#E3C4BD#E3C4BD

#E3C4BD is a very light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.037 H 32.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3C4BD
RGB	rgb(227, 196, 189)
HSL	hsl(11, 40%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(11, 17%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 16.7%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.56, 9.84, 7.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.56, 12.41, 37.53°)
OKLab	oklab(84.48% 0.0309 0.0199)
OKLCH	oklch(84.48% 0.037 32.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.6036, 59.4866, 56.4239)
Luminance	0.5948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3C4BD #BDDCE3

analogous

#E3BDC9 #E3C4BD #E3D7BD

triadic

#E3C4BD #BDE3C4 #C4BDE3

tetradic

#E3C4BD #C9E3BD #BDDCE3 #D7BDE3

square

#E3C4BD #C9E3BD #BDDCE3 #D7BDE3

split-complementary

#E3C4BD #BDE3D7 #BDC9E3

monochromatic

#BF7767 #D19E92 #E3C4BD #F5EAE8 #F6ECEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#E3C4BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.90

#E3C4BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3C4BD

12.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3C4BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3C4BD	1.00	1.63	12.90	12.90
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAC7BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2CDBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3c4bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 196, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.037 32.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecd5d0',
    500: '#e3c4bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3c4bd;
$custom-light: #ecd5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3c4bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.053,
    "s": 40.426,
    "l": 81.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84475,
    "c": 0.03671,
    "h": 32.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3C4BD

secondary

#88B3BC

accent

#9CB332

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FDFBFB

border

#D5D4D4

text

#161414

muted

#848383

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3C4BD

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