#E5CECC#E5CECC

#E5CECC is a very light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.026 H 23.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CECC
RGB	rgb(229, 206, 204)
HSL	hsl(5, 32%, 85%)
HSV	hsv(5, 11%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 10.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.57, 7.68, 3.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.57, 8.62, 27.01°)
OKLab	oklab(86.99% 0.0238 0.0104)
OKLCH	oklch(86.99% 0.026 23.6)
XYZ	xyz(65.2827, 65.1615, 66.2535)
Luminance	0.6516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CECC #CCE3E5

analogous

#E5CCD7 #E5CECC #E5DBCC

triadic

#E5CECC #CCE5CE #CECCE5

tetradic

#E5CECC #D7E5CC #CCE3E5 #DBCCE5

square

#E5CECC #D7E5CC #CCE3E5 #DBCCE5

split-complementary

#E5CECC #CCE5DB #CCD7E5

monochromatic

#BC807B #D0A7A3 #E5CECC #F5ECEB #F5ECEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#E5CECC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.03

#E5CECC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CECC

14.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CECC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CECC	1.00	1.50	14.03	14.03
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2D1CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7D5CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBCCCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5cecc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 206, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.026 23.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eddddb',
    500: '#e5cecc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5cecc;
$custom-light: #eddddb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5cecc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.8,
    "s": 32.468,
    "l": 84.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86987,
    "c": 0.02599,
    "h": 23.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.6516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CECC

secondary

#97BBBE

accent

#A2AB3A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FDFCFB

border

#D5D5D4

text

#161515

muted

#848484

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CECC

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

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