#F5CED8Icy Pink (#F5CED8) is a very light, muted pink with an OKLCH hue of 1°, lightness 0.89 and chroma 0.046. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as a background color — quiet over large surfaces.
| HEX | #F5CED8 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(245, 206, 216) |
| HSL | hsl(345, 66%, 88%) |
| HSV | hsv(345, 16%, 96%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 16%, 12%, 4%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(86.3 15.3 0.2) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.887 0.046 1) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Icy Pink shifts subtly: drifts toward red; in north-facing or shaded light it shifts subtly: leans toward magenta. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 2), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#fcc9ca — ΔE 2.0, shifts subtly: drifts toward red#fccfd4 — ΔE 1.2, shifts subtly: leans toward red#f5ced8 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#f5cfdb — ΔE 0.4, shifts subtly: leans toward magentaTest Icy Pink 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 1.43:1 and against black 14.7:1, 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.
#ffecf1 · #f5ced8 · #b998a0 · #91747b · #6a5158 · #463137
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.
#f5ced8 · #e9b4d1 · #cca4c9 · #af95be · #9287b0 · #76799f
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.
#f5ced8 · #ceb4a4 · #bd8a98 · #a07052 · #7c515e · #563e30
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.
#f5ced8 · #7fc7b9 · #a18f93 · #896a72 · #674c53 · #433236
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#f5ced8 · #b6bfbd · #8c8083 · #4b5150 · #281d20 · #000101
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.
#f5ced8 · #aa969b · #50393f · #321c22 · #0d0003 · #e54e87
The same quiet ground carrying one bright gold voice — the high-energy pairing a cool or muted anchor cannot reach through its own temperature.
#f5ced8 · #aa969b · #50393f · #321c22 · #0d0003 · #ddc44e
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#e6f8d4 · #f5ced8 · #d7b7d4 · #217e8e · #364657 · #1b071e
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#f5ced8 · #aec2bd · #6a8f72 · #005a67 · #02280f · #000305
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#f5ced8 · #babfb0 · #7f8a61 · #245475 · #002339 · #010100
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#f5ced8 · #c2bdad · #92835a · #075d52 · #151d3e · #000201
#F7D4DD · #F8DAE1 · #F9E0E6 · #FBE6EB · #FCECF0
#C9A7B0 · #A08189 · #785E64 · #523C42 · #2F1D22
#EFD1D8 · #EAD3D9 · #E4D6D9
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.