#ECBCAF

sRGB: 236 / 188 / 175

Infinite horizons pierce eternal darkness
Restless constellations thunder through timeless canyons
Brilliant stars echo beyond eternity

#ECBCAF belongs to the red family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 236 red, 188 green and 175 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 12.8° lands in the red region. Its 61.6% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 80.6% 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 (12.38:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 236, 188, 175
HSL: 12.79°, 61.62%, 80.59%
HSV / HSB: 12.79°, 25.85%, 92.55%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 20.34%, 25.85%, 7.45%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 60.311, 56.896, 48.364
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 80.121, 15.345, 13.138
WCAG relative luminance: 0.56894
24-bit decimal: 15514799

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 #ECBCAF 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: 12.38:1

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

#AFDFEC sits half a turn (180°) from #ECBCAF 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.

#ECBCAF #AFDFEC

Analogous

#ECAFC1 and #ECDBAF sit 30° to either side of #ECBCAF. 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.

#ECAFC1 #ECBCAF #ECDBAF

Triadic

#ECBCAF, #AFECBC and #BCAFEC are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#ECBCAF #AFECBC #BCAFEC

Split complementary

Start at #ECBCAF and look across the wheel. #AFECDB and #AFC0EC sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#ECBCAF #AFECDB #AFC0EC

Square

Starting with #ECBCAF, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #C1ECAF, #AFDFEC, then #DBAFEC. Across the square, #ECBCAF pairs with #AFDFEC, and #C1ECAF with #DBAFEC.

#ECBCAF #C1ECAF #AFDFEC #DBAFEC

Tetradic

#ECBCAF and #AFDFEC are opposites, as are #DFECAF and #BCAFEC. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#ECBCAF #DFECAF #AFDFEC #BCAFEC

Tints

Mixing #ECBCAF with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #F0C9BF, keeps 80% of the original. By #FBF2EF, the mixture is 80% white.

#ECBCAF #F0C9BF #F4D7CF #F7E4DF #FBF2EF #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #ECBCAF with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BD968C, keeps 80% of the original. By #2F2623, the mixture is 80% black.

#ECBCAF #BD968C #8E7169 #5E4B46 #2F2623 #000000

Tones

Mixing #ECBCAF with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D6B0A6, keeps 80% of the original. By #968C89, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#ECBCAF #D6B0A6 #C1A49C #AB9893 #968C89 #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

#ECBCAF

RGB

rgb(236 188 175)

HSL

hsl(12.787 61.616% 80.588%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#ECBCAF uses 236 red, 188 green and 175 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 92.5%

Green 73.7%

Blue 68.6%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #ECBCAF is 0.0% cyan, 20.3% magenta, 25.8% yellow and 7.5% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 20.3%

Yellow 25.8%

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 #ECBCAF 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

#ECBCAF #E2C2B9 #D8C8C3 #CECECE #C3D3D8 #B9D9E2 #AFDFEC

Color vision previews

Compare how #ECBCAF 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.

#C7C1AE

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.

#D2CAAF

Tritanopia

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

#F8B6B8

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.

#D5C0AE

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.

#DAC5AF

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#EDBBB3

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#C7C7C7

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.

#DAC1BB

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 0.50289 B 0.42869

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 0.89582 G 0.74453 B 0.69512

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.77916 G 0.51404 B 0.44107

CIE xyY

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

x 0.364 y 0.344 Y 56.896

CMY

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

C % 7.451 M % 26.275 Y % 31.373

Binary RGB

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

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