#ECDCD9

sRGB: 236 / 220 / 217

Infinite horizons pierce eternal darkness
Electric visions thunder through timeless canyons
Fierce revelations reveal unspoken wonders

#ECDCD9 belongs to the red family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 236 red, 220 green and 217 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 9.5° lands in the red region. Its 33.3% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 88.8% 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 (15.81:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 236, 220, 217
HSL: 9.47°, 33.33%, 88.82%
HSV / HSB: 9.47°, 8.05%, 92.55%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 6.78%, 8.05%, 7.45%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 72.706, 74.030, 76.107
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 88.936, 4.969, 3.443
WCAG relative luminance: 0.74029
24-bit decimal: 15523033

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 #ECDCD9 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: 15.81:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.33:1

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

#D9E9EC sits half a turn (180°) from #ECDCD9 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.

#ECDCD9 #D9E9EC

Analogous

#ECD9DF and #ECE6D9 sit 30° to either side of #ECDCD9. 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.

#ECD9DF #ECDCD9 #ECE6D9

Triadic

#ECDCD9, #D9ECDC and #DCD9EC are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#ECDCD9 #D9ECDC #DCD9EC

Split complementary

Start at #ECDCD9 and look across the wheel. #D9ECE6 and #D9E0EC sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#ECDCD9 #D9ECE6 #D9E0EC

Square

Starting with #ECDCD9, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #E0ECD9, #D9E9EC, then #E6D9EC. Across the square, #ECDCD9 pairs with #D9E9EC, and #E0ECD9 with #E6D9EC.

#ECDCD9 #E0ECD9 #D9E9EC #E6D9EC

Tetradic

#ECDCD9 and #D9E9EC are opposites, as are #E9ECD9 and #DCD9EC. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#ECDCD9 #E9ECD9 #D9E9EC #DCD9EC

Tints

Mixing #ECDCD9 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #F0E3E1, keeps 80% of the original. By #FBF8F7, the mixture is 80% white.

#ECDCD9 #F0E3E1 #F4EAE8 #F7F1F0 #FBF8F7 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #ECDCD9 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BDB0AE, keeps 80% of the original. By #2F2C2B, the mixture is 80% black.

#ECDCD9 #BDB0AE #8E8482 #5E5857 #2F2C2B #000000

Tones

Mixing #ECDCD9 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D6CAC7, keeps 80% of the original. By #969292, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#ECDCD9 #D6CAC7 #C1B7B5 #ABA5A4 #969292 #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

#ECDCD9

RGB

rgb(236 220 217)

HSL

hsl(9.474 33.333% 88.824%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #ECDCD9;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#ECDCD9 uses 236 red, 220 green and 217 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 92.5%

Green 86.3%

Blue 85.1%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #ECDCD9 is 0.0% cyan, 6.8% magenta, 8.1% yellow and 7.5% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 6.8%

Yellow 8.1%

Black 7.5%

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 #ECDCD9 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

#ECDCD9 #E9DEDC #E6E0DF #E3E3E3 #DFE5E6 #DCE7E9 #D9E9EC

Color vision previews

Compare how #ECDCD9 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.

#DFDED9

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.

#E3E0D9

Tritanopia

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

#F0DADB

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.

#E4DDD9

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.

#E5DFD9

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#ECDCDA

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#DFDFDF

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.

#E6DEDC

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 0.71569 B 0.69387

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 0.91476 G 0.86492 B 0.85318

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.81694 G 0.71978 B 0.69793

CIE xyY

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

x 0.326 y 0.332 Y 74.030

CMY

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

C % 7.451 M % 13.725 Y % 14.902

Binary RGB

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

11101100 11011100 11011001