HEX atlas value

#EDB9B6

#EDB9B6 is a warm red HEX color nearest Melon. RGB 237, 185, 182, HSL 3° 60% 82%, luminance 0.5608; view contrast and conversions.

red warm balanced

#EDB9B6 Sample readable text

HEX #EDB9B6

RGB rgb(237, 185, 182)

HSL hsl(3 60% 82%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 22, 23, 7)

Luminance 0.5608

Contrast Black 12.22:1White 1.72:1

CSS

--color-edb9b6: #EDB9B6;
.background-edb9b6 { background-color: #EDB9B6; }
.text-edb9b6 { color: #EDB9B6; }

HEX meaning and use

About #EDB9B6

#EDB9B6 is classified as a warm red value with balanced visual character. #EDB9B6 is visually closest to Melon, a named red color with HEX #FDBCB4.

The RGB channels are 237, 185, and 182, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 3deg with 60% saturation and 82% lightness, so this page treats it as a moderate-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 high-attention visual states. Its luminance is 0.5608, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 16.40, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text12.22:1AA Pass

White text1.72:1AA Fail

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

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #EDB9B6 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000012.22:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.72:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

White#FFFFFF · #000000 text · best 21:1 #B6EAED#B6EAED · #000000 text · best 15.98:1 #EDD4B6#EDD4B6 · #000000 text · best 14.69:1 Feldspar#F0CDB7 · #000000 text · best 14.12:1 Desert Sand#EDC9AF · #000000 text · best 13.57:1

Generated Palette

#EDB9B6#EDB9B6

#B6EAED#B6EAED

#EDB6CE#EDB6CE

#EDD4B6#EDD4B6

White#FFFFFF

#DA726C#DA726C

Color Harmonies

#B6EAED#B6EAED

#EDB6CE#EDB6CE

#EDD4B6#EDD4B6

#B6EDB8#B6EDB8

#B8B6ED#B8B6ED

Variants

White#FFFFFF

#DA726C#DA726C

#F7AFAB#F7AFAB

#E3C1C0#E3C1C0

White#FFFFFF

#FFCFCC#FFCFCC

Nearest Named Colors

Melon#FDBCB4

Baby Pink#F4C2C2

Desert Sand#EDC9AF

Lotus Pink#F4A7B9

Feldspar#F0CDB7

Luminance0.5608

Black text12.22:1AA Pass

White text1.72:1AA 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":"#EDB9B6","rgb":[237,185,182],"hsl":[3,60,82],"cmyk":[0,22,23,7],"luminance":0.5608,"contrast":{"black":12.22,"white":1.72}}

WCAG

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

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":12.22,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.72,"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":"#B6EAED","hex":"#B6EAED","family":"cyan","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":15.98,"contrastWhite":1.31,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#EDD4B6","hex":"#EDD4B6","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":14.69,"contrastWhite":1.43,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Feldspar","hex":"#F0CDB7","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":14.12,"contrastWhite":1.49,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Desert Sand","hex":"#EDC9AF","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":13.57,"contrastWhite":1.55,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm red","balanced","balanced red","Melon adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","high-attention visual states"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/edb9b6.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/melon.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/baby-pink.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/desert-sand.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#B6EAED","analogous":["#EDB6CE","#EDD4B6"],"triadic":["#B6EDB8","#B8B6ED"],"tetradic":["#CEEDB6","#B6EAED","#D4B6ED"],"splitComplementary":["#B6EDD4","#B6CEED"],"monochromatic":["#FFFFFF","#EDB9B6","#DA726C"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FFFFFF","dark":"#DA726C","saturated":"#F7AFAB","desaturated":"#E3C1C0","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#FFCFCC"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"melon","name":"Melon","hex":"#FDBCB4","distance":16.401219466856727},{"slug":"baby-pink","name":"Baby Pink","hex":"#F4C2C2","distance":16.55294535724685},{"slug":"desert-sand","name":"Desert Sand","hex":"#EDC9AF","distance":17.46424919657298},{"slug":"lotus-pink","name":"Lotus Pink","hex":"#F4A7B9","distance":19.544820285692065},{"slug":"feldspar","name":"Feldspar","hex":"#F0CDB7","distance":20.248456731316587}]

#EDB9B6

CSS

About #EDB9B6

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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