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#eedbdc

a pale, soft red · warm · closest name: Misty Rose

Token name suggestion: Whisper Cherry

RGB
238, 219, 220
HSL
357°, 36%, 90%
CMYK
0, 8, 8, 7
Luminance
0.7401

#eedbdc is a pale soft red, 357° on the wheel and 18/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (15.80:1). As text it scores 1.33:1 on white — use #B15B5F instead. Nearest name is Misty Rose, nearest Tailwind family is amber.

hsl(357 36% 90%)rgb(238 219 220)Base step 200AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #eedbdc is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#eedbdc
Hue
357°
red
Saturation
36%
soft
Lightness
90%
pale
Brightness
93%
HSV value
Perceived
88%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.7401
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
18/100 cool
Color family
Red
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
15.80:1
Closest name
Misty Rose
ΔE2000 3.8
Chroma
6.9
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.907
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
amber
500 · ΔE 31.2
Web-safe
#FFCCCC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue357° of 360°
Saturation36%
Lightness90%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #eedbdc.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool18% cool

Reads warm. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red25%
Green68%
Blue7%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#eedbdc
HEX (8-digit)#eedbdcff
RGBrgb(238, 219, 220)
RGBArgba(238, 219, 220, 1)
HSLhsl(357, 36%, 90%)
HSV / HSBhsv(357, 8%, 93%)
HWBhwb(357 86% 7%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 8%, 8%, 7%)
LABlab(88.9 6.7 1.9)
LCHlch(88.9 6.9 15.6)
OKLCHoklch(0.907 0.021 13.9)
XYZ (D65)xyz(73.51, 74.01, 78.11)
Decimal15653852
Display P3color(display-p3 0.933 0.859 0.863)
Web-safe#FFCCCC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #eedbdc;
background-color: #eedbdc;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #eedbdc;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#eedbdc] bg-[#eedbdc]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #eedbdc;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.933, green: 0.859, blue: 0.863)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.933, green: 0.859, blue: 0.863, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#EEDBDC</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFEEDBDC)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFEEDBDC)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(220, 219, 238)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(238, 219, 220)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(238, 219, 220)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 238, 219, 220)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9333f, 0.8588f, 0.8627f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{238,219,220}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #eedbdc 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #eedbdc 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#57292B, #EBD5D7);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #eedbdc h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F9F5F5;
  --brand-100: #F4EBEC;
  --brand-200: #eedbdc;
  --brand-300: #DBB3B5;
  --brand-400: #C98D90;
  --brand-500: #B7676B;
  --brand-600: #A64F53;
  --brand-700: #8B4145;
  --brand-800: #6F3438;
  --brand-900: #51292B;
  --brand-950: #331A1B;
  --brand: #eedbdc;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF5F5;
  --brand-border: #E5C8C9;
  --brand-hover: #E3C3C4;
  --brand-pressed: #D7ABAD;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #241415;
    --brand-ink: #EBD5D7;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F9F5F5',
        100: '#F4EBEC',
        200: '#eedbdc',
        300: '#DBB3B5',
        400: '#C98D90',
        500: '#B7676B',
        600: '#A64F53',
        700: '#8B4145',
        800: '#6F3438',
        900: '#51292B',
        950: '#331A1B',
        DEFAULT: '#eedbdc',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F9F5F5,
  '100': #F4EBEC,
  '200': #eedbdc,
  '300': #DBB3B5,
  '400': #C98D90,
  '500': #B7676B,
  '600': #A64F53,
  '700': #8B4145,
  '800': #6F3438,
  '900': #51292B,
  '950': #331A1B,
);
$brand-base: #eedbdc;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F9F5F5", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F4EBEC", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#eedbdc", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#DBB3B5", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#C98D90", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#B7676B", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#A64F53", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#8B4145", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#6F3438", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#51292B", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#331A1B", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #eedbdc · 15.80:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.33:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 15.80:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #eedbdc as text scores 1.33:1 on white and 15.80:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #57292B at 8.99:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#B15B5F · 4.63:1
AA on white−37% L
#B15B5F
The quick fox
#8D4246 · 7.00:1
AAA on white−49% L
#8D4246
The quick fox
#eedbdc · 15.80:1
AA on blackalready passes
#eedbdc
The quick fox
#eedbdc · 15.80:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#eedbdc

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #C38184 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#eedbdc on white: 1.33:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#eedbdc on black: 15.80:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #eedbdc as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #eedbdc.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.33:1AaAa
Slate 501.27:1AaAa
Slate 1001.21:1AaAa
Slate 2001.08:1AaAa
Slate 3001.12:1AaAa
Slate 4001.93:1AaAa
Slate 5003.58:1AaAa
Slate 6005.70:1AaAa
Slate 7007.79:1AaAa
Slate 80011.01:1AaAa
Slate 90013.43:1AaAa
Black15.80:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #DEDDDC
deuteranopia · #E2E1DC
tritanopia · #F2DADB

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #eedbdc is pinned to step 200; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F9F5F5
#F4EBEC
#eedbdc
#DBB3B5
#C98D90
#B7676B
#A64F53
#8B4145
#6F3438
#51292B
#331A1B
Base = 200Lightest = 50 · #F9F5F5Darkest = 950 · #331A1BText step on white = 600
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.005 13.9);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.008 13.9);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.013 13.9);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.016 13.9);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.019 13.9);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.021 13.9);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.021 13.9);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.020 13.9);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.018 13.9);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.015 13.9);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.012 13.9);
}

Colors that work with #eedbdc

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#FAF5F5
Tinted page background
Border#E5C8C9
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B4B4F
Captions on the surface
Accent#3E8E77
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#57292B
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F7EEEE
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#241415
Dark-mode background
Hover#E3C3C4
One step down in lightness
Pressed#D7ABAD
Two steps down
Disabled#F7F3F3
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#F4E1E2
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
Your export is ready

The file stays available for seven days. Download it before it expires.

NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #eedbdc

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Charts, tags and secondary surfaces
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • White text placed on it
  • Status meaning — pair it with an icon or label, never colour alone
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #57292B
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #C38184

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

urgentappetisingboldphysical

Red arrives before the rest of the page does. It raises attention and appetite, which is why it runs food, sport and clearance pricing.

The muted chroma softens the association — it reads considered rather than loud, which suits long-form and data-heavy screens. The high lightness makes it recede — a surface colour rather than a statement.

Worth knowing

It is also the universal error colour. Use it as a brand accent and users may read a warning that is not there.

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium
  • Weight10/100
  • TemperatureWarm
  • ApproachabilityHigh

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#DBEEED
Analogous left#EEDBE5
Analogous right#EEE3DB
Split-complement 1#DBEEE3
Split-complement 2#DBE5EE
Triadic 1#DCEEDB
Triadic 2#DBDCEE
Tetradic#E5EEDB
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°357°

#eedbdc sits at 357°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red93.3%
Green85.9%
Blue86.3%
R · 0–255
238
0xee
G · 0–255
219
0xdb
B · 0–255
220
0xdc

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta8.0%
Yellow7.6%
Key (black)6.7%

Total ink coverage is 22%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#eedbdc text on a black background

contrast 15.80:1

Card sample

#eedbdc text on a white background

contrast 1.33:1

Card sample

#eedbdc on grey

1.21:1

#eedbdc on its own surface

1.23:1

#eedbdc on its dark surface

13.32:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #eedbdc;
Background color
Panel with #eedbdc background
background-color: #eedbdc;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #eedbdc;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(238, 219, 220, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(238, 219, 220, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #eedbdc;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eedbdc, #EEE7DB);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #eedbdc, #EEEBDB);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #eedbdc;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #eedbdc;
caret-color: #eedbdc;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #eedbdc;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F7EEEE;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #eedbdc;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#eedbdc 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #eedbdc over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(238, 219, 220, 0.5)
rgb(238 219 220 / 50%)
#eedbdc80
hsl(357 36% 90% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #eedbdc 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#eedbdc1a#FDFBFC
20%#eedbdc33#FCF8F8
40%#eedbdc66#F8F1F1
60%#eedbdc99#F5E9EA
80%#eedbdccc#F1E2E3

Gradients from #eedbdc

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #F8F1F2, #eedbdc 45%, #57292B);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #eedbdc, #E4DBC6);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #eedbdc, #DBEEED);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #FAF5F5 0%, #eedbdc 45%, #57292B 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAF5F5, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #FEFEFE 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #F8F4F0 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #57292B 0%, transparent 65%), #eedbdc;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #eedbdc

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#eedbdc in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
Food and drinkEntertainmentRetailSport
Common UI roles
SurfacesBadgesHighlightsEmpty states
Print note

Very light tints can drop out on uncoated stock; check it at 100% size before signing off.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 15.80:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#eedbdc, answered

What color is #eedbdc?

#eedbdc is a pale soft red, closest to Misty Rose (ΔE2000 3.8). It sits at 357° on the hue wheel with 36% saturation and 90% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #eedbdc?

rgb(238, 219, 220) — 238 red, 219 green and 220 blue out of 255, or 93.3% / 85.9% / 86.3% by channel.

What is #eedbdc in HSL and HSV?

hsl(357, 36%, 90%) and hsv(357, 8%, 93%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #eedbdc a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.7401 and perceived brightness is 88%, so black text on it reaches 15.80:1.

Should I use black or white text on #eedbdc?

Black. It scores 15.80:1 against #eedbdc, versus 1.33:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #eedbdc accessible on a white background?

#eedbdc on white scores 1.33:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #B15B5F to reach 4.5:1, or #8D4246 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #eedbdc?

#DBEEED sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #DBEEE3 and #DBE5EE, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #eedbdc?

For interface work: #FAF5F5 as the surface, #E5C8C9 for borders, #9B4B4F for secondary text, #3E8E77 as an accent and #57292B for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #EEDBE5 and #EEE3DB stays calm, while #DBEEED is the loudest partner.

What is #eedbdc in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 8%, 8%, 7%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #eedbdc warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 18 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #EEE1DB; nudged cooler, #EFDAE3.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #eedbdc?

The amber family — its 500 step is #f59e0b, ΔE2000 31.2 away. That is a visible difference, so define #eedbdc as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #eedbdc in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#eedbdc] or text-[#eedbdc], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #eedbdc with 50% opacity?

rgba(238, 219, 220, 0.5), or #eedbdc80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #F7EDEE; over black, #776E6E.

Is #eedbdc a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FFCCCC, ΔE2000 9.5 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #eedbdc mean?

As a red, it reads urgent, appetising, bold. Red arrives before the rest of the page does. It raises attention and appetite, which is why it runs food, sport and clearance pricing. At this moderate chroma the association is present but not shouted.

What gradient works with #eedbdc?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #F8F1F2, #eedbdc 45%, #57292B). For more colour, a short hue run to #E4DBC6 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #eedbdc in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #eedbdc at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.