#EDE2DD

sRGB: 237 / 226 / 221

Infinite horizons command forgotten kingdoms
Immortal legends tremble in empty gardens
Fierce revelations shatter the chains of fate

#EDE2DD belongs to the orange family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 237 red, 226 green and 221 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 18.7° lands in the orange region. Its 30.8% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 89.8% 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 (16.52:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 237, 226, 221
HSL: 18.75°, 30.77%, 89.80%
HSV / HSB: 18.75°, 6.75%, 92.94%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 4.64%, 6.75%, 7.06%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 75.169, 77.618, 79.431
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 90.605, 2.882, 3.773
WCAG relative luminance: 0.77618
24-bit decimal: 15590109

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 #EDE2DD 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: 16.52:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.27:1

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

#DDE8ED sits half a turn (180°) from #EDE2DD 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.

#EDE2DD #DDE8ED

Analogous

#EDDDE0 and #EDEADD sit 30° to either side of #EDE2DD. 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.

#EDDDE0 #EDE2DD #EDEADD

Triadic

#EDE2DD, #DDEDE2 and #E2DDED are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#EDE2DD #DDEDE2 #E2DDED

Split complementary

Start at #EDE2DD and look across the wheel. #DDEDEA and #DDE0ED sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#EDE2DD #DDEDEA #DDE0ED

Square

Starting with #EDE2DD, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #E0EDDD, #DDE8ED, then #EADDED. Across the square, #EDE2DD pairs with #DDE8ED, and #E0EDDD with #EADDED.

#EDE2DD #E0EDDD #DDE8ED #EADDED

Tetradic

#EDE2DD and #DDE8ED are opposites, as are #E8EDDD and #E2DDED. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#EDE2DD #E8EDDD #DDE8ED #E2DDED

Tints

Mixing #EDE2DD with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #F1E8E4, keeps 80% of the original. By #FBF9F8, the mixture is 80% white.

#EDE2DD #F1E8E4 #F4EEEB #F8F3F1 #FBF9F8 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #EDE2DD with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BEB5B1, keeps 80% of the original. By #2F2D2C, the mixture is 80% black.

#EDE2DD #BEB5B1 #8E8885 #5F5A58 #2F2D2C #000000

Tones

Mixing #EDE2DD with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D7CECA, keeps 80% of the original. By #969493, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#EDE2DD #D7CECA #C1BBB8 #ACA7A5 #969493 #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

#EDE2DD

RGB

rgb(237 226 221)

HSL

hsl(18.750 30.769% 89.804%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #EDE2DD;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#EDE2DD uses 237 red, 226 green and 221 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 92.9%

Green 88.6%

Blue 86.7%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #EDE2DD is 0.0% cyan, 4.6% magenta, 6.8% yellow and 7.1% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 4.6%

Yellow 6.8%

Black 7.1%

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 #EDE2DD 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

#EDE2DD #EAE3E0 #E8E4E2 #E5E5E5 #E2E6E8 #E0E7EA #DDE8ED

Color vision previews

Compare how #EDE2DD 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.

#E5E3DD

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.

#E7E5DD

Tritanopia

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

#F1E0E1

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.

#E8E3DD

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.

#E9E4DD

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#EDE2DE

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#E4E4E4

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.

#E9E3E1

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 0.84687 G 0.76052 B 0.72306

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 0.92195 G 0.88775 B 0.86923

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.83154 G 0.76339 B 0.72788

CIE xyY

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

x 0.324 y 0.334 Y 77.618

CMY

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

C % 7.059 M % 11.373 Y % 13.333

Binary RGB

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

11101101 11100010 11011101