#EFE3DD

sRGB: 239 / 227 / 221

Infinite horizons reshape eternity
Immortal legends flicker through endless evenings
Fierce revelations shatter the chains of fate

#EFE3DD belongs to the orange family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 239 red, 227 green and 221 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 20.0° lands in the orange region. Its 36.0% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 90.2% 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 (16.70:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 239, 227, 221
HSL: 20.00°, 36.00%, 90.20%
HSV / HSB: 20.00°, 7.53%, 93.73%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 5.02%, 7.53%, 6.27%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 76.113, 78.510, 79.553
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 91.012, 3.057, 4.382
WCAG relative luminance: 0.78509
24-bit decimal: 15721437

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 #EFE3DD 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: 16.70:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.26:1

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

#DDE9EF sits half a turn (180°) from #EFE3DD 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.

#EFE3DD #DDE9EF

Analogous

#EFDDE0 and #EFECDD sit 30° to either side of #EFE3DD. 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.

#EFDDE0 #EFE3DD #EFECDD

Triadic

#EFE3DD, #DDEFE3 and #E3DDEF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#EFE3DD #DDEFE3 #E3DDEF

Split complementary

Start at #EFE3DD and look across the wheel. #DDEFEC and #DDE0EF sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#EFE3DD #DDEFEC #DDE0EF

Square

Starting with #EFE3DD, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #E0EFDD, #DDE9EF, then #ECDDEF. Across the square, #EFE3DD pairs with #DDE9EF, and #E0EFDD with #ECDDEF.

#EFE3DD #E0EFDD #DDE9EF #ECDDEF

Tetradic

#EFE3DD and #DDE9EF are opposites, as are #E9EFDD and #E3DDEF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#EFE3DD #E9EFDD #DDE9EF #E3DDEF

Tints

Mixing #EFE3DD with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #F2E9E4, keeps 80% of the original. By #FCF9F8, the mixture is 80% white.

#EFE3DD #F2E9E4 #F5EEEB #F9F4F1 #FCF9F8 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #EFE3DD with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BFB6B1, keeps 80% of the original. By #302D2C, the mixture is 80% black.

#EFE3DD #BFB6B1 #8F8885 #605B58 #302D2C #000000

Tones

Mixing #EFE3DD with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D9CFCA, keeps 80% of the original. By #969493, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#EFE3DD #D9CFCA #C3BBB8 #ACA8A5 #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

#EFE3DD

RGB

rgb(239 227 221)

HSL

hsl(20.000 36.000% 90.196%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #EFE3DD;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#EFE3DD uses 239 red, 227 green and 221 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 93.7%

Green 89.0%

Blue 86.7%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #EFE3DD is 0.0% cyan, 5.0% magenta, 7.5% yellow and 6.3% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 5.0%

Yellow 7.5%

Black 6.3%

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 #EFE3DD 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

#EFE3DD #ECE4E0 #E9E5E3 #E6E6E6 #E3E7E9 #E0E8EC #DDE9EF

Color vision previews

Compare how #EFE3DD 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.

#E6E4DD

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.

#E9E6DD

Tritanopia

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

#F3E1E1

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.

#E9E4DD

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.

#EBE5DD

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#EFE3DF

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#E5E5E5

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.

#EAE4E1

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 0.76815 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 0.92913 G 0.89181 B 0.86966

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.84629 G 0.77130 B 0.72871

CIE xyY

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

x 0.325 y 0.335 Y 78.510

CMY

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

C % 6.275 M % 10.980 Y % 13.333

Binary RGB

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

11101111 11100011 11011101