What is hex #EFB5AF color?

 
In professional design frameworks, this hue is considered a balanced and versatile hue. It is ideal for creating smooth color harmony, digital artwork, or minimalist web components.

From a technical standpoint, this color is composed of 94% red, 71% green and 69% blue, resulting in an RGB value of (239,181,175).
For print media and manufacturing layout, the CMYK colors code equivalent is (0%, 24%, 27%, 6%).
In the HSV/HSB scale, #EFB5AF features a hue of 6°, 27% saturation, and a brightness value of 94%.

Hex #EFB5AF Color Codes & Equivalents

Hex Code #EFB5AF
RGB Values (239,181,175)
CMYK Values (0%, 24%, 27%, 6%)
HSV/HSB Values (6°, 27%, 94%)
Closest Web Safe
#FFCC99
Inverse Color
#104A50
Closest Pantone®
488 C
Closest RAL
RAL 1015 [Light ivory]
Complementary Color
#AFE9EF

#EFB5AF Converted to Grayscale Codes

Average
#C6C6C6
Lightness (Desaturation)
#CFCFCF
Weighted (BT601)
#C6C6C6
Luma (BT709)
#C1C1C1

WCAG 2.1 Color Contrast & Accessibility

Check how #EFB5AF complies with web accessibility standards (WCAG AA & AAA) for typography.

White Text on #EFB5AF

Sample preview of readable typography on top of #EFB5AF.

Contrast Ratio: 1.76:1
AA Fail AAA Fail

Black Text on #EFB5AF

Sample preview of readable typography on top of #EFB5AF.

Contrast Ratio: 11.9:1
AA Pass AAA Pass

Hex #EFB5AF Color Palettes

Complementary Palette

The complementary color of #EFB5AF is #AFE9EF. To get this value, we need to use the RGB metrics, and take this opposite color at the end of the color wheel, so for #EFB5AF you will find #AFE9EF. When placed next to each other, they create the strongest contrast for those two colors. Complementary colors may also be called "opposite colors". So if you need to grab attention, you should use it.

#EFB5AF #AFE9EF

Analogous Palette

The analogous color scheme of #EFB5AF is composed with colors #EFAFC9 and #EFD5AF. Colors are called analogous colors when they are very similar to each other. They are located to the right and left of your main color #EFB5AF with a 30° separation on the RGB color wheel. An analogous color palette is best used with either warm or cool colors, creating a look that has a certain temperature as well as proper color harmony.

#EFAFC9 #EFB5AF #EFD5AF

Split-Complementary Palette

The split-complementary color scheme of #EFB5AF is composed with colors #AFC9EF and #AFEFD5. A split-complementary color palette is like an analogous palette but you will take the complementary color as base instead of your main color. This choice, however, also makes the split complementary color combinations less vibrant and eye-catching, but it's also a good choice for beginners as you can hardly go wrong.

#EFB5AF #AFC9EF #AFEFD5

Triadic Palette

The triadic color scheme of #EFB5AF is composed with colors #B5AFEF and #AFEFB5. They are located to the right and left of your main color #EFB5AF with a 120° separation on the RGB color wheel. With it you have the maximum variation in hue and offering by the same occasion the best possible contrast when taken together.

#EFB5AF #B5AFEF #AFEFB5

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic color scheme of #EFB5AF is composed with colors #AFEFB5, #AFE9EF and #EFAFE9 A tetradic color scheme, an outstanding variant of the twin color scheme, with an equal distance between all colors. All four colors are divided evenly around the color wheel. Like this there being no clear dominance of one color overs others. Colorful palettes create a sense of diversity, optimism and openness which are positive for a consumer brand. You can find the tetradic color scheme on big tech company logo like Google, Slack, Zoho, Microsoft, eBay for example. For a better result, you can also adjust saturation and brightness.

#EFB5AF #AFEFB5 #AFE9EF #EFAFE9

Square Palette

The square color scheme of #EFB5AF is composed with colors #C9EFAF, #AFE9EF and #D5AFEF To get this color, it's pretty the same method that analogous or triadic, but instead, you will take an angle of 90° on the RGB Wheel between each colors. The square palette is similar to the tetradic palette, but provides an evenly balanced chromatic distribution with crisp visual contrast across all four points.

#EFB5AF #C9EFAF #AFE9EF #D5AFEF

Tints, Tones & Shades of Hex #EFB5AF

Tints

Tints are created by adding white, resulting in lighter shades of #EFB5AF.

#EFB5AF #F2C4C0 #F5D4D1 #F9E4E2 #FCF3F3 #FFFFFF

Tones

Tones are made by mixing with gray, softening the original color.

#EFB5AF #EAB8B3 #E5BCB8 #E0C0BD #DCC4C1 #D7C8C6 #D2CBCB #CFCFCF

Shades

Shades result from adding black, creating darker variations.

#EFB5AF #EBA59E #E8958D #E4857C #E1766B #DE665A #DA5649 #D74638

Hex #EFB5AF in programming languages

If you are a developer, you will find below the color codes to use according to your programming language (HTML, JAVA, Python, .NET), enjoy!

HTML, CSS #EFB5AF
Java new Color(239,181,175);
Python Color(#EFB5AF)
.NET Color.FromArgb(255, 239,181,175);
Swift / iOS UIColor(red: 0.94, green: 0.71, blue: 0.69, alpha: 1)
Kotlin / Android Color.rgb(239, 181, 175)