Information about #E3C5BF color

#E3C5BF color image

Basic facts about this digital color

In the Register's classification, #E3C5BF belongs to the Red Color Family, featuring Mild Saturation and Very Light brightness. The mix behind it: rgb(227, 197, 191) — 89% red, 77.3% green, 74.9% blue; the print equivalent is CMYK 0 / 12 / 14 / 11. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#E3C5BF is a softly balanced earthy red that appears airy and pastel-like. In practice it works well for clean interfaces where content needs room to breathe. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Warm Skin (#E1C5C2). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Soft Flesh (#E9C7BE) and Chilean Pink (#E8C3BA).

In RGB terms — rgb(227, 197, 191) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #E3C5BF background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 13.0:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 1.6:1. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#E3C5BF color variations

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#E3C5BF color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #E3C5BF

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#E3C5BF
  • RGB227, 197, 191
  • CMYK0, 12, 14, 11
  • CSSrgb(227, 197, 191)
  • HSL10°, 39%, 82%
  • HSL Precise10°, 39.13%, 81.961%
  • HSV10°, 16%, 89%
  • HSB10°, 16%, 89%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.890
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.773
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.749
  • GLSLvec3(0.890, 0.773, 0.749)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.890, 0.773, 0.749, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.890, 0.773, 0.749)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB89%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB77.3%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB74.9%
  • Color FamilyRed
  • Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDE3C5BF
  • DECIMAL ID14927295
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers25 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01