#e5dcd9

Color #e5dcd9

A muted very light orange.

Closest named color Gainsboro #dcdcdc · ΔE 3.67 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-200 #e8e4e3 · ΔE 2.8

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Conversions

HEX

#e5dcd9

RGB

rgb(229, 220, 217)

HSL

hsl(15, 18.8%, 87.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(15, 5.2%, 89.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 5.2%, 10.2%)

LAB

lab(88.38, 2.55, 2.56)

LCH

lch(88.38, 3.61, 45.11)

OKLCH

oklch(90.1%, 0.0107, 39.33)

HWB

hwb(15, 85.1%, 10.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d9e2e5

Analogous

#e5d9dc

#e5dcd9

#e5e2d9

Triadic

#e5dcd9

#d9e5dc

#dcd9e5

Split-complementary

#e5dcd9

#d9e5e2

#d9dce5

Tetradic

#e5dcd9

#e2e5d9

#d9e2e5

#dcd9e5

Square

#e5dcd9

#dce5d9

#d9e2e5

#e2d9e5

Shades

Color #e5dcd9 mixed toward black.

#c7b3ad

#a98b81

#85655b

#58433c

#2c221e

Tints

Color #e5dcd9 mixed toward white.

#e9e2df

#eee8e6

#f2eeec

#f6f3f2

#fbf9f9

Tones

Color #e5dcd9 mixed toward gray.

#e4ddda

#e3dddb

#e2dedc

#e1dedd

#e0dfde

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.35:1

Aa Black text on this color

15.57:1

Black text reads better on this background (15.57:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#e1e1da · ΔE 5.6

Deuteranopia

#e2e2da · ΔE 5.9

Tritanopia

#e5dada · ΔE 2

Achromatopsia

#dedede · ΔE 4.2

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #e5dcd9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e5dcd9]

Related colors

Dark Salmon #e9967a

Coral #ff7f50

Orange Red #ff4500

Light Salmon #ffa07a

Sienna #a0522d

Tomato #ff6347

Frequently asked questions

#e5dcd9 (#e5dcd9) is rgb(229, 220, 217) in RGB.

No, #e5dcd9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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