#E5CEC8#E5CEC8

#E5CEC8 is a very light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.650; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.027 H 35.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CEC8
RGB	rgb(229, 206, 200)
HSL	hsl(12, 36%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(12, 13%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 12.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.47, 7.03, 5.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.47, 9.17, 40.02°)
OKLab	oklab(86.88% 0.0223 0.0156)
OKLCH	oklch(86.88% 0.027 35)
XYZ	xyz(64.8091, 64.9721, 63.7592)
Luminance	0.6497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CEC8 #C8DFE5

analogous

#E5C8D1 #E5CEC8 #E5DDC8

triadic

#E5CEC8 #C8E5CE #CEC8E5

tetradic

#E5CEC8 #D1E5C8 #C8DFE5 #DDC8E5

square

#E5CEC8 #D1E5C8 #C8DFE5 #DDC8E5

split-complementary

#E5CEC8 #C8E5DD #C8D1E5

monochromatic

#BE8475 #D1A99E #E5CEC8 #F5ECEA #F5ECEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#E5CEC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.99

#E5CEC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CEC8

13.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CEC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CEC8	1.00	1.50	13.99	13.99
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3D0C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8D5C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBCBCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5cec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 206, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.027 35.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edddd8',
    500: '#e5cec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5cec8;
$custom-light: #edddd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5cec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.414,
    "s": 35.802,
    "l": 84.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86878,
    "c": 0.02718,
    "h": 35
  },
  "luminance": 0.64971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CEC8

secondary

#93B5BE

accent

#96AF37

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FDFCFB

border

#D5D5D4

text

#161514

muted

#848483

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CEC8

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

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