#EBC9C6Fairy Floss (#EBC9C6) is a very light, muted red with an OKLCH hue of 24°, lightness 0.86 and chroma 0.039. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as a background color — quiet over large surfaces.
| HEX | #EBC9C6 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(235, 201, 198) |
| HSL | hsl(5, 48%, 85%) |
| HSV | hsv(5, 16%, 92%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 14%, 16%, 8%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(83.7 11.5 5.9) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.864 0.039 24) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Fairy Floss shifts subtly: leans toward orange, gains intensity; in north-facing or shaded light it shifts subtly: leans toward magenta. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 1.9), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#f2c4b9 — ΔE 1.9, shifts subtly: leans toward orange, gains intensity#f2cac2 — ΔE 1.2, shifts subtly: leans toward orange#ebc9c6 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#ebcac9 — ΔE 0.4, shifts subtly: leans toward magentaTest Fairy Floss in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.
Against white it measures 1.53:1 and against black 13.7:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid white text on this color entirely.
One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.
#ffedeb · #ebc9c6 · #b89a97 · #8f7573 · #695351 · #453331
The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.
#ffd6c7 · #ebc9c6 · #e8acb6 · #ce9bb0 · #b38ba8 · #977c9e
The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.
#ebc9c6 · #c0b098 · #b88480 · #8f6f41 · #774c49 · #4b3b25
One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.
#ebc9c6 · #73bdc5 · #9b8887 · #836461 · #614644 · #3e2c2b
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#ebc9c6 · #aeb7b8 · #887c7a · #474e4e · #271c1b · #000202
This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.
#ebc9c6 · #ab9a98 · #533f3e · #362221 · #120303 · #e34f4f
The same quiet ground carrying one bright gold voice — the high-energy pairing a cool or muted anchor cannot reach through its own temperature.
#ebc9c6 · #ab9a98 · #533f3e · #362221 · #120303 · #dac54e
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#ebc9c6 · #a6babc · #518a8f · #00575e · #002428 · #050000
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#ebc9c6 · #a6babc · #588b7c · #18536f · #00261d · #00060f
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#ebc9c6 · #adb9ad · #698968 · #374b75 · #0f1d3d · #000200
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#ebc9c6 · #b5b7a7 · #7e8359 · #00575e · #21173a · #000304
#EED0CD · #F1D7D4 · #F4DEDC · #F7E5E3 · #FAEBEA
#C1A3A0 · #997F7C · #735C5A · #4F3C3A · #2D1E1C
#E6CBC9 · #E1CDCB · #DBCFCE
Its high lightness and low chroma make it a natural background or large-surface color. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.