HEX atlas value

#EFDCDC

#EFDCDC is a warm red HEX color nearest Quartz. RGB 239, 220, 220, HSL 0° 37% 90%, luminance 0.747; view contrast and conversions.

red warm light

#EFDCDC Sample readable text

HEX #EFDCDC

RGB rgb(239, 220, 220)

HSL hsl(0 37% 90%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 8, 8, 6)

Luminance 0.747

Contrast Black 15.94:1White 1.32:1

CSS

--color-efdcdc: #EFDCDC;
.background-efdcdc { background-color: #EFDCDC; }
.text-efdcdc { color: #EFDCDC; }

HEX meaning and use

About #EFDCDC

#EFDCDC is classified as a warm red value with light visual character. #EFDCDC is visually closest to Quartz, a named orange color with HEX #E7D9D1.

The RGB channels are 239, 220, and 220, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 0deg with 37% saturation and 90% 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 light surfaces. Its luminance is 0.747, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 13.93, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text15.94:1AA Pass

White text1.32:1AA Fail

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

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

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

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

Black text#00000015.94:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.32:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

White#FFFFFF · #000000 text · best 21:1 #DCEFEF#DCEFEF · #000000 text · best 17.64:1 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

#EFDCDC#EFDCDC

#DCEFEF#DCEFEF

#EFDCE6#EFDCE6

#EFE6DC#EFE6DC

White#FFFFFF

#D29D9D#D29D9D

Color Harmonies

#DCEFEF#DCEFEF

#EFDCE6#EFDCE6

#EFE6DC#EFE6DC

#DCEFDC#DCEFDC

#DCDCEF#DCDCEF

Variants

White#FFFFFF

#D29D9D#D29D9D

#F5D6D6#F5D6D6

#E9E2E2#E9E2E2

White#FFFFFF

#FFF5F5#FFF5F5

Nearest Named Colors

Quartz#E7D9D1

Platinum#E5E4E2

Alabaster#EDEAE0

Eggshell#F0EAD6

Parchment#F1E9D2

Luminance0.747

Black text15.94:1AA Pass

White text1.32:1AA 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":"#EFDCDC","rgb":[239,220,220],"hsl":[0,37,90],"cmyk":[0,8,8,6],"luminance":0.747,"contrast":{"black":15.94,"white":1.32}}

WCAG

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

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":15.94,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.32,"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":"#DCEFEF","hex":"#DCEFEF","family":"cyan","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.64,"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","Quartz 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/efdcdc.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/quartz.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/platinum.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/alabaster.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#DCEFEF","analogous":["#EFDCE6","#EFE6DC"],"triadic":["#DCEFDC","#DCDCEF"],"tetradic":["#E6EFDC","#DCEFEF","#E6DCEF"],"splitComplementary":["#DCEFE6","#DCE6EF"],"monochromatic":["#FFFFFF","#EFDCDC","#D29D9D"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FFFFFF","dark":"#D29D9D","saturated":"#F5D6D6","desaturated":"#E9E2E2","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#FFF5F5"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"quartz","name":"Quartz","hex":"#E7D9D1","distance":13.92838827718412},{"slug":"platinum","name":"Platinum","hex":"#E5E4E2","distance":14.142135623730951},{"slug":"alabaster","name":"Alabaster","hex":"#EDEAE0","distance":14.696938456699069},{"slug":"eggshell","name":"Eggshell","hex":"#F0EAD6","distance":15.264337522473747},{"slug":"parchment","name":"Parchment","hex":"#F1E9D2","distance":16.522711641858304}]

#EFDCDC

CSS

About #EFDCDC

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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