HEX atlas value

#ECE2DF

#ECE2DF is a warm red HEX color nearest Platinum. RGB 236, 226, 223, HSL 14° 25% 90%, luminance 0.7755; view contrast and conversions.

red warm light

#ECE2DF Sample readable text

HEX #ECE2DF

RGB rgb(236, 226, 223)

HSL hsl(14 25% 90%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 4, 6, 7)

Luminance 0.7755

Contrast Black 16.51:1White 1.27:1

CSS

--color-ece2df: #ECE2DF;
.background-ece2df { background-color: #ECE2DF; }
.text-ece2df { color: #ECE2DF; }

HEX meaning and use

About #ECE2DF

#ECE2DF is classified as a warm red value with light visual character. #ECE2DF is visually closest to Platinum, a named gray color with HEX #E5E4E2.

The RGB channels are 236, 226, and 223, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 14deg with 25% saturation and 90% lightness, so this page treats it as a low-saturation, light atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and light surfaces. Its luminance is 0.7755, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 7.87, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text16.51:1AA Pass

White text1.27:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #ECE2DF needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000016.51:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.27:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

White#FFFFFF · #000000 text · best 21:1 Mercury#EBEBEB · #000000 text · best 17.62:1 Alabaster#EDEAE0 · #000000 text · best 17.45:1 Eggshell#F0EAD6 · #000000 text · best 17.45:1 Parchment#F1E9D2 · #000000 text · best 17.33:1

Generated Palette

#ECE2DF#ECE2DF

#DFE9EC#DFE9EC

#ECDFE3#ECDFE3

#ECE8DF#ECE8DF

White#FFFFFF

#C9AEA6#C9AEA6

Color Harmonies

#DFE9EC#DFE9EC

#ECDFE3#ECDFE3

#ECE8DF#ECE8DF

#DFECE2#DFECE2

#E2DFEC#E2DFEC

Variants

White#FFFFFF

#C9AEA6#C9AEA6

#F1DFDA#F1DFDA

#E6E5E5#E6E5E5

White#FFFFFF

#FFF7F5#FFF7F5

Nearest Named Colors

Platinum#E5E4E2

Alabaster#EDEAE0

Eggshell#F0EAD6

Mercury#EBEBEB

Parchment#F1E9D2

Luminance0.7755

Black text16.51:1AA Pass

White text1.27:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#ECE2DF","rgb":[236,226,223],"hsl":[14,25,90],"cmyk":[0,4,6,7],"luminance":0.7755,"contrast":{"black":16.51,"white":1.27}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":16.51,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.27,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"White","hex":"#FFFFFF","family":"gray","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":21,"contrastWhite":1,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Mercury","hex":"#EBEBEB","family":"gray","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.62,"contrastWhite":1.19,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Alabaster","hex":"#EDEAE0","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.45,"contrastWhite":1.2,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Eggshell","hex":"#F0EAD6","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.45,"contrastWhite":1.2,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Parchment","hex":"#F1E9D2","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.33,"contrastWhite":1.21,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm red","light","light red","Platinum adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","light surfaces","high-attention visual states"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/ece2df.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/platinum.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/alabaster.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/eggshell.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#DFE9EC","analogous":["#ECDFE3","#ECE8DF"],"triadic":["#DFECE2","#E2DFEC"],"tetradic":["#E3ECDF","#DFE9EC","#E8DFEC"],"splitComplementary":["#DFECE8","#DFE3EC"],"monochromatic":["#FFFFFF","#ECE2DF","#C9AEA6"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FFFFFF","dark":"#C9AEA6","saturated":"#F1DFDA","desaturated":"#E6E5E5","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#FFF7F5"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"platinum","name":"Platinum","hex":"#E5E4E2","distance":7.874007874011811},{"slug":"alabaster","name":"Alabaster","hex":"#EDEAE0","distance":8.12403840463596},{"slug":"eggshell","name":"Eggshell","hex":"#F0EAD6","distance":12.68857754044952},{"slug":"mercury","name":"Mercury","hex":"#EBEBEB","distance":15.033296378372908},{"slug":"parchment","name":"Parchment","hex":"#F1E9D2","distance":15.588457268119896}]

#ECE2DF

CSS

About #ECE2DF

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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