#EDE9E3

Closest named color: Antique White (#FAEBD7). oklch(93.5% 0.009 78.3), rgb(237, 233, 227).

Black text reads best on this color (17.36:1).

About this color

#EDE9E3 is a very light close to neutral grey. In OKLCH its lightness is 94%, its chroma 0.009. It has too little chroma to lean warm or cool. The nearest named color is Antique White (#FAEBD7), ΔE 0.025 away. Black text reads best on it, at 17.36:1.

Hue family	Neutrals
Lightness	very light (94%)
Chroma	close to neutral grey (0.009)
Temperature	neutral
Nearest name	Antique White (#FAEBD7)
Black text	17.36:1
White text	1.20:1

Values

HEX	#EDE9E3
RGB	rgb(237, 233, 227)
HSL	hsl(36, 22%, 91%)
OKLCH	oklch(93.5% 0.009 78.3)

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Pair	WCAG 2	Result	APCA	APCA guidance
White text on #EDE9E3	1.20:1	Fails	Lc -12.0	Not readable
Black text on #EDE9E3	17.36:1	AAA	Lc 93.3	Preferred for body text
#EDE9E3 text on white	1.20:1	Fails	Lc 10.3	Not readable
#EDE9E3 text on black	17.36:1	AAA	Lc -93.8	Preferred for body text

Tints and shades

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 100.

Step 50
50

#F6F5F4

oklch(97.1% 0.002 67.8)
Step 100
100 (this color)

#EDE9E3

oklch(93.5% 0.009 78.3)
Step 200
200

#DBD9D4

oklch(88.5% 0.007 88.6)
Step 300
300

#C5C0B8

oklch(81% 0.012 79.8)
Step 400
400

#A79F94

oklch(70.6% 0.018 76.1)
Step 500
500

#92887A

oklch(63.2% 0.024 76.4)
Step 600
600

#7C7262

oklch(55.7% 0.027 79.6)
Step 700
700

#685F51

oklch(49% 0.024 78.9)
Step 800
800

#554E43

oklch(42.7% 0.02 79.2)
Step 900
900

#464138

oklch(37.7% 0.016 82.3)
Step 950
950

#292621

oklch(27% 0.01 80.6)

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#EDE9E3 with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.

Vision	Seen as	Shift (ΔE)
Protanopia (no red cones)	#EBE9E3	0.003
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#ECEAE3	0.003
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#EFE8E7	0.007
Achromatopsia (no color)	#E9E9E9	0.009

Harmonies

Hue rotations in OKLCH that keep this color's lightness and chroma.

This color is close to neutral, so it has no meaningful hue to rotate. Hue harmonies are omitted.

Palettes with this color

Curated palettes that contain a color within ΔE 0.04 (OKLab) of #EDE9E3, closest first.

Similar named colors

The eight closest entries in our named color list, with their ΔE distance.

Use #EDE9E3 in your product

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