#EBDED9

sRGB: 235 / 222 / 217

Infinite horizons rise against oblivion
Electric visions transcend the boundaries of time
Fierce revelations reveal unspoken wonders

#EBDED9 belongs to the orange family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 235 red, 222 green and 217 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 16.7° lands in the orange region. Its 31.0% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 88.6% 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 (15.98:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 235, 222, 217
HSL: 16.67°, 31.03%, 88.63%
HSV / HSB: 16.67°, 7.66%, 92.16%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 5.53%, 7.66%, 7.84%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 72.903, 74.915, 76.267
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 89.353, 3.586, 4.037
WCAG relative luminance: 0.74914
24-bit decimal: 15458009

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 #EBDED9 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: 15.98:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.31:1

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

#D9E6EB sits half a turn (180°) from #EBDED9 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.

#EBDED9 #D9E6EB

Analogous

#EBD9DD and #EBE7D9 sit 30° to either side of #EBDED9. 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.

#EBD9DD #EBDED9 #EBE7D9

Triadic

#EBDED9, #D9EBDE and #DED9EB are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#EBDED9 #D9EBDE #DED9EB

Split complementary

Start at #EBDED9 and look across the wheel. #D9EBE7 and #D9DDEB sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#EBDED9 #D9EBE7 #D9DDEB

Square

Starting with #EBDED9, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #DDEBD9, #D9E6EB, then #E7D9EB. Across the square, #EBDED9 pairs with #D9E6EB, and #DDEBD9 with #E7D9EB.

#EBDED9 #DDEBD9 #D9E6EB #E7D9EB

Tetradic

#EBDED9 and #D9E6EB are opposites, as are #E6EBD9 and #DED9EB. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#EBDED9 #E6EBD9 #D9E6EB #DED9EB

Tints

Mixing #EBDED9 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #EFE5E1, keeps 80% of the original. By #FBF8F7, the mixture is 80% white.

#EBDED9 #EFE5E1 #F3EBE8 #F7F2F0 #FBF8F7 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #EBDED9 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BCB2AE, keeps 80% of the original. By #2F2C2B, the mixture is 80% black.

#EBDED9 #BCB2AE #8D8582 #5E5957 #2F2C2B #000000

Tones

Mixing #EBDED9 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D6CBC7, keeps 80% of the original. By #959392, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#EBDED9 #D6CBC7 #C0B8B5 #ABA6A4 #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

#EBDED9

RGB

rgb(235 222 217)

HSL

hsl(16.667 31.034% 88.627%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #EBDED9;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#EBDED9 uses 235 red, 222 green and 217 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 92.2%

Green 87.1%

Blue 85.1%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #EBDED9 is 0.0% cyan, 5.5% magenta, 7.7% 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 7.7%

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 #EBDED9 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

#EBDED9 #E8DFDC #E5E1DF #E2E2E2 #DFE3E5 #DCE5E8 #D9E6EB

Color vision previews

Compare how #EBDED9 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.

#E1DFD9

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.

#E4E2D9

Tritanopia

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

#EFDCDD

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.

#E5DFD9

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.

#E6E0D9

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#EBDEDA

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.

#E6DFDD

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 0.69387

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 0.85369

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.81296 G 0.73379 B 0.69886

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 0.334 Y 74.915

CMY

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

C % 7.843 M % 12.941 Y % 14.902

Binary RGB

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

11101011 11011110 11011001