#FFE2DA

sRGB: 255 / 226 / 218

Cosmic tempests reshape eternity
Immortal legends tremble in empty gardens
Fierce revelations illuminate hidden worlds

#FFE2DA belongs to the red family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 255 red, 226 green and 218 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 13.0° lands in the red 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 (17.14:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 255, 226, 218
HSL: 12.97°, 100.00%, 92.75%
HSV / HSB: 12.97°, 14.51%, 100.00%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 11.37%, 14.51%, 0.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 81.088, 80.716, 77.640
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 92.005, 8.679, 7.550
WCAG relative luminance: 0.80715
24-bit decimal: 16769754

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 #FFE2DA 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: 17.14:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.22:1

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

#DAF7FF sits half a turn (180°) from #FFE2DA 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.

#FFE2DA #DAF7FF

Analogous

#FFDAE5 and #FFF4DA sit 30° to either side of #FFE2DA. 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.

#FFDAE5 #FFE2DA #FFF4DA

Triadic

#FFE2DA, #DAFFE2 and #E2DAFF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#FFE2DA #DAFFE2 #E2DAFF

Split complementary

Start at #FFE2DA and look across the wheel. #DAFFF4 and #DAE5FF sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#FFE2DA #DAFFF4 #DAE5FF

Square

Starting with #FFE2DA, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #E4FFDA, #DAF7FF, then #F4DAFF. Across the square, #FFE2DA pairs with #DAF7FF, and #E4FFDA with #F4DAFF.

#FFE2DA #E4FFDA #DAF7FF #F4DAFF

Tetradic

#FFE2DA and #DAF7FF are opposites, as are #F7FFDA and #E2DAFF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#FFE2DA #F7FFDA #DAF7FF #E2DAFF

Tints

Mixing #FFE2DA with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #FFE8E1, keeps 80% of the original. By #FFF9F8, the mixture is 80% white.

#FFE2DA #FFE8E1 #FFEEE9 #FFF3F0 #FFF9F8 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #FFE2DA with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CCB5AE, keeps 80% of the original. By #332D2C, the mixture is 80% black.

#FFE2DA #CCB5AE #998883 #665A57 #332D2C #000000

Tones

Mixing #FFE2DA with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E6CEC8, keeps 80% of the original. By #999492, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#FFE2DA #E6CEC8 #CCBBB6 #B3A7A4 #999492 #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

#FFE2DA

RGB

rgb(255 226 218)

HSL

hsl(12.973 100.000% 92.745%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #FFE2DA;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#FFE2DA uses 255 red, 226 green and 218 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 100.0%

Green 88.6%

Blue 85.5%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #FFE2DA is 0.0% cyan, 11.4% magenta, 14.5% yellow and 0.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 11.4%

Yellow 14.5%

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 #FFE2DA 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

#FFE2DA #F9E6E0 #F3E9E6 #EDEDED #E6F0F3 #E0F4F9 #DAF7FF

Color vision previews

Compare how #FFE2DA 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.

#E8E5D9

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.

#EFEADA

Tritanopia

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

#FFDEE0

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.

#F1E4DA

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.

#F4E7DA

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#FFE1DC

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#E8E8E8

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.

#F4E5E1

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 0.76052 B 0.70110

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 0.98107 G 0.89036 B 0.85997

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.95748 G 0.76847 B 0.71051

CIE xyY

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

x 0.339 y 0.337 Y 80.716

CMY

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

C % 0.000 M % 11.373 Y % 14.510

Binary RGB

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

11111111 11100010 11011010