#E5CECB#E5CECB

#E5CECB is a very light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.651; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.026 H 26.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CECB
RGB	rgb(229, 206, 203)
HSL	hsl(7, 33%, 85%)
HSV	hsv(7, 11%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 11.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.54, 7.51, 4.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.54, 8.71, 30.41°)
OKLab	oklab(86.96% 0.0234 0.0117)
OKLCH	oklch(86.96% 0.026 26.6)
XYZ	xyz(65.1631, 65.1137, 65.6238)
Luminance	0.6511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CECB #CBE2E5

analogous

#E5CBD5 #E5CECB #E5DBCB

triadic

#E5CECB #CBE5CE #CECBE5

tetradic

#E5CECB #D5E5CB #CBE2E5 #DBCBE5

square

#E5CECB #D5E5CB #CBE2E5 #DBCBE5

split-complementary

#E5CECB #CBE5DB #CBD5E5

monochromatic

#BC8179 #D1A8A2 #E5CECB #F5ECEB #F5ECEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#E5CECB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.02

#E5CECB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CECB

14.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CECB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CECB	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)

#D2D1CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7D5CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBCCCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5cecb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 206, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.026 26.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edddda',
    500: '#e5cecb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5cecb;
$custom-light: #edddda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5cecb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.923,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 84.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86959,
    "c": 0.02618,
    "h": 26.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.65112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CECB

secondary

#96B9BE

accent

#9FAC39

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FDFCFB

border

#D5D5D4

text

#161514

muted

#848483

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CECB

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

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