#ECD2CB

sRGB: 236 / 210 / 203

Infinite horizons pierce eternal darkness
Electric visions tremble in empty gardens
Boundless spirits defy the passing ages

#ECD2CB belongs to the red family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 236 red, 210 green and 203 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 12.7° lands in the red region. Its 46.5% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 86.1% 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 (14.65:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 236, 210, 203
HSL: 12.73°, 46.48%, 86.08%
HSV / HSB: 12.73°, 13.98%, 92.55%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 11.02%, 13.98%, 7.45%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 68.415, 68.239, 66.069
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 86.126, 7.905, 6.770
WCAG relative luminance: 0.68238
24-bit decimal: 15520459

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 #ECD2CB 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: 14.65:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.43:1

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

#CBE5EC sits half a turn (180°) from #ECD2CB 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.

#ECD2CB #CBE5EC

Analogous

#ECCBD4 and #ECE3CB sit 30° to either side of #ECD2CB. 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.

#ECCBD4 #ECD2CB #ECE3CB

Triadic

#ECD2CB, #CBECD2 and #D2CBEC are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#ECD2CB #CBECD2 #D2CBEC

Split complementary

Start at #ECD2CB and look across the wheel. #CBECE3 and #CBD4EC sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#ECD2CB #CBECE3 #CBD4EC

Square

Starting with #ECD2CB, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #D4ECCB, #CBE5EC, then #E3CBEC. Across the square, #ECD2CB pairs with #CBE5EC, and #D4ECCB with #E3CBEC.

#ECD2CB #D4ECCB #CBE5EC #E3CBEC

Tetradic

#ECD2CB and #CBE5EC are opposites, as are #E5ECCB and #D2CBEC. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#ECD2CB #E5ECCB #CBE5EC #D2CBEC

Tints

Mixing #ECD2CB with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #F0DBD5, keeps 80% of the original. By #FBF6F5, the mixture is 80% white.

#ECD2CB #F0DBD5 #F4E4E0 #F7EDEA #FBF6F5 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #ECD2CB with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BDA8A2, keeps 80% of the original. By #2F2A29, the mixture is 80% black.

#ECD2CB #BDA8A2 #8E7E7A #5E5451 #2F2A29 #000000

Tones

Mixing #ECD2CB with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D6C2BC, keeps 80% of the original. By #96908F, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#ECD2CB #D6C2BC #C1B1AD #ABA19E #96908F #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

#ECD2CB

RGB

rgb(236 210 203)

HSL

hsl(12.727 46.479% 86.078%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #ECD2CB;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#ECD2CB uses 236 red, 210 green and 203 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 92.5%

Green 82.4%

Blue 79.6%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #ECD2CB is 0.0% cyan, 11.0% magenta, 14.0% yellow and 7.5% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 11.0%

Yellow 14.0%

Black 7.5%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #EECCCC. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #ECC in CSS. For a modern design, keep #ECD2CB when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #FFCCCC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

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

Gradient to complement

#ECD2CB #E7D5D1 #E1D8D6 #DCDCDC #D6DFE1 #D1E2E7 #CBE5EC

Color vision previews

Compare how #ECD2CB 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.

#D8D5CB

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.

#DDD9CB

Tritanopia

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

#F3CFD0

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.

#DFD4CB

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.

#E2D7CB

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#EDD2CD

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#D7D7D7

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.

#E2D5D1

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 0.64448 B 0.59720

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 0.90848 G 0.82718 B 0.80055

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.80430 G 0.65093 B 0.60475

CIE xyY

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

x 0.337 y 0.337 Y 68.239

CMY

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

C % 7.451 M % 17.647 Y % 20.392

Binary RGB

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

11101100 11010010 11001011