Colour

#FBECED

#FBECED
Red
Light
Nearest: Lavender blush

#FBECED is a red with RGB values 251, 236, 237 and HSL 356°, 65%, 95%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 18.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender blush.

Colour values

#FBECED#FBECED

HEX#FBECED

RGBrgb(251, 236, 237)

RGB (0–1)0.9843, 0.9255, 0.9294

RGB percentages98.4%, 92.5%, 92.9%

HSLhsl(356, 65.2%, 95.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(356, 6%, 98.4%)

CMYK0%, 6%, 5.6%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,510,189

CSS custom property--colour: #FBECED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.86615WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness240.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 18.32:1

Contrast with white1.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black18.32:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#EFEFEF

Inverted#041312

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EEEEEDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#F1F0EDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 5.4 from the original

Tritanopia#FEEBECno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.15:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text18.32:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender blush · ΔE 2.5 Sea shell · ΔE 5.1 Misty rose · ΔE 5.3 Snow · ΔE 5.5 White smoke · ΔE 5.7 Linen · ΔE 5.9

Nearest named CSS colourLavender blush (#FFF0F5)ΔE 2.53, a close match

Hue familyred

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#ECFBFA

Analogous#FBECF4, #FBF3EC

Triadic#EDFBEC, #ECEDFB

Split complementary#ECFBF3, #ECF5FB

Tetradic#F5FBEC, #ECFBFA, #F3ECFB

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#FFFFFF

Lighter +20%#FFFFFF

Lighter +10%#FFFFFF

Darker −10%#F2C2C5

Darker −20%#E9989D

Darker −30%#E06E75

Darker −40%#D8434D

More saturated +25%#FEE9EB

Less saturated −25%#F8EFEF

Channel breakdown

R251

G236

B237

Red251 (98.4%)

Green236 (92.5%)

Blue237 (92.9%)

Hue356°

Saturation (HSL)65.22%

Lightness95.49%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FB · G EC · B ED

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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