#EDECDB

sRGB: 237 / 236 / 219
Color name: Cannoli Cream

Infinite horizons command forgotten kingdoms
Immortal legends thunder through timeless canyons
Fierce revelations defy the passing ages

The hex code for Cannoli Cream is #EDECDB. It belongs to the yellow family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 237 red, 236 green and 219 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 56.7° lands in the yellow region. Its 33.3% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 89.4% 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 (17.62:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 237, 236, 219
HSL: 56.67°, 33.33%, 89.41%
HSV / HSB: 56.67°, 7.59%, 92.94%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 0.42%, 7.59%, 7.06%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 77.703, 83.110, 78.969
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 93.063, -2.571, 8.360
WCAG relative luminance: 0.83110
24-bit decimal: 15592667

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 #EDECDB 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: 17.62:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.19:1

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

#DBDCED sits half a turn (180°) from #EDECDB 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.

#EDECDB #DBDCED

Analogous

#EDE3DB and #E5EDDB sit 30° to either side of #EDECDB. 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.

#EDE3DB #EDECDB #E5EDDB

Triadic

#EDECDB, #DBEDEC and #ECDBED are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#EDECDB #DBEDEC #ECDBED

Split complementary

Start at #EDECDB and look across the wheel. #DBE5ED and #E3DBED sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#EDECDB #DBE5ED #E3DBED

Square

Starting with #EDECDB, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #DBEDE3, #DBDCED, then #EDDBE5. Across the square, #EDECDB pairs with #DBDCED, and #DBEDE3 with #EDDBE5.

#EDECDB #DBEDE3 #DBDCED #EDDBE5

Tetradic

#EDECDB and #DBDCED are opposites, as are #DCEDDB and #ECDBED. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#EDECDB #DCEDDB #DBDCED #ECDBED

Tints

Mixing #EDECDB with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #F1F0E2, keeps 80% of the original. By #FBFBF8, the mixture is 80% white.

#EDECDB #F1F0E2 #F4F4E9 #F8F7F1 #FBFBF8 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #EDECDB with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BEBDAF, keeps 80% of the original. By #2F2F2C, the mixture is 80% black.

#EDECDB #BEBDAF #8E8E83 #5F5E58 #2F2F2C #000000

Tones

Mixing #EDECDB with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D7D6C9, keeps 80% of the original. By #969692, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#EDECDB #D7D6C9 #C1C1B7 #ACABA4 #969692 #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

#EDECDB

RGB

rgb(237 236 219)

HSL

hsl(56.667 33.333% 89.412%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#EDECDB uses 237 red, 236 green and 219 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 92.9%

Green 92.5%

Blue 85.9%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #EDECDB is 0.0% cyan, 0.4% magenta, 7.6% yellow and 7.1% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 0.4%

Yellow 7.6%

Black 7.1%

Nearby colors

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

Nearest shorthand: #EEEEDD Nearest web-safe: #FFFFCC

Gradient to complement

#EDECDB #EAE9DE #E7E7E1 #E4E4E4 #E1E1E7 #DEDFEA #DBDCED

Color vision previews

Compare how #EDECDB 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.

#EFEBDA

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.

#F0ECDC

Tritanopia

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

#F0EAE7

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.

#EFEBDB

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.

#EFECDB

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#EEEBE0

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#EBEBEB

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.

#ECECE3

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 0.83880 B 0.70838

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 0.92872 G 0.92562 B 0.86514

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.84544 G 0.83907 B 0.72018

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 0.347 Y 83.110

CMY

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

C % 7.059 M % 7.451 Y % 14.118

Binary RGB

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

11101101 11101100 11011011