#E5CED1#E5CED1

#E5CED1 is a very light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.654; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.026 H 8.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CED1
RGB	rgb(229, 206, 209)
HSL	hsl(352, 31%, 85%)
HSV	hsv(352, 10%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 8.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.69, 8.50, 1.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.69, 8.62, 9.58°)
OKLab	oklab(87.13% 0.0257 0.0039)
OKLCH	oklch(87.13% 0.026 8.7)
XYZ	xyz(65.8920, 65.4052, 69.4626)
Luminance	0.6540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CED1 #CEE5E2

analogous

#E5CEDC #E5CED1 #E5D6CE

triadic

#E5CED1 #D1E5CE #CED1E5

tetradic

#E5CED1 #DCE5CE #CEE5E2 #D6CEE5

square

#E5CED1 #DCE5CE #CEE5E2 #D6CEE5

split-complementary

#E5CED1 #CEE5D6 #CEDCE5

monochromatic

#BB7E86 #D0A6AB #E5CED1 #F4EBEC #F4EBEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#E5CED1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.08

#E5CED1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CED1

14.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CED1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CED1	1.00	1.49	14.08	14.08
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1D1D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6D5D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACDCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ced1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 206, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.026 8.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eddddf',
    500: '#e5ced1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ced1;
$custom-light: #eddddf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ced1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.174,
    "s": 30.667,
    "l": 85.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87126,
    "c": 0.02601,
    "h": 8.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.65404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CED1

secondary

#9ABEB9

accent

#A99B3C

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FDFCFC

border

#D5D5D5

text

#161515

muted

#848484

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CED1

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

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