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#f6cfc2

a pale, vivid orange · warm · closest name: Misty Rose

Token name suggestion: Chalk Marmalade

RGB
246, 207, 194
HSL
15°, 74%, 86%
CMYK
0, 16, 21, 4
Luminance
0.6811

#f6cfc2 is a pale vivid orange, 15° on the wheel and 8/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (14.62:1). As text it scores 1.44:1 on white — use #CE4A1E instead. Nearest name is Misty Rose, nearest Tailwind family is amber.

hsl(15 74% 86%)rgb(246 207 194)Base step 200AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #f6cfc2 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#f6cfc2
Hue
15°
orange
Saturation
74%
vivid
Lightness
86%
pale
Brightness
96%
HSV value
Perceived
86%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.6811
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
8/100 cool
Color family
Orange
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
14.62:1
Closest name
Misty Rose
ΔE2000 6.6
Chroma
16.5
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.884
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
amber
500 · ΔE 25.2
Web-safe
#FFCCCC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue15° of 360°
Saturation74%
Lightness86%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #f6cfc2.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool8% cool

Reads warm. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red29%
Green66%
Blue6%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#f6cfc2
HEX (8-digit)#f6cfc2ff
RGBrgb(246, 207, 194)
RGBArgba(246, 207, 194, 1)
HSLhsl(15, 74%, 86%)
HSV / HSBhsv(15, 21%, 96%)
HWBhwb(15 76% 4%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 16%, 21%, 4%)
LABlab(86.1 11.7 11.6)
LCHlch(86.1 16.5 44.6)
OKLCHoklch(0.884 0.048 39.3)
XYZ (D65)xyz(70.06, 68.12, 60.49)
Decimal16175042
Display P3color(display-p3 0.965 0.812 0.761)
Web-safe#FFCCCC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #f6cfc2;
background-color: #f6cfc2;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #f6cfc2;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#f6cfc2] bg-[#f6cfc2]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #f6cfc2;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.965, green: 0.812, blue: 0.761)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.965, green: 0.812, blue: 0.761, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#F6CFC2</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFF6CFC2)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFF6CFC2)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(194, 207, 246)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(246, 207, 194)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(246, 207, 194)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 246, 207, 194)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9647f, 0.8118f, 0.7608f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{246,207,194}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #f6cfc2 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #f6cfc2 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#6F2810, #EEDAD3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #f6cfc2 h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #FCF5F3;
  --brand-100: #F9EBE7;
  --brand-200: #f6cfc2;
  --brand-300: #F1B29D;
  --brand-400: #E98C6C;
  --brand-500: #E2653B;
  --brand-600: #D54D1F;
  --brand-700: #B2401A;
  --brand-800: #8E3315;
  --brand-900: #672813;
  --brand-950: #40190C;
  --brand: #f6cfc2;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF6F4;
  --brand-border: #EDCBC0;
  --brand-hover: #F1B7A3;
  --brand-pressed: #ED9E84;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #241814;
    --brand-ink: #EEDAD3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FCF5F3',
        100: '#F9EBE7',
        200: '#f6cfc2',
        300: '#F1B29D',
        400: '#E98C6C',
        500: '#E2653B',
        600: '#D54D1F',
        700: '#B2401A',
        800: '#8E3315',
        900: '#672813',
        950: '#40190C',
        DEFAULT: '#f6cfc2',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FCF5F3,
  '100': #F9EBE7,
  '200': #f6cfc2,
  '300': #F1B29D,
  '400': #E98C6C,
  '500': #E2653B,
  '600': #D54D1F,
  '700': #B2401A,
  '800': #8E3315,
  '900': #672813,
  '950': #40190C,
);
$brand-base: #f6cfc2;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FCF5F3", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F9EBE7", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#f6cfc2", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#F1B29D", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#E98C6C", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#E2653B", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#D54D1F", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#B2401A", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#8E3315", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#672813", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#40190C", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #f6cfc2 · 14.62:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.44:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 14.62:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #f6cfc2 as text scores 1.44:1 on white and 14.62:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #6F2810 at 7.36:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#CE4A1E · 4.54:1
AA on white−40% L
#CE4A1E
The quick fox
#983716 · 7.26:1
AAA on white−52% L
#983716
The quick fox
#f6cfc2 · 14.62:1
AA on blackalready passes
#f6cfc2
The quick fox
#f6cfc2 · 14.62:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#f6cfc2

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #E5744F is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#f6cfc2 on white: 1.44:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#f6cfc2 on black: 14.62:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #f6cfc2 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #f6cfc2.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.44:1AaAa
Slate 501.37:1AaAa
Slate 1001.31:1AaAa
Slate 2001.16:1AaAa
Slate 3001.03:1AaAa
Slate 4001.79:1AaAa
Slate 5003.31:1AaAa
Slate 6005.28:1AaAa
Slate 7007.21:1AaAa
Slate 80010.19:1AaAa
Slate 90012.43:1AaAa
Black14.62:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #D8D3C1
deuteranopia · #E1DAC2
tritanopia · #FFCACB

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #f6cfc2 is pinned to step 200; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#FCF5F3
#F9EBE7
#f6cfc2
#F1B29D
#E98C6C
#E2653B
#D54D1F
#B2401A
#8E3315
#672813
#40190C
Base = 200Lightest = 50 · #FCF5F3Darkest = 950 · #40190CText step on white = 700
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.012 39.3);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.019 39.3);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.029 39.3);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.037 39.3);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.044 39.3);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.048 39.3);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.048 39.3);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.045 39.3);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.040 39.3);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.033 39.3);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.026 39.3);
}

Colors that work with #f6cfc2

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#FAF6F4
Tinted page background
Border#EDCBC0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B5F4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#17B5B5
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#6F2810
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FCEEE9
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#241814
Dark-mode background
Hover#F1B7A3
One step down in lightness
Pressed#ED9E84
Two steps down
Disabled#F7F4F3
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#FBDCD1
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
Your export is ready

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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #f6cfc2

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • White text placed on it
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #6F2810
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #E5744F

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

friendlyenergeticaffordablesocial

Orange is red with the aggression taken out — approachable, active, and strongly associated with buying and doing.

