#ECE8E8#ECE8E8

#ECE8E8 is a very light, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.814; OKLCH L 93.4% C 0.004 H 17.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE8E8
RGB	rgb(236, 232, 232)
HSL	hsl(0, 10%, 92%)
HSV	hsv(0, 2%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 1.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.30, 1.34, 0.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.30, 1.43, 19.51°)
OKLab	oklab(93.41% 0.0041 0.0013)
OKLCH	oklch(93.41% 0.004 17.2)
XYZ	xyz(78.0119, 81.3725, 87.9250)
Luminance	0.8137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE8E8 #E8ECEC

analogous

#ECE8EA #ECE8E8 #ECEAE8

triadic

#ECE8E8 #E8ECE8 #E8E8EC

tetradic

#ECE8E8 #EAECE8 #E8ECEC #EAE8EC

square

#ECE8E8 #EAECE8 #E8ECEC #EAE8EC

split-complementary

#ECE8E8 #E8ECEA #E8EAEC

monochromatic

#B5A5A5 #D0C6C6 #ECE8E8 #F1EEEE #F1EEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#ECE8E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.27

#ECE8E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE8E8

17.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE8E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE8E8	1.00	1.22	17.27	17.27
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9E8E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9E9E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDE8E8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece8e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 232, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.4% 0.004 17.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2efef',
    500: '#ece8e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece8e8;
$custom-light: #f2efef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece8e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 9.524,
    "l": 91.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93411,
    "c": 0.00432,
    "h": 17.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.81372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE8E8

secondary

#B8C1C1

accent

#949452

background

#FFFFFF

surface

#FEFEFE

border

#D6D6D6

text

#161616

muted

#858585

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE8E8

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

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