#EBDDDA

sRGB: 235 / 221 / 218

Infinite horizons rise against oblivion
Electric visions illuminate forgotten empires
Fierce revelations illuminate hidden worlds

#EBDDDA belongs to the red family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 235 red, 221 green and 218 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 10.6° lands in the red region. Its 29.8% 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 (15.89:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 235, 221, 218
HSL: 10.59°, 29.82%, 88.82%
HSV / HSB: 10.59°, 7.23%, 92.16%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 5.96%, 7.23%, 7.84%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 72.769, 74.437, 76.866
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 89.129, 4.271, 3.186
WCAG relative luminance: 0.74437
24-bit decimal: 15457754

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 #EBDDDA 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: 15.89:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.32:1

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

#DAE8EB sits half a turn (180°) from #EBDDDA 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.

#EBDDDA #DAE8EB

Analogous

#EBDADF and #EBE6DA sit 30° to either side of #EBDDDA. 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.

#EBDADF #EBDDDA #EBE6DA

Triadic

#EBDDDA, #DAEBDD and #DDDAEB are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#EBDDDA #DAEBDD #DDDAEB

Split complementary

Start at #EBDDDA and look across the wheel. #DAEBE6 and #DADFEB sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#EBDDDA #DAEBE6 #DADFEB

Square

Starting with #EBDDDA, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #DFEBDA, #DAE8EB, then #E6DAEB. Across the square, #EBDDDA pairs with #DAE8EB, and #DFEBDA with #E6DAEB.

#EBDDDA #DFEBDA #DAE8EB #E6DAEB

Tetradic

#EBDDDA and #DAE8EB are opposites, as are #E8EBDA and #DDDAEB. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#EBDDDA #E8EBDA #DAE8EB #DDDAEB

Tints

Mixing #EBDDDA with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #EFE4E1, keeps 80% of the original. By #FBF8F8, the mixture is 80% white.

#EBDDDA #EFE4E1 #F3EBE9 #F7F1F0 #FBF8F8 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #EBDDDA with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BCB1AE, keeps 80% of the original. By #2F2C2C, the mixture is 80% black.

#EBDDDA #BCB1AE #8D8583 #5E5857 #2F2C2C #000000

Tones

Mixing #EBDDDA with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D6CAC8, keeps 80% of the original. By #959392, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#EBDDDA #D6CAC8 #C0B8B6 #ABA5A4 #959392 #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

#EBDDDA

RGB

rgb(235 221 218)

HSL

hsl(10.588 29.825% 88.824%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#EBDDDA uses 235 red, 221 green and 218 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 92.2%

Green 86.7%

Blue 85.5%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #EBDDDA is 0.0% cyan, 6.0% magenta, 7.2% yellow and 7.8% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 6.0%

Yellow 7.2%

Black 7.8%

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 #EBDDDA 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

#EBDDDA #E8DFDD #E5E1E0 #E3E3E3 #E0E4E5 #DDE6E8 #DAE8EB

Color vision previews

Compare how #EBDDDA 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.

#E0DEDA

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.

#E3E1DA

Tritanopia

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

#EFDBDC

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.

#E4DEDA

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.

#E5E0DA

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#EBDDDB

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#E0E0E0

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.

#E6DEDD

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 0.72306 B 0.70110

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 0.91214 G 0.86856 B 0.85696

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.81165 G 0.72663 B 0.70491

CIE xyY

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

x 0.325 y 0.332 Y 74.437

CMY

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

C % 7.843 M % 13.333 Y % 14.510

Binary RGB

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

11101011 11011101 11011010