#EBDFDC

sRGB: 235 / 223 / 220

Infinite horizons rise against oblivion
Electric visions transform the fabric of existence
Fierce revelations awaken sleeping galaxies

#EBDFDC belongs to the red family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 235 red, 223 green and 220 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 12.0° lands in the red region. Its 27.3% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 89.2% 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 (16.12:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 235, 223, 220
HSL: 12.00°, 27.27%, 89.22%
HSV / HSB: 12.00°, 6.38%, 92.16%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 5.11%, 6.38%, 7.84%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 73.564, 75.605, 78.430
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 89.676, 3.573, 2.929
WCAG relative luminance: 0.75605
24-bit decimal: 15458268

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 #EBDFDC 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: 16.12:1

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

#DCE8EB sits half a turn (180°) from #EBDFDC 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.

#EBDFDC #DCE8EB

Analogous

#EBDCE1 and #EBE7DC sit 30° to either side of #EBDFDC. 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.

#EBDCE1 #EBDFDC #EBE7DC

Triadic

#EBDFDC, #DCEBDF and #DFDCEB are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#EBDFDC #DCEBDF #DFDCEB

Split complementary

Start at #EBDFDC and look across the wheel. #DCEBE7 and #DCE1EB sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#EBDFDC #DCEBE7 #DCE1EB

Square

Starting with #EBDFDC, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #E1EBDC, #DCE8EB, then #E7DCEB. Across the square, #EBDFDC pairs with #DCE8EB, and #E1EBDC with #E7DCEB.

#EBDFDC #E1EBDC #DCE8EB #E7DCEB

Tetradic

#EBDFDC and #DCE8EB are opposites, as are #E8EBDC and #DFDCEB. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#EBDFDC #E8EBDC #DCE8EB #DFDCEB

Tints

Mixing #EBDFDC with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #EFE5E3, keeps 80% of the original. By #FBF9F8, the mixture is 80% white.

#EBDFDC #EFE5E3 #F3ECEA #F7F2F1 #FBF9F8 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #EBDFDC with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BCB2B0, keeps 80% of the original. By #2F2D2C, the mixture is 80% black.

#EBDFDC #BCB2B0 #8D8684 #5E5958 #2F2D2C #000000

Tones

Mixing #EBDFDC with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D6CCCA, keeps 80% of the original. By #959392, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#EBDFDC #D6CCCA #C0B9B7 #ABA6A5 #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

#EBDFDC

RGB

rgb(235 223 220)

HSL

hsl(12.000 27.273% 89.216%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#EBDFDC uses 235 red, 223 green and 220 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 92.2%

Green 87.5%

Blue 86.3%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #EBDFDC is 0.0% cyan, 5.1% magenta, 6.4% 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 6.4%

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 #EBDFDC 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

#EBDFDC #E9E1DF #E6E2E1 #E4E4E4 #E1E5E6 #DFE7E9 #DCE8EB

Color vision previews

Compare how #EBDFDC 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.

#E1E0DC

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.

#E4E2DC

Tritanopia

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

#EEDEDE

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.

#E5E0DC

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.

#E6E1DC

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#EBDFDD

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.

#E6E0DF

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 0.71569

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 0.86465

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.81428 G 0.74099 B 0.71927

CIE xyY

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

x 0.323 y 0.332 Y 75.605

CMY

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

C % 7.843 M % 12.549 Y % 13.725

Binary RGB

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

11101011 11011111 11011100