#EBDFDA

sRGB: 235 / 223 / 218

Infinite horizons rise against oblivion
Electric visions transform the fabric of existence
Fierce revelations illuminate hidden worlds

#EBDFDA belongs to the orange family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 235 red, 223 green and 218 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 17.6° lands in the orange 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 (16.10:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 235, 223, 218
HSL: 17.65°, 29.82%, 88.82%
HSV / HSB: 17.65°, 7.23%, 92.16%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 5.11%, 7.23%, 7.84%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 73.300, 75.500, 77.043
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 89.627, 3.236, 3.908
WCAG relative luminance: 0.75499
24-bit decimal: 15458266

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 #EBDFDA 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: 16.10:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.30:1

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

#DAE6EB sits half a turn (180°) from #EBDFDA 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.

#EBDFDA #DAE6EB

Analogous

#EBDADD and #EBE8DA sit 30° to either side of #EBDFDA. 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.

#EBDADD #EBDFDA #EBE8DA

Triadic

#EBDFDA, #DAEBDF and #DFDAEB are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#EBDFDA #DAEBDF #DFDAEB

Split complementary

Start at #EBDFDA and look across the wheel. #DAEBE8 and #DADDEB sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#EBDFDA #DAEBE8 #DADDEB

Square

Starting with #EBDFDA, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #DDEBDA, #DAE6EB, then #E8DAEB. Across the square, #EBDFDA pairs with #DAE6EB, and #DDEBDA with #E8DAEB.

#EBDFDA #DDEBDA #DAE6EB #E8DAEB

Tetradic

#EBDFDA and #DAE6EB are opposites, as are #E6EBDA and #DFDAEB. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#EBDFDA #E6EBDA #DAE6EB #DFDAEB

Tints

Mixing #EBDFDA with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #EFE5E1, keeps 80% of the original. By #FBF9F8, the mixture is 80% white.

#EBDFDA #EFE5E1 #F3ECE9 #F7F2F0 #FBF9F8 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #EBDFDA with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BCB2AE, keeps 80% of the original. By #2F2D2C, the mixture is 80% black.

#EBDFDA #BCB2AE #8D8683 #5E5957 #2F2D2C #000000

Tones

Mixing #EBDFDA with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D6CCC8, keeps 80% of the original. By #959392, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#EBDFDA #D6CCC8 #C0B9B6 #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

#EBDFDA

RGB

rgb(235 223 218)

HSL

hsl(17.647 29.825% 88.824%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#EBDFDA uses 235 red, 223 green and 218 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 92.2%

Green 87.5%

Blue 85.5%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #EBDFDA is 0.0% cyan, 5.1% 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 5.1%

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 #EBDFDA 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

#EBDFDA #E8E0DD #E5E1E0 #E3E3E3 #E0E4E5 #DDE5E8 #DAE6EB

Color vision previews

Compare how #EBDFDA 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.

#E2E0DA

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.

#E5E2DA

Tritanopia

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

#EFDDDE

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.

#E5E0DA

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.

#E6E1DA

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#EBDFDB

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#E1E1E1

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.

#E6E0DE

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 0.73791 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 0.91345 G 0.87613 B 0.85754

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.81428 G 0.74099 B 0.70598

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 75.500

CMY

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

C % 7.843 M % 12.549 Y % 14.510

Binary RGB

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

11101011 11011111 11011010