#EBDED7

sRGB: 235 / 222 / 215
Color name: Berry Frost

Infinite horizons rise against oblivion
Electric visions transcend the boundaries of time
Fierce revelations embrace the coming dawn

The hex code for Berry Frost is #EBDED7. It belongs to the orange family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 235 red, 222 green and 215 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 21.0° lands in the orange region. Its 33.3% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 88.2% 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 (15.96:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 235, 222, 215
HSL: 21.00°, 33.33%, 88.24%
HSV / HSB: 21.00°, 8.51%, 92.16%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 5.53%, 8.51%, 7.84%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 72.645, 74.811, 74.905
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 89.305, 3.253, 5.017
WCAG relative luminance: 0.74811
24-bit decimal: 15458007

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 #EBDED7 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: 15.96:1

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

#D7E4EB sits half a turn (180°) from #EBDED7 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.

#EBDED7 #D7E4EB

Analogous

#EBD7DA and #EBE8D7 sit 30° to either side of #EBDED7. 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.

#EBD7DA #EBDED7 #EBE8D7

Triadic

#EBDED7, #D7EBDE and #DED7EB are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#EBDED7 #D7EBDE #DED7EB

Split complementary

Start at #EBDED7 and look across the wheel. #D7EBE8 and #D7DAEB sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#EBDED7 #D7EBE8 #D7DAEB

Square

Starting with #EBDED7, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #DAEBD7, #D7E4EB, then #E8D7EB. Across the square, #EBDED7 pairs with #D7E4EB, and #DAEBD7 with #E8D7EB.

#EBDED7 #DAEBD7 #D7E4EB #E8D7EB

Tetradic

#EBDED7 and #D7E4EB are opposites, as are #E4EBD7 and #DED7EB. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#EBDED7 #E4EBD7 #D7E4EB #DED7EB

Tints

Mixing #EBDED7 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #EFE5DF, keeps 80% of the original. By #FBF8F7, the mixture is 80% white.

#EBDED7 #EFE5DF #F3EBE7 #F7F2EF #FBF8F7 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #EBDED7 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BCB2AC, keeps 80% of the original. By #2F2C2B, the mixture is 80% black.

#EBDED7 #BCB2AC #8D8581 #5E5956 #2F2C2B #000000

Tones

Mixing #EBDED7 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D6CBC6, keeps 80% of the original. By #959391, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#EBDED7 #D6CBC6 #C0B8B4 #ABA6A3 #959391 #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

#EBDED7

RGB

rgb(235 222 215)

HSL

hsl(21.000 33.333% 88.235%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #EBDED7;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#EBDED7 uses 235 red, 222 green and 215 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 92.2%

Green 87.1%

Blue 84.3%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #EBDED7 is 0.0% cyan, 5.5% magenta, 8.5% yellow and 7.8% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 5.5%

Yellow 8.5%

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 #EBDED7 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

#EBDED7 #E8DFDA #E4E0DE #E1E1E1 #DEE2E4 #DAE3E8 #D7E4EB

Color vision previews

Compare how #EBDED7 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.

#E1DFD7

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.

#E4E1D7

Tritanopia

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

#EFDCDC

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.

#E5DFD7

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.

#E6E0D7

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#EBDED9

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.

#E6DFDC

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 0.73046 B 0.67954

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 0.91279 G 0.87234 B 0.84658

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.81296 G 0.73379 B 0.68581

CIE xyY

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

x 0.327 y 0.336 Y 74.811

CMY

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

C % 7.843 M % 12.941 Y % 15.686

Binary RGB

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

11101011 11011110 11010111