 #332D2D #000000

Tones

Mixing #FFE0DF with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E6CDCC, keeps 80% of the original. By #999393, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#FFE0DF #E6CDCC #CCBAB9 #B3A6A6 #999393 #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

#FFE0DF

RGB

rgb(255 224 223)

HSL

hsl(1.875 100.000% 93.725%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #FFE0DF;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#FFE0DF uses 255 red, 224 green and 223 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 100.0%

Green 87.8%

Blue 87.5%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #FFE0DF is 0.0% cyan, 12.2% magenta, 12.5% yellow and 0.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 12.2%

Yellow 12.5%

Black 0.0%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #FFDDDD. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #FDD in CSS. For a modern design, keep #FFE0DF when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #FFCCCC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

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

Gradient to complement

#FFE0DF #FAE5E4 #F4EAEA #EFEFEF #EAF4F4 #E4F9FA #DFFEFF

Color vision previews

Compare how #FFE0DF 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.

#E5E4DF

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.

#ECE9DF

Tritanopia

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

#FFDDE0

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.

#EFE3DF

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.

#F2E6DF

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#FFE0DF

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#E7E7E7

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.

#F3E4E3

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 0.74540 B 0.73791

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 0.97986 G 0.88283 B 0.87714

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.95480 G 0.75386 B 0.74293

CIE xyY

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

x 0.335 y 0.330 Y 79.900

CMY

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

C % 0.000 M % 12.157 Y % 12.549

Binary RGB

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

11111111 11100000 11011111