#E4DAEB

sRGB: 228 / 218 / 235

Infinite horizons shimmer beneath moonlight
Electric visions awaken beneath celestial skies
Infinite wonders defy the passing ages

#E4DAEB belongs to the violet family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 228 red, 218 green and 235 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 275.3° lands in the violet region. Its 29.8% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 88.8% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (15.53:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 228, 218, 235
HSL: 275.29°, 29.82%, 88.82%
HSV / HSB: 275.29°, 7.23%, 92.16%
CMYK (approx.): 2.98%, 7.23%, 0.00%, 7.84%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 72.058, 72.635, 88.824
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 88.273, 6.464, -7.081
WCAG relative luminance: 0.72635
24-bit decimal: 14998251

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #E4DAEB in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 15.53:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.35:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#E1EBDA sits half a turn (180°) from #E4DAEB on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#E4DAEB #E1EBDA

Analogous

#DCDAEB and #EBDAE9 sit 30° to either side of #E4DAEB. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#DCDAEB #E4DAEB #EBDAE9

Triadic

#E4DAEB, #EBE4DA and #DAEBE4 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#E4DAEB #EBE4DA #DAEBE4

Split complementary

Start at #E4DAEB and look across the wheel. #E9EBDA and #DAEBDC sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#E4DAEB #E9EBDA #DAEBDC

Square

Starting with #E4DAEB, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #EBDCDA, #E1EBDA, then #DAE9EB. Across the square, #E4DAEB pairs with #E1EBDA, and #EBDCDA with #DAE9EB.

#E4DAEB #EBDCDA #E1EBDA #DAE9EB

Tetradic

#E4DAEB and #E1EBDA are opposites, as are #EBDAE1 and #DAEBE4. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#E4DAEB #EBDAE1 #E1EBDA #DAEBE4

Tints

Mixing #E4DAEB with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E9E1EF, keeps 80% of the original. By #FAF8FB, the mixture is 80% white.

#E4DAEB #E9E1EF #EFE9F3 #F4F0F7 #FAF8FB #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #E4DAEB with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B6AEBC, keeps 80% of the original. By #2E2C2F, the mixture is 80% black.

#E4DAEB #B6AEBC #89838D #5B575E #2E2C2F #000000

Tones

Mixing #E4DAEB with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D0C8D6, keeps 80% of the original. By #949295, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#E4DAEB #D0C8D6 #BCB6C0 #A8A4AB #949295 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#E4DAEB

RGB

rgb(228 218 235)

HSL

hsl(275.294 29.825% 88.824%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #E4DAEB;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#E4DAEB uses 228 red, 218 green and 235 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 89.4%

Green 85.5%

Blue 92.2%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #E4DAEB is 3.0% cyan, 7.2% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 7.8% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 3.0%

Magenta 7.2%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 7.8%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #DDDDEE. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #DDE in CSS. For a modern design, keep #E4DAEB when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCCCFF, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #DDDDEE Nearest web-safe: #CCCCFF

Gradient to complement

#E4DAEB #E4DDE8 #E3E0E5 #E3E3E3 #E2E5E0 #E2E8DD #E1EBDA

Color vision previews

Compare how #E4DAEB appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#D8DDEC

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#DADEEA

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#E3DCDF

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#DCDCEB

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#DDDDEB

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#E3DBE7

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#DDDDDD

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#E1DCE4

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.77582 G 0.70110 B 0.83077

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.88732 G 0.85624 B 0.91649

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.76256 G 0.70358 B 0.82044

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.309 y 0.311 Y 72.635

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 10.588 M % 14.510 Y % 7.843

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

11100100 11011010 11101011