#EADCDB

sRGB: 234 / 220 / 219

Infinite horizons flourish beyond boundaries
Electric visions thunder through timeless canyons
Fierce revelations defy the passing ages

#EADCDB belongs to the red family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 234 red, 220 green and 219 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 4.0° lands in the red region. Its 26.3% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 88.8% 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 (15.76:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 234, 220, 219
HSL: 4.00°, 26.32%, 88.82%
HSV / HSB: 4.00°, 6.41%, 91.76%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 5.98%, 6.41%, 8.24%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 72.308, 73.794, 77.455
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 88.825, 4.613, 2.209
WCAG relative luminance: 0.73793
24-bit decimal: 15391963

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 #EADCDB 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: 15.76:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.33:1

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

#DBE9EA sits half a turn (180°) from #EADCDB 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.

#EADCDB #DBE9EA

Analogous

#EADBE1 and #EAE4DB sit 30° to either side of #EADCDB. 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.

#EADBE1 #EADCDB #EAE4DB

Triadic

#EADCDB, #DBEADC and #DCDBEA are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#EADCDB #DBEADC #DCDBEA

Split complementary

Start at #EADCDB and look across the wheel. #DBEAE4 and #DBE1EA sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#EADCDB #DBEAE4 #DBE1EA

Square

Starting with #EADCDB, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #E1EADB, #DBE9EA, then #E4DBEA. Across the square, #EADCDB pairs with #DBE9EA, and #E1EADB with #E4DBEA.

#EADCDB #E1EADB #DBE9EA #E4DBEA

Tetradic

#EADCDB and #DBE9EA are opposites, as are #E9EADB and #DCDBEA. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#EADCDB #E9EADB #DBE9EA #DCDBEA

Tints

Mixing #EADCDB with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #EEE3E2, keeps 80% of the original. By #FBF8F8, the mixture is 80% white.

#EADCDB #EEE3E2 #F2EAE9 #F7F1F1 #FBF8F8 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #EADCDB with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BBB0AF, keeps 80% of the original. By #2F2C2C, the mixture is 80% black.

#EADCDB #BBB0AF #8C8483 #5E5858 #2F2C2C #000000

Tones

Mixing #EADCDB with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D5CAC9, keeps 80% of the original. By #959292, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#EADCDB #D5CAC9 #C0B7B7 #AAA5A4 #959292 #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

#EADCDB

RGB

rgb(234 220 219)

HSL

hsl(4.000 26.316% 88.824%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#EADCDB uses 234 red, 220 green and 219 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 91.8%

Green 86.3%

Blue 85.9%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #EADCDB is 0.0% cyan, 6.0% magenta, 6.4% yellow and 8.2% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 6.0%

Yellow 6.4%

Black 8.2%

Nearby colors

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

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

Gradient to complement

#EADCDB #E8DEDE #E5E0E0 #E3E3E3 #E0E5E5 #DEE7E8 #DBE9EA

Color vision previews

Compare how #EADCDB 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.

#DEDEDB

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.

#E1E0DB

Tritanopia

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

#EEDBDC

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.

#E3DDDB

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.

#E4DFDB

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#EADCDB

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#DFDFDF

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.

#E5DEDD

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 0.71569 B 0.70838

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 0.90822 G 0.86464 B 0.86016

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.80377 G 0.71925 B 0.71086

CIE xyY

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

x 0.323 y 0.330 Y 73.794

CMY

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

C % 8.235 M % 13.725 Y % 14.118

Binary RGB

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

11101010 11011100 11011011