#EBDDDE

sRGB: 235 / 221 / 222

Infinite horizons rise against oblivion
Electric visions illuminate forgotten empires
Fierce revelations transcend the limits of dreams

#EBDDDE belongs to the red family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 235 red, 221 green and 222 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 355.7° lands in the red region. Its 25.9% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 89.4% 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 (15.93:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 235, 221, 222
HSL: 355.71°, 25.93%, 89.41%
HSV / HSB: 355.71°, 5.96%, 92.16%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 5.96%, 5.53%, 7.84%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 73.299, 74.649, 79.657
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 89.229, 4.949, 1.229
WCAG relative luminance: 0.74649
24-bit decimal: 15457758

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 #EBDDDE 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: 15.93:1

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

#DDEBEA sits half a turn (180°) from #EBDDDE 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.

#EBDDDE #DDEBEA

Analogous

#EBDDE5 and #EBE3DD sit 30° to either side of #EBDDDE. 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.

#EBDDE5 #EBDDDE #EBE3DD

Triadic

#EBDDDE, #DEEBDD and #DDDEEB are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#EBDDDE #DEEBDD #DDDEEB

Split complementary

Start at #EBDDDE and look across the wheel. #DDEBE3 and #DDE5EB sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#EBDDDE #DDEBE3 #DDE5EB

Square

Starting with #EBDDDE, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #E5EBDD, #DDEBEA, then #E3DDEB. Across the square, #EBDDDE pairs with #DDEBEA, and #E5EBDD with #E3DDEB.

#EBDDDE #E5EBDD #DDEBEA #E3DDEB

Tetradic

#EBDDDE and #DDEBEA are opposites, as are #EBEADD and #DDDEEB. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#EBDDDE #EBEADD #DDEBEA #DDDEEB

Tints

Mixing #EBDDDE with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #EFE4E5, keeps 80% of the original. By #FBF8F8, the mixture is 80% white.

#EBDDDE #EFE4E5 #F3EBEB #F7F1F2 #FBF8F8 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #EBDDDE with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BCB1B2, keeps 80% of the original. By #2F2C2C, the mixture is 80% black.

#EBDDDE #BCB1B2 #8D8585 #5E5859 #2F2C2C #000000

Tones

Mixing #EBDDDE with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D6CACB, keeps 80% of the original. By #959393, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#EBDDDE #D6CACB #C0B8B8 #ABA5A6 #959393 #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

#EBDDDE

RGB

rgb(235 221 222)

HSL

hsl(355.714 25.926% 89.412%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#EBDDDE uses 235 red, 221 green and 222 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 92.2%

Green 86.7%

Blue 87.1%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #EBDDDE is 0.0% cyan, 6.0% magenta, 5.5% 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 5.5%

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 #EBDDDE 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

#EBDDDE #E9DFE0 #E6E2E2 #E4E4E4 #E2E6E6 #DFE9E8 #DDEBEA

Color vision previews

Compare how #EBDDDE 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.

#DFDFDE

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.

#E2E1DE

Tritanopia

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

#EEDCDD

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.

#E3DEDE

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.

#E5E0DE

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#EBDDDE

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.

#E6DFDF

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 0.73046

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 0.87121

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.81165 G 0.72663 B 0.73164

CIE xyY

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

x 0.322 y 0.328 Y 74.649

CMY

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

C % 7.843 M % 13.333 Y % 12.941

Binary RGB

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

11101011 11011101 11011110