#EBBCAB

sRGB: 235 / 188 / 171

Infinite horizons rise against oblivion
Restless constellations thunder through timeless canyons
Brilliant stars defy the passing ages

#EBBCAB belongs to the orange family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 235 red, 188 green and 171 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 15.9° lands in the orange region. Its 61.5% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 79.6% 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 (12.31:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 235, 188, 171
HSL: 15.94°, 61.54%, 79.61%
HSV / HSB: 15.94°, 27.23%, 92.16%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 20.00%, 27.23%, 7.84%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 59.593, 56.570, 46.310
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 79.937, 14.424, 15.013
WCAG relative luminance: 0.56569
24-bit decimal: 15449259

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 #EBBCAB 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: 12.31:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.71:1

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

#ABDAEB sits half a turn (180°) from #EBBCAB 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.

#EBBCAB #ABDAEB

Analogous

#EBABBA and #EBDCAB sit 30° to either side of #EBBCAB. 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.

#EBABBA #EBBCAB #EBDCAB

Triadic

#EBBCAB, #ABEBBC and #BCABEB are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#EBBCAB #ABEBBC #BCABEB

Split complementary

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

#EBBCAB #ABEBDC #ABBAEB

Square

Starting with #EBBCAB, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #BAEBAB, #ABDAEB, then #DCABEB. Across the square, #EBBCAB pairs with #ABDAEB, and #BAEBAB with #DCABEB.

#EBBCAB #BAEBAB #ABDAEB #DCABEB

Tetradic

#EBBCAB and #ABDAEB are opposites, as are #DAEBAB and #BCABEB. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#EBBCAB #DAEBAB #ABDAEB #BCABEB

Tints

Mixing #EBBCAB with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #EFC9BC, keeps 80% of the original. By #FBF2EE, the mixture is 80% white.

#EBBCAB #EFC9BC #F3D7CD #F7E4DD #FBF2EE #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #EBBCAB with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BC9689, keeps 80% of the original. By #2F2622, the mixture is 80% black.

#EBBCAB #BC9689 #8D7167 #5E4B44 #2F2622 #000000

Tones

Mixing #EBBCAB with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D6B0A2, keeps 80% of the original. By #958C89, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#EBBCAB #D6B0A2 #C0A49A #AB9891 #958C89 #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

#EBBCAB

RGB

rgb(235 188 171)

HSL

hsl(15.938 61.538% 79.608%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#EBBCAB uses 235 red, 188 green and 171 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 92.2%

Green 73.7%

Blue 67.1%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #EBBCAB is 0.0% cyan, 20.0% magenta, 27.2% yellow and 7.8% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 20.0%

Yellow 27.2%

Black 7.8%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #EEBBAA. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #EBA in CSS. For a modern design, keep #EBBCAB when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #FFCC99, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #EEBBAA Nearest web-safe: #FFCC99

Gradient to complement

#EBBCAB #E0C1B6 #D6C6C0 #CBCBCB #C0D0D6 #B6D5E0 #ABDAEB

Color vision previews

Compare how #EBBCAB 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.

#C7C1AA

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.

#D2CAAB

Tritanopia

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

#F7B5B7

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.

#D5C0AA

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.

#D9C5AB

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#ECBBB0

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#C6C6C6

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.

#DAC1B9

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 0.83077 G 0.50289 B 0.40724

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 0.89245 G 0.74435 B 0.68100

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.77256 G 0.51377 B 0.42140

CIE xyY

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

x 0.367 y 0.348 Y 56.570

CMY

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

C % 7.843 M % 26.275 Y % 32.941

Binary RGB

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

11101011 10111100 10101011