#E7DBBB

sRGB: 231 / 219 / 187

Infinite horizons awaken with sunrise
Electric visions shimmer across boundless heavens
Eternal flames defy the passing ages

#E7DBBB belongs to the orange family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 231 red, 219 green and 187 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 43.6° lands in the orange region. Its 47.8% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 82.0% 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 (15.25:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 231, 219, 187
HSL: 43.64°, 47.83%, 81.96%
HSV / HSB: 43.64°, 19.05%, 90.59%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 5.19%, 19.05%, 9.41%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 67.253, 71.240, 57.223
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 87.602, -1.008, 17.236
WCAG relative luminance: 0.71240
24-bit decimal: 15195067

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 #E7DBBB 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: 15.25:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.38:1

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

#BBC7E7 sits half a turn (180°) from #E7DBBB 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.

#E7DBBB #BBC7E7

Analogous

#E7C5BB and #DDE7BB sit 30° to either side of #E7DBBB. 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.

#E7C5BB #E7DBBB #DDE7BB

Triadic

#E7DBBB, #BBE7DB and #DBBBE7 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#E7DBBB #BBE7DB #DBBBE7

Split complementary

Start at #E7DBBB and look across the wheel. #BBDDE7 and #C5BBE7 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#E7DBBB #BBDDE7 #C5BBE7

Square

Starting with #E7DBBB, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #BBE7C5, #BBC7E7, then #E7BBDD. Across the square, #E7DBBB pairs with #BBC7E7, and #BBE7C5 with #E7BBDD.

#E7DBBB #BBE7C5 #BBC7E7 #E7BBDD

Tetradic

#E7DBBB and #BBC7E7 are opposites, as are #C7E7BB and #DBBBE7. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#E7DBBB #C7E7BB #BBC7E7 #DBBBE7

Tints

Mixing #E7DBBB with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #ECE2C9, keeps 80% of the original. By #FAF8F1, the mixture is 80% white.

#E7DBBB #ECE2C9 #F1E9D6 #F5F1E4 #FAF8F1 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #E7DBBB with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B9AF96, keeps 80% of the original. By #2E2C25, the mixture is 80% black.

#E7DBBB #B9AF96 #8B8370 #5C584B #2E2C25 #000000

Tones

Mixing #E7DBBB with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D2C9AF, keeps 80% of the original. By #95928C, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#E7DBBB #D2C9AF #BEB7A3 #A9A498 #95928C #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

#E7DBBB

RGB

rgb(231 219 187)

HSL

hsl(43.636 47.826% 81.961%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #E7DBBB;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#E7DBBB uses 231 red, 219 green and 187 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 90.6%

Green 85.9%

Blue 73.3%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #E7DBBB is 0.0% cyan, 5.2% magenta, 19.0% yellow and 9.4% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 5.2%

Yellow 19.0%

Black 9.4%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #EEDDBB. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #EDB in CSS. For a modern design, keep #E7DBBB when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #FFCCCC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

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

Gradient to complement

#E7DBBB #E0D8C2 #D8D4CA #D1D1D1 #CACED8 #C2CAE0 #BBC7E7

Color vision previews

Compare how #E7DBBB 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.

#E3DAB9

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.

#E6DDBC

Tritanopia

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

#EFD6D2

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.

#E4DABA

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.

#E6DCBB

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#E8DAC4

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#DCDCDC

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.

#E1DBCC

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 0.70838 B 0.49693

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 0.89776 G 0.86044 B 0.74670

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.78300 G 0.71139 B 0.51740

CIE xyY

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

x 0.344 y 0.364 Y 71.240

CMY

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

C % 9.412 M % 14.118 Y % 26.667

Binary RGB

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

11100111 11011011 10111011