#ECBEBE

sRGB: 236 / 190 / 190

Infinite horizons pierce eternal darkness
Restless constellations transcend the boundaries of time
Eternal flames transcend the limits of dreams

#ECBEBE belongs to the red family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 236 red, 190 green and 190 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 0.0° lands in the red region. Its 54.8% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 83.5% 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 (12.68:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 236, 190, 190
HSL: 0.00°, 54.76%, 83.53%
HSV / HSB: 0.00°, 19.49%, 92.55%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 19.49%, 19.49%, 7.45%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 62.297, 58.379, 56.704
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 80.949, 16.443, 6.256
WCAG relative luminance: 0.58377
24-bit decimal: 15515326

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 #ECBEBE 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: 12.68:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.66:1

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

#BEECEC sits half a turn (180°) from #ECBEBE 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.

#ECBEBE #BEECEC

Analogous

#ECBED5 and #ECD5BE sit 30° to either side of #ECBEBE. 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.

#ECBED5 #ECBEBE #ECD5BE

Triadic

#ECBEBE, #BEECBE and #BEBEEC are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#ECBEBE #BEECBE #BEBEEC

Split complementary

Start at #ECBEBE and look across the wheel. #BEECD5 and #BED5EC sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#ECBEBE #BEECD5 #BED5EC

Square

Starting with #ECBEBE, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #D5ECBE, #BEECEC, then #D5BEEC. Across the square, #ECBEBE pairs with #BEECEC, and #D5ECBE with #D5BEEC.

#ECBEBE #D5ECBE #BEECEC #D5BEEC

Tetradic

#ECBEBE and #BEECEC are opposites, as are #ECECBE and #BEBEEC. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#ECBEBE #ECECBE #BEECEC #BEBEEC

Tints

Mixing #ECBEBE with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #F0CBCB, keeps 80% of the original. By #FBF2F2, the mixture is 80% white.

#ECBEBE #F0CBCB #F4D8D8 #F7E5E5 #FBF2F2 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #ECBEBE with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BD9898, keeps 80% of the original. By #2F2626, the mixture is 80% black.

#ECBEBE #BD9898 #8E7272 #5E4C4C #2F2626 #000000

Tones

Mixing #ECBEBE with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D6B2B2, keeps 80% of the original. By #968C8C, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#ECBEBE #D6B2B2 #C1A5A5 #AB9999 #968C8C #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

#ECBEBE

RGB

rgb(236 190 190)

HSL

hsl(0.000 54.762% 83.529%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#ECBEBE uses 236 red, 190 green and 190 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 92.5%

Green 74.5%

Blue 74.5%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #ECBEBE is 0.0% cyan, 19.5% magenta, 19.5% yellow and 7.5% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 19.5%

Yellow 19.5%

Black 7.5%

Nearby colors

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

Nearest shorthand: #EEBBBB Nearest web-safe: #FFCCCC

Gradient to complement

#ECBEBE #E4C6C6 #DDCDCD #D5D5D5 #CDDDDD #C6E4E4 #BEECEC

Color vision previews

Compare how #ECBEBE 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.

#C6C4BE

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.

#D0CCBD

Tritanopia

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

#F6BABE

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.

#D5C3BE

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.

#D9C7BD

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#EDBEBE

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#C9C9C9

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.

#DBC4C4

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 0.51492 B 0.51492

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 0.89690 G 0.75202 B 0.74867

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.78130 G 0.52567 B 0.52045

CIE xyY

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

x 0.351 y 0.329 Y 58.379

CMY

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

C % 7.451 M % 25.490 Y % 25.490

Binary RGB

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

11101100 10111110 10111110