#EBCECD

sRGB: 235 / 206 / 205

Infinite horizons rise against oblivion
Majestic waterfalls transcend the boundaries of time
Boundless spirits shatter the chains of fate

#EBCECD belongs to the red family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 235 red, 206 green and 205 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 2.0° lands in the red region. Its 42.9% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 86.3% 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 (14.24:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 235, 206, 205
HSL: 2.00°, 42.86%, 86.27%
HSV / HSB: 2.00°, 12.77%, 92.16%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 12.34%, 12.77%, 7.84%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 67.349, 66.213, 66.992
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 85.105, 9.964, 4.226
WCAG relative luminance: 0.66213
24-bit decimal: 15453901

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 #EBCECD 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: 14.24:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.47:1

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

#CDEAEB sits half a turn (180°) from #EBCECD 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.

#EBCECD #CDEAEB

Analogous

#EBCDDB and #EBDDCD sit 30° to either side of #EBCECD. 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.

#EBCDDB #EBCECD #EBDDCD

Triadic

#EBCECD, #CDEBCE and #CECDEB are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#EBCECD #CDEBCE #CECDEB

Split complementary

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

#EBCECD #CDEBDD #CDDBEB

Square

Starting with #EBCECD, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #DBEBCD, #CDEAEB, then #DDCDEB. Across the square, #EBCECD pairs with #CDEAEB, and #DBEBCD with #DDCDEB.

#EBCECD #DBEBCD #CDEAEB #DDCDEB

Tetradic

#EBCECD and #CDEAEB are opposites, as are #EAEBCD and #CECDEB. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#EBCECD #EAEBCD #CDEAEB #CECDEB

Tints

Mixing #EBCECD with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #EFD8D7, keeps 80% of the original. By #FBF5F5, the mixture is 80% white.

#EBCECD #EFD8D7 #F3E2E1 #F7EBEB #FBF5F5 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #EBCECD with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BCA5A4, keeps 80% of the original. By #2F2929, the mixture is 80% black.

#EBCECD #BCA5A4 #8D7C7B #5E5252 #2F2929 #000000

Tones

Mixing #EBCECD with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D6BEBE, keeps 80% of the original. By #95908F, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#EBCECD #D6BEBE #C0AFAE #AB9F9F #95908F #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

#EBCECD

RGB

rgb(235 206 205)

HSL

hsl(2.000 42.857% 86.275%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#EBCECD uses 235 red, 206 green and 205 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 92.2%

Green 80.8%

Blue 80.4%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #EBCECD is 0.0% cyan, 12.3% magenta, 12.8% yellow and 7.8% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 12.3%

Yellow 12.8%

Black 7.8%

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 #EBCECD 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

#EBCECD #E6D3D2 #E1D7D7 #DCDCDC #D7E1E1 #D2E5E6 #CDEAEB

Color vision previews

Compare how #EBCECD 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.

#D3D1CD

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.

#D9D7CD

Tritanopia

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

#F2CBCE

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.

#DCD1CD

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.

#DFD4CD

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#EBCECD

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#D5D5D5

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.

#E0D1D1

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 0.61721 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 0.90274 G 0.81196 B 0.80641

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.79285 G 0.62430 B 0.61474

CIE xyY

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

x 0.336 y 0.330 Y 66.213

CMY

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

C % 7.843 M % 19.216 Y % 19.608

Binary RGB

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

11101011 11001110 11001101