Commitments and Contingencies - Additional Information (Details) $ in Millions			1 Months Ended				12 Months Ended
	Dec. 16, 2022 USD ($) Prp	Oct. 18, 2021 USD ($) mi	Oct. 18, 2021 USD ($) mi	Aug. 31, 2017 Prp	Oct. 31, 2016 mi	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($) mi	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) Entity mi	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Accrual for environmental loss contingencies							$ 2.1	$ 0.8	$ 2.4	$ 2.5
Aggregate environmental accruals included in current other accrued liabilities							$ 0.1
Environmental Loss Contingency, Current, Statement of Financial Position [Extensible Enumeration]							Other Liabilities, Noncurrent
Environmental Loss Contingency, Statement of Financial Position [Extensible Enumeration]							Employee-related Liabilities, Current	Employee-related Liabilities, Current
Purchase commitments for 2023								$ 11.4
Purchase commitments for 2024								11.7
Purchase commitments for 2025								6.1
Purchase commitments for 2026								2.5
Purchase commitments for 2027								2.5
Purchase commitments thereafter								$ 8.4
District Court Approval of Consent Decree
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of entities, in addition to Hexcel, who received a directive from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection | Prp	84
New Jersey Requesting Court Approval for Settlement	$ 150.0
Escrow Deposit	$ 150.0
Lower Passaic River
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of entities, in addition to Hexcel, who received a directive from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection	83						48
Length of river to perform a Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study ("RI/FS") of environmental conditions | mi							17
Number of identified non governmental potentially responsible parties | Prp				120
Lower Passaic River | Minimum
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Portion of the river for which Record of Decision setting forth the EPA's selected remedy (in miles) | mi					8	8
Expected cost of capping and dredging of the lower eight miles of the river by EPA		$ 308.7	$ 308.7			$ 970.0
Lower Passaic River | Maximum
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Portion of the river for which Record of Decision setting forth the EPA's selected remedy (in miles) | mi		9	9			9
Expected cost of capping and dredging of the lower eight miles of the river by EPA		$ 661.5	$ 661.5			$ 2,070.0