#ECBBB2

sRGB: 236 / 187 / 178

Infinite horizons pierce eternal darkness
Restless constellations shimmer across boundless heavens
Eternal flames disappear into mist

#ECBBB2 belongs to the red family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 236 red, 187 green and 178 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 9.3° lands in the red region. Its 60.4% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 81.2% 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 (12.32:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 236, 187, 178
HSL: 9.31°, 60.42%, 81.18%
HSV / HSB: 9.31°, 24.58%, 92.55%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 20.76%, 24.58%, 7.45%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 60.396, 56.589, 49.862
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 79.948, 16.292, 11.280
WCAG relative luminance: 0.56588
24-bit decimal: 15514546

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 #ECBBB2 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: 12.32:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.70:1

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

#B2E3EC sits half a turn (180°) from #ECBBB2 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.

#ECBBB2 #B2E3EC

Analogous

#ECB2C6 and #ECD8B2 sit 30° to either side of #ECBBB2. 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.

#ECB2C6 #ECBBB2 #ECD8B2

Triadic

#ECBBB2, #B2ECBB and #BBB2EC are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#ECBBB2 #B2ECBB #BBB2EC

Split complementary

Start at #ECBBB2 and look across the wheel. #B2ECD8 and #B2C6EC sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#ECBBB2 #B2ECD8 #B2C6EC

Square

Starting with #ECBBB2, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #C6ECB2, #B2E3EC, then #D8B2EC. Across the square, #ECBBB2 pairs with #B2E3EC, and #C6ECB2 with #D8B2EC.

#ECBBB2 #C6ECB2 #B2E3EC #D8B2EC

Tetradic

#ECBBB2 and #B2E3EC are opposites, as are #E3ECB2 and #BBB2EC. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#ECBBB2 #E3ECB2 #B2E3EC #BBB2EC

Tints

Mixing #ECBBB2 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #F0C9C1, keeps 80% of the original. By #FBF1F0, the mixture is 80% white.

#ECBBB2 #F0C9C1 #F4D6D1 #F7E4E0 #FBF1F0 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #ECBBB2 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BD968E, keeps 80% of the original. By #2F2524, the mixture is 80% black.

#ECBBB2 #BD968E #8E706B #5E4B47 #2F2524 #000000

Tones

Mixing #ECBBB2 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D6AFA8, keeps 80% of the original. By #968C8A, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#ECBBB2 #D6AFA8 #C1A39E #AB9894 #968C8A #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

#ECBBB2

RGB

rgb(236 187 178)

HSL

hsl(9.310 60.417% 81.176%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #ECBBB2;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#ECBBB2 uses 236 red, 187 green and 178 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 92.5%

Green 73.3%

Blue 69.8%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #ECBBB2 is 0.0% cyan, 20.8% magenta, 24.6% yellow and 7.5% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 20.8%

Yellow 24.6%

Black 7.5%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #EEBBAA. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #EBA in CSS. For a modern design, keep #ECBBB2 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #FFCC99, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #EEBBAA Nearest web-safe: #FFCC99

Gradient to complement

#ECBBB2 #E2C2BC #D9C8C5 #CFCFCF #C5D6D9 #BCDCE2 #B2E3EC

Color vision previews

Compare how #ECBBB2 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.

#C5C1B1

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.

#D1CAB2

Tritanopia

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

#F8B5B9

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.

#D4C0B1

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.

#D9C5B2

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#EDBAB5

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#C6C6C6

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.

#DAC1BC

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 0.83880 G 0.49693 B 0.44520

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 0.89528 G 0.74078 B 0.70537

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.77810 G 0.50828 B 0.45567

CIE xyY

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

x 0.362 y 0.339 Y 56.589

CMY

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

C % 7.451 M % 26.667 Y % 30.196

Binary RGB

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

11101100 10111011 10110010