#E5C8CD#E5C8CD
#E5C8CD is a very light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.624; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.033 H 6.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E5C8CD |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 200, 205) |
| HSL | hsl(350, 36%, 84%) |
| HSV | hsv(350, 13%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 10.5%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(83.11, 11.00, 1.27) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(83.11, 11.08, 6.58°) |
| OKLab | oklab(85.86% 0.0331 0.0035) |
| OKLCH | oklch(85.86% 0.033 6) |
| XYZ | xyz(63.9860, 62.3758, 66.4148) |
| Luminance | 0.6237 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Light Pink
#FFD1DF
ΔE00 6.44
Pale Pink
#FFCFDC
ΔE00 6.48
Mistyrose
#FFE4E1
ΔE00 7.12
Light Rose
#FFC5CB
ΔE00 7.56
Thistle
#D8BFD8
ΔE00 7.74
Pale Rose
#FDC1C5
ΔE00 7.97
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E5C8CD #C8E5E0
analogous
#E5C8DC #E5C8CD #E5D2C8
triadic
#E5C8CD #CDE5C8 #C8CDE5
tetradic
#E5C8CD #DCE5C8 #C8E5E0 #D2C8E5
square
#E5C8CD #DCE5C8 #C8E5E0 #D2C8E5
split-complementary
#E5C8CD #C8E5D2 #C8DCE5
monochromatic
#BE7581 #D19EA7 #E5C8CD #F5EAEC #F5EAEC
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.56
#E5C8CD on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.47
#E5C8CD on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E5C8CD
13.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E5C8CD | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E5C8CD | 1.00 | 1.56 | 13.47 | 13.47 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.56 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.47 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.47 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#CCCCCD
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D2D1CC
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#EBC6CA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CFCFCF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e5c8cd; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 200, 205); /* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.033 6.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#edd8dc',
500: '#e5c8cd',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e5c8cd; $custom-light: #edd8dc; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e5c8cd",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 200,
"b": 205
},
"hsl": {
"h": 349.655,
"s": 35.802,
"l": 84.118
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.8586,
"c": 0.03332,
"h": 6
},
"luminance": 0.62374
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E5C8CD
secondary
#93BEB7
accent
#AF9A37
background
#FEFEFE
surface
#FDFBFC
border
#D5D4D5
text
#161415
muted
#848384