This is a confident chroma: strong enough to lead a brand, restrained enough to live in an interface all day. The high lightness makes it recede — a surface colour rather than a statement.

Worth knowing

Hard to make feel premium, and it collides with the "caution" band in status systems.

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium-high
  • Weight14/100
  • TemperatureWarm
  • ApproachabilityHigh

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#C2E9F6
Analogous left#F6C2CF
Analogous right#F6E9C2
Split-complement 1#C2F6E9
Split-complement 2#C2CFF6
Triadic 1#C2F6CF
Triadic 2#CFC2F6
Tetradic#CFF6C2
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°15°

#f6cfc2 sits at 15°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red96.5%
Green81.2%
Blue76.1%
R · 0–255
246
0xf6
G · 0–255
207
0xcf
B · 0–255
194
0xc2

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta15.9%
Yellow21.1%
Key (black)3.5%

Total ink coverage is 41%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#f6cfc2 text on a black background

contrast 14.62:1

Card sample

#f6cfc2 text on a white background

contrast 1.44:1

Card sample

#f6cfc2 on grey

1.31:1

#f6cfc2 on its own surface

1.34:1

#f6cfc2 on its dark surface

12.03:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #f6cfc2;
Background color
Panel with #f6cfc2 background
background-color: #f6cfc2;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #f6cfc2;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(246, 207, 194, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(246, 207, 194, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #f6cfc2;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f6cfc2, #F6F2C2);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #f6cfc2, #EDF6C2);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #f6cfc2;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #f6cfc2;
caret-color: #f6cfc2;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #f6cfc2;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FCEEE9;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #f6cfc2;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#f6cfc2 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #f6cfc2 over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(246, 207, 194, 0.5)
rgb(246 207 194 / 50%)
#f6cfc280
hsl(15 74% 86% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #f6cfc2 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#f6cfc21a#FEFAF9
20%#f6cfc233#FDF5F3
40%#f6cfc266#FBECE7
60%#f6cfc299#FAE2DA
80%#f6cfc2cc#F8D9CE

Gradients from #f6cfc2

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #FCF1ED, #f6cfc2 45%, #6F2810);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #f6cfc2, #F2F2A7);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #f6cfc2, #C2E9F6);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #FDF5F2 0%, #f6cfc2 45%, #6F2810 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAF6F4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #FDEFF3 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #FAF5DD 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #6F2810 0%, transparent 65%), #f6cfc2;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #f6cfc2

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#f6cfc2 in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
E-commerceFood deliveryLogisticsCreator tools
Common UI roles
SurfacesBadgesHighlightsEmpty states
Print note

Very light tints can drop out on uncoated stock; check it at 100% size before signing off.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 14.62:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#f6cfc2, answered

What color is #f6cfc2?

#f6cfc2 is a pale vivid orange, closest to Misty Rose (ΔE2000 6.6). It sits at 15° on the hue wheel with 74% saturation and 86% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #f6cfc2?

rgb(246, 207, 194) — 246 red, 207 green and 194 blue out of 255, or 96.5% / 81.2% / 76.1% by channel.

What is #f6cfc2 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(15, 74%, 86%) and hsv(15, 21%, 96%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #f6cfc2 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.6811 and perceived brightness is 86%, so black text on it reaches 14.62:1.

Should I use black or white text on #f6cfc2?

Black. It scores 14.62:1 against #f6cfc2, versus 1.44:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #f6cfc2 accessible on a white background?

#f6cfc2 on white scores 1.44:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #CE4A1E to reach 4.5:1, or #983716 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #f6cfc2?

#C2E9F6 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #C2F6E9 and #C2CFF6, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #f6cfc2?

For interface work: #FAF6F4 as the surface, #EDCBC0 for borders, #9B5F4B for secondary text, #17B5B5 as an accent and #6F2810 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #F6C2CF and #F6E9C2 stays calm, while #C2E9F6 is the loudest partner.

What is #f6cfc2 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 16%, 21%, 4%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #f6cfc2 warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 8 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #F6D6C2; nudged cooler, #F7C1C8.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #f6cfc2?

The amber family — its 500 step is #f59e0b, ΔE2000 25.2 away. That is a visible difference, so define #f6cfc2 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #f6cfc2 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#f6cfc2] or text-[#f6cfc2], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #f6cfc2 with 50% opacity?

rgba(246, 207, 194, 0.5), or #f6cfc280 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #FBE7E1; over black, #7B6861.

Is #f6cfc2 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FFCCCC, ΔE2000 6.7 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #f6cfc2 mean?

As a orange, it reads friendly, energetic, affordable. Orange is red with the aggression taken out — approachable, active, and strongly associated with buying and doing. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #f6cfc2?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #FCF1ED, #f6cfc2 45%, #6F2810). For more colour, a short hue run to #F2F2A7 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #f6cfc2 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #f6cfc2 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.