#EFCDCA

sRGB: 239 / 205 / 202

Infinite horizons reshape eternity
Majestic waterfalls illuminate forgotten empires
Boundless spirits illuminate hidden worlds

#EFCDCA belongs to the red family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 239 red, 205 green and 202 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 4.9° lands in the red region. Its 53.6% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 86.5% 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 (14.26:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 239, 205, 202
HSL: 4.86°, 53.62%, 86.47%
HSV / HSB: 4.86°, 15.48%, 93.73%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 14.23%, 15.48%, 6.27%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 68.086, 66.279, 65.086
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 85.138, 11.440, 5.912
WCAG relative luminance: 0.66278
24-bit decimal: 15715786

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 #EFCDCA 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: 14.26:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.47:1

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

#CAECEF sits half a turn (180°) from #EFCDCA 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.

#EFCDCA #CAECEF

Analogous

#EFCAD9 and #EFE0CA sit 30° to either side of #EFCDCA. 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.

#EFCAD9 #EFCDCA #EFE0CA

Triadic

#EFCDCA, #CAEFCD and #CDCAEF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#EFCDCA #CAEFCD #CDCAEF

Split complementary

Start at #EFCDCA and look across the wheel. #CAEFE0 and #CAD9EF sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#EFCDCA #CAEFE0 #CAD9EF

Square

Starting with #EFCDCA, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #D9EFCA, #CAECEF, then #E0CAEF. Across the square, #EFCDCA pairs with #CAECEF, and #D9EFCA with #E0CAEF.

#EFCDCA #D9EFCA #CAECEF #E0CAEF

Tetradic

#EFCDCA and #CAECEF are opposites, as are #ECEFCA and #CDCAEF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#EFCDCA #ECEFCA #CAECEF #CDCAEF

Tints

Mixing #EFCDCA with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #F2D7D5, keeps 80% of the original. By #FCF5F4, the mixture is 80% white.

#EFCDCA #F2D7D5 #F5E1DF #F9EBEA #FCF5F4 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #EFCDCA with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BFA4A2, keeps 80% of the original. By #302928, the mixture is 80% black.

#EFCDCA #BFA4A2 #8F7B79 #605251 #302928 #000000

Tones

Mixing #EFCDCA with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D9BEBB, keeps 80% of the original. By #968F8F, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#EFCDCA #D9BEBB #C3AEAC #AC9F9E #968F8F #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

#EFCDCA

RGB

rgb(239 205 202)

HSL

hsl(4.865 53.623% 86.471%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#EFCDCA uses 239 red, 205 green and 202 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 93.7%

Green 80.4%

Blue 79.2%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #EFCDCA is 0.0% cyan, 14.2% magenta, 15.5% yellow and 6.3% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 14.2%

Yellow 15.5%

Black 6.3%

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 #EFCDCA 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

#EFCDCA #E9D2D0 #E3D7D6 #DDDDDD #D6E2E3 #D0E7E9 #CAECEF

Color vision previews

Compare how #EFCDCA 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.

#D3D1CA

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.

#DBD7CA

Tritanopia

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

#F7CACC

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.

#DED0CA

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.

#E1D4CA

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#F0CDCB

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#D5D5D5

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.

#E2D1CF

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 0.86316 G 0.61050 B 0.59062

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 0.91543 G 0.80882 B 0.79579

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.81830 G 0.61888 B 0.59671

CIE xyY

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

x 0.341 y 0.332 Y 66.279

CMY

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

C % 6.275 M % 19.608 Y % 20.784

Binary RGB

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

11101111 11001101 11001010