#E5CECE#E5CECE

#E5CECE is a very light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.653; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.026 H 17.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CECE
RGB	rgb(229, 206, 206)
HSL	hsl(0, 31%, 85%)
HSV	hsv(0, 10%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 10%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.62, 8.00, 2.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.62, 8.52, 20.05°)
OKLab	oklab(87.04% 0.0246 0.0078)
OKLCH	oklch(87.04% 0.026 17.7)
XYZ	xyz(65.5241, 65.2581, 67.5249)
Luminance	0.6526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CECE #CEE5E5

analogous

#E5CED9 #E5CECE #E5D9CE

triadic

#E5CECE #CEE5CE #CECEE5

tetradic

#E5CECE #D9E5CE #CEE5E5 #D9CEE5

square

#E5CECE #D9E5CE #CEE5E5 #D9CEE5

split-complementary

#E5CECE #CEE5D9 #CED9E5

monochromatic

#BB7E7E #D0A6A6 #E5CECE #F4EBEB #F4EBEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#E5CECE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.05

#E5CECE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CECE

14.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CECE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CECE	1.00	1.49	14.05	14.05
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2D1CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7D5CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACCCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5cece;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 206, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.026 17.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eddddc',
    500: '#e5cece',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5cece;
$custom-light: #eddddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5cece",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 30.667,
    "l": 85.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87042,
    "c": 0.02578,
    "h": 17.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.65257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CECE

secondary

#9ABEBE

accent

#A9A93C

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FDFCFC

border

#D5D5D5

text

#161515

muted

#848484

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CECE

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

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