#EAD8CD

sRGB: 234 / 216 / 205

Infinite horizons flourish beyond boundaries
Electric visions echo between distant mountains
Boundless spirits shatter the chains of fate

#EAD8CD belongs to the orange family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 234 red, 216 green and 205 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 22.8° lands in the orange region. Its 40.8% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 86.1% 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 (15.20:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 234, 216, 205
HSL: 22.76°, 40.85%, 86.08%
HSV / HSB: 22.76°, 12.39%, 91.76%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 7.69%, 12.39%, 8.24%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 69.504, 71.013, 67.805
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 87.491, 4.384, 7.654
WCAG relative luminance: 0.71012
24-bit decimal: 15390925

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 #EAD8CD 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: 15.20:1

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

#CDDFEA sits half a turn (180°) from #EAD8CD 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.

#EAD8CD #CDDFEA

Analogous

#EACDD1 and #EAE7CD sit 30° to either side of #EAD8CD. 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.

#EACDD1 #EAD8CD #EAE7CD

Triadic

#EAD8CD, #CDEAD8 and #D8CDEA are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#EAD8CD #CDEAD8 #D8CDEA

Split complementary

Start at #EAD8CD and look across the wheel. #CDEAE6 and #CDD1EA sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#EAD8CD #CDEAE6 #CDD1EA

Square

Starting with #EAD8CD, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #D1EACD, #CDDFEA, then #E6CDEA. Across the square, #EAD8CD pairs with #CDDFEA, and #D1EACD with #E6CDEA.

#EAD8CD #D1EACD #CDDFEA #E6CDEA

Tetradic

#EAD8CD and #CDDFEA are opposites, as are #DFEACD and #D8CDEA. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#EAD8CD #DFEACD #CDDFEA #D8CDEA

Tints

Mixing #EAD8CD with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #EEE0D7, keeps 80% of the original. By #FBF7F5, the mixture is 80% white.

#EAD8CD #EEE0D7 #F2E8E1 #F7EFEB #FBF7F5 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #EAD8CD with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BBADA4, keeps 80% of the original. By #2F2B29, the mixture is 80% black.

#EAD8CD #BBADA4 #8C827B #5E5652 #2F2B29 #000000

Tones

Mixing #EAD8CD with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D5C6BE, keeps 80% of the original. By #95928F, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#EAD8CD #D5C6BE #C0B5AE #AAA39F #95928F #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

#EAD8CD

RGB

rgb(234 216 205)

HSL

hsl(22.759 40.845% 86.078%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #EAD8CD;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#EAD8CD uses 234 red, 216 green and 205 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 91.8%

Green 84.7%

Blue 80.4%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #EAD8CD is 0.0% cyan, 7.7% magenta, 12.4% yellow and 8.2% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 7.7%

Yellow 12.4%

Black 8.2%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #EEDDCC. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #EDC in CSS. For a modern design, keep #EAD8CD when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #FFCCCC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

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

Gradient to complement

#EAD8CD #E5D9D2 #E0DAD7 #DCDCDC #D7DDE0 #D2DEE5 #CDDFEA

Color vision previews

Compare how #EAD8CD 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.

#DDD9CC

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.

#E1DDCD

Tritanopia

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

#F0D5D5

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.

#E2D9CD

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.

#E4DBCD

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#EBD7D0

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#DBDBDB

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.

#E3DAD4

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 0.82279 G 0.68669 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 0.90564 G 0.84953 B 0.80926

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.79862 G 0.69120 B 0.61964

CIE xyY

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

x 0.334 y 0.341 Y 71.013

CMY

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

C % 8.235 M % 15.294 Y % 19.608

Binary RGB

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

11101010 11011000 11001101