#FFEBCC

sRGB: 255 / 235 / 204

Cosmic tempests reshape eternity
Immortal legends shimmer across boundless heavens
Boundless spirits awaken sleeping galaxies

#FFEBCC belongs to the orange family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 255 red, 235 green and 204 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 36.5° 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 (18.01:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 255, 235, 204
HSL: 36.47°, 100.00%, 90.00%
HSV / HSB: 36.47°, 20.00%, 100.00%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 7.84%, 20.00%, 0.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 81.844, 85.037, 69.231
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 93.899, 1.984, 17.514
WCAG relative luminance: 0.85036
24-bit decimal: 16772044

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 #FFEBCC 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: 18.01:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.17:1

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

#CCE0FF sits half a turn (180°) from #FFEBCC 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.

#FFEBCC #CCE0FF

Analogous

#FFD2CC and #FAFFCC sit 30° to either side of #FFEBCC. 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.

#FFD2CC #FFEBCC #FAFFCC

Triadic

#FFEBCC, #CCFFEB and #EBCCFF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#FFEBCC #CCFFEB #EBCCFF

Split complementary

Start at #FFEBCC and look across the wheel. #CCF9FF and #D2CCFF sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#FFEBCC #CCF9FF #D2CCFF

Square

Starting with #FFEBCC, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #CCFFD2, #CCE0FF, then #FFCCF9. Across the square, #FFEBCC pairs with #CCE0FF, and #CCFFD2 with #FFCCF9.

#FFEBCC #CCFFD2 #CCE0FF #FFCCF9

Tetradic

#FFEBCC and #CCE0FF are opposites, as are #E0FFCC and #EBCCFF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#FFEBCC #E0FFCC #CCE0FF #EBCCFF

Tints

Mixing #FFEBCC with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #FFEFD6, keeps 80% of the original. By #FFFBF5, the mixture is 80% white.

#FFEBCC #FFEFD6 #FFF3E0 #FFF7EB #FFFBF5 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #FFEBCC with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CCBCA3, keeps 80% of the original. By #332F29, the mixture is 80% black.

#FFEBCC #CCBCA3 #998D7A #665E52 #332F29 #000000

Tones

Mixing #FFEBCC with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E6D6BD, keeps 80% of the original. By #99958F, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#FFEBCC #E6D6BD #CCC0AE #B3AB9E #99958F #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

#FFEBCC

RGB

rgb(255 235 204)

HSL

hsl(36.471 100.000% 90.000%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#FFEBCC uses 255 red, 235 green and 204 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 100.0%

Green 92.2%

Blue 80.0%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #FFEBCC is 0.0% cyan, 7.8% 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 7.8%

Yellow 20.0%

Black 0.0%

Nearby colors

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

Nearest shorthand: #FFEECC Nearest web-safe: #FFFFCC

Gradient to complement

#FFEBCC #F7E9D5 #EEE7DD #E6E6E6 #DDE4EE #D5E2F7 #CCE0FF

Color vision previews

Compare how #FFEBCC 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.

#F4EBCA

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.

#F9F0CD

Tritanopia

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

#FFE5E2

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.

#F8EBCB

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.

#FAEECC

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#FFEAD5

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#EDEDED

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.

#F6ECDE

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 0.83077 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 0.98668 G 0.92431 B 0.81354

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.96996 G 0.83639 B 0.62703

CIE xyY

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

x 0.347 y 0.360 Y 85.037

CMY

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

C % 0.000 M % 7.843 Y % 20.000

Binary RGB

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

11111111 11101011 11001100