#FFECE7

sRGB: 255 / 236 / 231

Cosmic tempests reshape eternity
Immortal legends thunder through timeless canyons
Infinite wonders embrace the coming dawn

#FFECE7 belongs to the red family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 255 red, 236 green and 231 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 12.5° lands in the red region. Its 100.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 95.3% 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 (18.40:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 255, 236, 231
HSL: 12.50°, 100.00%, 95.29%
HSV / HSB: 12.50°, 9.41%, 100.00%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 7.45%, 9.41%, 0.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 85.655, 87.021, 87.888
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 94.747, 5.601, 4.739
WCAG relative luminance: 0.87020
24-bit decimal: 16772327

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 #FFECE7 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: 18.40:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.14:1

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

#E7FAFF sits half a turn (180°) from #FFECE7 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.

#FFECE7 #E7FAFF

Analogous

#FFE7EE and #FFF8E7 sit 30° to either side of #FFECE7. 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.

#FFE7EE #FFECE7 #FFF8E7

Triadic

#FFECE7, #E7FFEC and #ECE7FF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#FFECE7 #E7FFEC #ECE7FF

Split complementary

Start at #FFECE7 and look across the wheel. #E7FFF8 and #E7EEFF sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#FFECE7 #E7FFF8 #E7EEFF

Square

Starting with #FFECE7, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #EEFFE7, #E7FAFF, then #F8E7FF. Across the square, #FFECE7 pairs with #E7FAFF, and #EEFFE7 with #F8E7FF.

#FFECE7 #EEFFE7 #E7FAFF #F8E7FF

Tetradic

#FFECE7 and #E7FAFF are opposites, as are #FAFFE7 and #ECE7FF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#FFECE7 #FAFFE7 #E7FAFF #ECE7FF

Tints

Mixing #FFECE7 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #FFF0EC, keeps 80% of the original. By #FFFBFA, the mixture is 80% white.

#FFECE7 #FFF0EC #FFF4F1 #FFF7F5 #FFFBFA #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #FFECE7 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CCBDB9, keeps 80% of the original. By #332F2E, the mixture is 80% black.

#FFECE7 #CCBDB9 #998E8B #665E5C #332F2E #000000

Tones

Mixing #FFECE7 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E6D6D2, keeps 80% of the original. By #999695, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#FFECE7 #E6D6D2 #CCC1BE #B3ABA9 #999695 #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

#FFECE7

RGB

rgb(255 236 231)

HSL

hsl(12.500 100.000% 95.294%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #FFECE7;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#FFECE7 uses 255 red, 236 green and 231 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 100.0%

Green 92.5%

Blue 90.6%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #FFECE7 is 0.0% cyan, 7.5% magenta, 9.4% yellow and 0.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 7.5%

Yellow 9.4%

Black 0.0%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #FFEEEE. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #FEE in CSS. For a modern design, keep #FFECE7 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #FFFFFF, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #FFEEEE Nearest web-safe: #FFFFFF

Gradient to complement

#FFECE7 #FBEEEB #F7F1EF #F3F3F3 #EFF5F7 #EBF8FB #E7FAFF

Color vision previews

Compare how #FFECE7 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.

#F0EEE7

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.

#F4F1E7

Tritanopia

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

#FFEAEB

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.

#F6EEE7

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.

#F7EFE7

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#FFECE8

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#F0F0F0

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.

#F8EEEB

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 0.83880 B 0.79910

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 0.98731 G 0.92809 B 0.90903

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.97138 G 0.84415 B 0.80541

CIE xyY

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

x 0.329 y 0.334 Y 87.021

CMY

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

C % 0.000 M % 7.451 Y % 9.412

Binary RGB

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

11111111 11101100 11100111