#E7CDCD

sRGB: 231 / 205 / 205

Infinite horizons awaken with sunrise
Majestic waterfalls illuminate forgotten empires
Boundless spirits shatter the chains of fate

#E7CDCD belongs to the red family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 231 red, 205 green and 205 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 0.0° lands in the red region. Its 35.1% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 85.5% 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 (14.01:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 231, 205, 205
HSL: 0.00°, 35.14%, 85.49%
HSV / HSB: 0.00°, 11.26%, 90.59%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 11.26%, 11.26%, 9.41%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 65.803, 65.060, 66.851
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 84.515, 9.072, 3.327
WCAG relative luminance: 0.65059
24-bit decimal: 15191501

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 #E7CDCD 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: 14.01:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.50:1

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

#CDE7E7 sits half a turn (180°) from #E7CDCD 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.

#E7CDCD #CDE7E7

Analogous

#E7CDDA and #E7DACD sit 30° to either side of #E7CDCD. 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.

#E7CDDA #E7CDCD #E7DACD

Triadic

#E7CDCD, #CDE7CD and #CDCDE7 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#E7CDCD #CDE7CD #CDCDE7

Split complementary

Start at #E7CDCD and look across the wheel. #CDE7DA and #CDDAE7 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#E7CDCD #CDE7DA #CDDAE7

Square

Starting with #E7CDCD, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #DAE7CD, #CDE7E7, then #DACDE7. Across the square, #E7CDCD pairs with #CDE7E7, and #DAE7CD with #DACDE7.

#E7CDCD #DAE7CD #CDE7E7 #DACDE7

Tetradic

#E7CDCD and #CDE7E7 are opposites, as are #E7E7CD and #CDCDE7. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#E7CDCD #E7E7CD #CDE7E7 #CDCDE7

Tints

Mixing #E7CDCD with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #ECD7D7, keeps 80% of the original. By #FAF5F5, the mixture is 80% white.

#E7CDCD #ECD7D7 #F1E1E1 #F5EBEB #FAF5F5 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #E7CDCD with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B9A4A4, keeps 80% of the original. By #2E2929, the mixture is 80% black.

#E7CDCD #B9A4A4 #8B7B7B #5C5252 #2E2929 #000000

Tones

Mixing #E7CDCD with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D2BEBE, keeps 80% of the original. By #958F8F, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#E7CDCD #D2BEBE #BEAEAE #A99F9F #958F8F #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

#E7CDCD

RGB

rgb(231 205 205)

HSL

hsl(0.000 35.135% 85.490%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #E7CDCD;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#E7CDCD uses 231 red, 205 green and 205 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 90.6%

Green 80.4%

Blue 80.4%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #E7CDCD is 0.0% cyan, 11.3% magenta, 11.3% yellow and 9.4% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 11.3%

Yellow 11.3%

Black 9.4%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #EECCCC. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #ECC in CSS. For a modern design, keep #E7CDCD when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #FFCCCC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #EECCCC Nearest web-safe: #FFCCCC

Gradient to complement

#E7CDCD #E3D1D1 #DED6D6 #DADADA #D6DEDE #D1E3E3 #CDE7E7

Color vision previews

Compare how #E7CDCD 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.

#D1D0CD

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.

#D7D5CD

Tritanopia

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

#EDCBCD

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.

#D9D0CD

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.

#DCD2CD

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#E7CDCD

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#D3D3D3

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.

#DDD0D0

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 0.79910 G 0.61050 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 0.88890 G 0.80758 B 0.80581

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.76562 G 0.61676 B 0.61372

CIE xyY

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

x 0.333 y 0.329 Y 65.060

CMY

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

C % 9.412 M % 19.608 Y % 19.608

Binary RGB

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

11100111 11001101 11001101