#E2BBAF

sRGB: 226 / 187 / 175

Infinite horizons drift beyond memory
Restless constellations shimmer across boundless heavens
Brilliant stars echo beyond eternity

#E2BBAF belongs to the red family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 226 red, 187 green and 175 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 14.1° lands in the red region. Its 46.8% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 78.6% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (11.96:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 226, 187, 175
HSL: 14.12°, 46.79%, 78.63%
HSV / HSB: 14.12°, 22.57%, 88.63%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 17.26%, 22.57%, 11.37%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 56.870, 54.806, 48.142
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 78.929, 12.150, 11.317
WCAG relative luminance: 0.54805
24-bit decimal: 14859183

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #E2BBAF in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 11.96:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.76:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#AFD6E2 sits half a turn (180°) from #E2BBAF on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#E2BBAF #AFD6E2

Analogous

#E2AFBD and #E2D5AF sit 30° to either side of #E2BBAF. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#E2AFBD #E2BBAF #E2D5AF

Triadic

#E2BBAF, #AFE2BB and #BBAFE2 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#E2BBAF #AFE2BB #BBAFE2

Split complementary

Start at #E2BBAF and look across the wheel. #AFE2D4 and #AFBDE2 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#E2BBAF #AFE2D4 #AFBDE2

Square

Starting with #E2BBAF, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #BDE2AF, #AFD6E2, then #D4AFE2. Across the square, #E2BBAF pairs with #AFD6E2, and #BDE2AF with #D4AFE2.

#E2BBAF #BDE2AF #AFD6E2 #D4AFE2

Tetradic

#E2BBAF and #AFD6E2 are opposites, as are #D6E2AF and #BBAFE2. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#E2BBAF #D6E2AF #AFD6E2 #BBAFE2

Tints

Mixing #E2BBAF with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E8C9BF, keeps 80% of the original. By #F9F1EF, the mixture is 80% white.

#E2BBAF #E8C9BF #EED6CF #F3E4DF #F9F1EF #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #E2BBAF with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B5968C, keeps 80% of the original. By #2D2523, the mixture is 80% black.

#E2BBAF #B5968C #887069 #5A4B46 #2D2523 #000000

Tones

Mixing #E2BBAF with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CEAFA6, keeps 80% of the original. By #948C89, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#E2BBAF #CEAFA6 #BBA39C #A79893 #948C89 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#E2BBAF

RGB

rgb(226 187 175)

HSL

hsl(14.118 46.789% 78.627%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #E2BBAF;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#E2BBAF uses 226 red, 187 green and 175 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 88.6%

Green 73.3%

Blue 68.6%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #E2BBAF is 0.0% cyan, 17.3% magenta, 22.6% yellow and 11.4% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 17.3%

Yellow 22.6%

Black 11.4%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #DDBBAA. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #DBA in CSS. For a modern design, keep #E2BBAF when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCCC99, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #DDBBAA Nearest web-safe: #CCCC99

Gradient to complement

#E2BBAF #DAC0B8 #D1C4C0 #C9C9C9 #C0CDD1 #B8D2DA #AFD6E2

Color vision previews

Compare how #E2BBAF appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#C4BFAE

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#CDC6AF

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#ECB6B8

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#CFBEAE

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#D3C2AF

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#E3BAB2

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#C3C3C3

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#D3BFBA

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.76052 G 0.49693 B 0.42869

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.86169 G 0.73909 B 0.69386

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.71373 G 0.50568 B 0.43930

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.356 y 0.343 Y 54.806

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 11.373 M % 26.667 Y % 31.373

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

11100010 10111011 10101111