#E5CCCD

sRGB: 229 / 204 / 205

Infinite horizons dance upon still waters
Majestic waterfalls thunder through timeless canyons
Boundless spirits shatter the chains of fate

#E5CCCD belongs to the red family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 229 red, 204 green and 205 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 357.6° lands in the red region. Its 32.5% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 84.9% 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 (13.85:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 229, 204, 205
HSL: 357.60°, 32.47%, 84.90%
HSV / HSB: 357.60°, 10.92%, 89.80%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 10.92%, 10.48%, 10.20%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 64.923, 64.252, 66.742
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 84.097, 8.891, 2.700
WCAG relative luminance: 0.64252
24-bit decimal: 15060173

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 #E5CCCD 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: 13.85:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.52:1

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

#CCE5E4 sits half a turn (180°) from #E5CCCD 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.

#E5CCCD #CCE5E4

Analogous

#E5CCDA and #E5D8CC sit 30° to either side of #E5CCCD. 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.

#E5CCDA #E5CCCD #E5D8CC

Triadic

#E5CCCD, #CDE5CC and #CCCDE5 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#E5CCCD #CDE5CC #CCCDE5

Split complementary

Start at #E5CCCD and look across the wheel. #CCE5D8 and #CCDAE5 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#E5CCCD #CCE5D8 #CCDAE5

Square

Starting with #E5CCCD, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #DAE5CC, #CCE5E4, then #D8CCE5. Across the square, #E5CCCD pairs with #CCE5E4, and #DAE5CC with #D8CCE5.

#E5CCCD #DAE5CC #CCE5E4 #D8CCE5

Tetradic

#E5CCCD and #CCE5E4 are opposites, as are #E5E4CC and #CCCDE5. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#E5CCCD #E5E4CC #CCE5E4 #CCCDE5

Tints

Mixing #E5CCCD with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #EAD6D7, keeps 80% of the original. By #FAF5F5, the mixture is 80% white.

#E5CCCD #EAD6D7 #EFE0E1 #F5EBEB #FAF5F5 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #E5CCCD with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B7A3A4, keeps 80% of the original. By #2E2929, the mixture is 80% black.

#E5CCCD #B7A3A4 #897A7B #5C5252 #2E2929 #000000

Tones

Mixing #E5CCCD with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D1BDBE, keeps 80% of the original. By #948F8F, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#E5CCCD #D1BDBE #BDAEAE #A89E9F #948F8F #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

#E5CCCD

RGB

rgb(229 204 205)

HSL

hsl(357.600 32.468% 84.902%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #E5CCCD;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#E5CCCD uses 229 red, 204 green and 205 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 89.8%

Green 80.0%

Blue 80.4%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #E5CCCD is 0.0% cyan, 10.9% magenta, 10.5% yellow and 10.2% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 10.9%

Yellow 10.5%

Black 10.2%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #DDCCCC. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #DCC in CSS. For a modern design, keep #E5CCCD when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCCCCC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #DDCCCC Nearest web-safe: #CCCCCC

Gradient to complement

#E5CCCD #E1D0D1 #DDD4D5 #D9D9D9 #D4DDDC #D0E1E0 #CCE5E4

Color vision previews

Compare how #E5CCCD 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.

#D0CFCD

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.

#D5D3CD

Tritanopia

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

#EBCACC

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.

#D8CFCD

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.

#DAD1CD

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#E5CCCD

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#D2D2D2

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.

#DCCFCF

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 0.78354 G 0.60383 B 0.61050

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 0.88167 G 0.80351 B 0.80537

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.75163 G 0.60979 B 0.61297

CIE xyY

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

x 0.331 y 0.328 Y 64.252

CMY

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

C % 10.196 M % 20.000 Y % 19.608

Binary RGB

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

11100101 11001100 11001101