#E4CECE#E4CECE

#E4CECE is a very light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.651; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.025 H 17.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4CECE
RGB	rgb(228, 206, 206)
HSL	hsl(0, 29%, 85%)
HSV	hsv(0, 10%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 9.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.53, 7.65, 2.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.53, 8.14, 20.02°)
OKLab	oklab(86.96% 0.0235 0.0075)
OKLCH	oklch(86.96% 0.025 17.6)
XYZ	xyz(65.2058, 65.0940, 67.5100)
Luminance	0.6509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4CECE #CEE4E4

analogous

#E4CED9 #E4CECE #E4D9CE

triadic

#E4CECE #CEE4CE #CECEE4

tetradic

#E4CECE #D9E4CE #CEE4E4 #D9CEE4

square

#E4CECE #D9E4CE #CEE4E4 #D9CEE4

split-complementary

#E4CECE #CEE4D9 #CED9E4

monochromatic

#B97F7F #CEA7A7 #E4CECE #F4EBEB #F4EBEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#E4CECE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.02

#E4CECE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4CECE

14.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4CECE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4CECE	1.00	1.50	14.02	14.02
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2D1CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6D4CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CCCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4cece;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 206, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.025 17.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecdddc',
    500: '#e4cece',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4cece;
$custom-light: #ecdddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4cece",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 28.947,
    "l": 85.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86956,
    "c": 0.02465,
    "h": 17.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.65093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4CECE

secondary

#9ABCBC

accent

#A8A83E

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FDFCFC

border

#D5D5D5

text

#161515

muted

#848484

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4CECE

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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