#ece2e1

Color #ece2e1

A muted very light red.

Closest named color Gainsboro #dcdcdc · ΔE 4.64 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-200 #e8e4e3 · ΔE 2.7

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Conversions

HEX

#ece2e1

RGB

rgb(236, 226, 225)

HSL

hsl(5.5, 22.4%, 90.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(5.5, 4.7%, 92.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 4.7%, 7.5%)

LAB

lab(90.63, 3.22, 1.7)

LCH

lch(90.63, 3.64, 27.83)

OKLCH

oklch(92%, 0.011, 24.23)

HWB

hwb(5.5, 88.2%, 7.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e1ebec

Analogous

#ece1e6

#ece2e1

#ece8e1

Triadic

#ece2e1

#e1ece2

#e2e1ec

Split-complementary

#ece2e1

#e1ece8

#e1e6ec

Tetradic

#ece2e1

#ebece1

#e1ebec

#e2e1ec

Square

#ece2e1

#e6ece1

#e1ebec

#e8e1ec

Shades

Color #ece2e1 mixed toward black.

#ceb5b2

#b08783

#8d5e59

#5e3f3c

#2f1f1e

Tints

Color #ece2e1 mixed toward white.

#efe7e6

#f2eceb

#f6f1f0

#f9f5f5

#fcfafa

Tones

Color #ece2e1 mixed toward gray.

#ebe3e2

#eae4e3

#e9e4e4

#e8e5e5

#e7e6e6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.27:1

Aa Black text on this color

16.53:1

Black text reads better on this background (16.53:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#e8e8e1 · ΔE 6.6

Deuteranopia

#e8e9e1 · ΔE 7.5

Tritanopia

#ece1e1 · ΔE 0.7

Achromatopsia

#e4e4e4 · ΔE 4.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ece2e1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ece2e1]

Related colors

Misty Rose #ffe4e1

Salmon #fa8072

Tomato #ff6347

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Frequently asked questions

#ece2e1 (#ece2e1) is rgb(236, 226, 225) in RGB.

No, #ece2e1 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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