#EEBCBD

sRGB: 238 / 188 / 189

Infinite horizons fracture ancient heavens
Restless constellations thunder through timeless canyons
Eternal flames shatter the chains of fate

#EEBCBD belongs to the red family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 238 red, 188 green and 189 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 358.8° lands in the red region. Its 59.5% 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 (12.56:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 238, 188, 189
HSL: 358.80°, 59.52%, 83.53%
HSV / HSB: 358.80°, 21.01%, 93.33%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 21.01%, 20.59%, 6.67%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 62.426, 57.819, 56.018
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 80.638, 18.081, 6.371
WCAG relative luminance: 0.57818
24-bit decimal: 15645885

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 #EEBCBD 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: 12.56:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.67:1

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

#BCEEED sits half a turn (180°) from #EEBCBD 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.

#EEBCBD #BCEEED

Analogous

#EEBCD6 and #EED4BC sit 30° to either side of #EEBCBD. 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.

#EEBCD6 #EEBCBD #EED4BC

Triadic

#EEBCBD, #BDEEBC and #BCBDEE are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#EEBCBD #BDEEBC #BCBDEE

Split complementary

Start at #EEBCBD and look across the wheel. #BCEED4 and #BCD6EE sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#EEBCBD #BCEED4 #BCD6EE

Square

Starting with #EEBCBD, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #D6EEBC, #BCEEED, then #D4BCEE. Across the square, #EEBCBD pairs with #BCEEED, and #D6EEBC with #D4BCEE.

#EEBCBD #D6EEBC #BCEEED #D4BCEE

Tetradic

#EEBCBD and #BCEEED are opposites, as are #EEEDBC and #BCBDEE. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#EEBCBD #EEEDBC #BCEEED #BCBDEE

Tints

Mixing #EEBCBD with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #F1C9CA, keeps 80% of the original. By #FCF2F2, the mixture is 80% white.

#EEBCBD #F1C9CA #F5D7D7 #F8E4E5 #FCF2F2 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #EEBCBD with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BE9697, keeps 80% of the original. By #302626, the mixture is 80% black.

#EEBCBD #BE9697 #8F7171 #5F4B4C #302626 #000000

Tones

Mixing #EEBCBD with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D8B0B1, keeps 80% of the original. By #968C8C, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#EEBCBD #D8B0B1 #C2A4A5 #AC9898 #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

#EEBCBD

RGB

rgb(238 188 189)

HSL

hsl(358.800 59.524% 83.529%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#EEBCBD uses 238 red, 188 green and 189 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 93.3%

Green 73.7%

Blue 74.1%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #EEBCBD is 0.0% cyan, 21.0% magenta, 20.6% yellow and 6.7% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 21.0%

Yellow 20.6%

Black 6.7%

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 #EEBCBD 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

#EEBCBD #E6C4C5 #DDCDCD #D5D5D5 #CDDDDD #C4E6E5 #BCEEED

Color vision previews

Compare how #EEBCBD 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.

#C5C3BD

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.

#D0CCBC

Tritanopia

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

#F9B7BD

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.

#D5C1BD

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.

#D9C6BC

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#EFBCBD

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#C8C8C8

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.

#DCC2C3

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 0.85499 G 0.50289 B 0.50888

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 0.90256 G 0.74488 B 0.74474

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.79248 G 0.51457 B 0.51436

CIE xyY

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

x 0.354 y 0.328 Y 57.819

CMY

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

C % 6.667 M % 26.275 Y % 25.882

Binary RGB

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

11101110 10111100 10111101