#E5CEEB

sRGB: 229 / 206 / 235

Infinite horizons dance upon still waters
Majestic waterfalls transcend the boundaries of time
Infinite wonders defy the passing ages

#E5CEEB belongs to the magenta family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 229 red, 206 green and 235 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 287.6° lands in the magenta region. Its 42.0% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 86.5% 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 (14.36:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 229, 206, 235
HSL: 287.59°, 42.03%, 86.47%
HSV / HSB: 287.59°, 12.34%, 92.16%
CMYK (approx.): 2.55%, 12.34%, 0.00%, 7.84%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 69.377, 66.799, 87.839
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 85.402, 13.111, -11.338
WCAG relative luminance: 0.66799
24-bit decimal: 15060715

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 #E5CEEB 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: 14.36:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.46:1

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

#D4EBCE sits half a turn (180°) from #E5CEEB 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.

#E5CEEB #D4EBCE

Analogous

#D7CEEB and #EBCEE2 sit 30° to either side of #E5CEEB. 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.

#D7CEEB #E5CEEB #EBCEE2

Triadic

#E5CEEB, #EBE5CE and #CEEBE5 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#E5CEEB #EBE5CE #CEEBE5

Split complementary

Start at #E5CEEB and look across the wheel. #E2EBCE and #CEEBD7 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#E5CEEB #E2EBCE #CEEBD7

Square

Starting with #E5CEEB, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #EBD7CE, #D4EBCE, then #CEE2EB. Across the square, #E5CEEB pairs with #D4EBCE, and #EBD7CE with #CEE2EB.

#E5CEEB #EBD7CE #D4EBCE #CEE2EB

Tetradic

#E5CEEB and #D4EBCE are opposites, as are #EBCED4 and #CEEBE5. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#E5CEEB #EBCED4 #D4EBCE #CEEBE5

Tints

Mixing #E5CEEB with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #EAD8EF, keeps 80% of the original. By #FAF5FB, the mixture is 80% white.

#E5CEEB #EAD8EF #EFE2F3 #F5EBF7 #FAF5FB #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #E5CEEB with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B7A5BC, keeps 80% of the original. By #2E292F, the mixture is 80% black.

#E5CEEB #B7A5BC #897C8D #5C525E #2E292F #000000

Tones

Mixing #E5CEEB with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D1BED6, keeps 80% of the original. By #949095, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#E5CEEB #D1BED6 #BDAFC0 #A89FAB #949095 #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

#E5CEEB

RGB

rgb(229 206 235)

HSL

hsl(287.586 42.029% 86.471%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #E5CEEB;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#E5CEEB uses 229 red, 206 green and 235 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 89.8%

Green 80.8%

Blue 92.2%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #E5CEEB is 2.6% cyan, 12.3% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 7.8% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 2.6%

Magenta 12.3%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 7.8%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #DDCCEE. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #DCE in CSS. For a modern design, keep #E5CEEB when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCCCFF, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

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

Gradient to complement

#E5CEEB #E2D3E6 #DFD8E1 #DDDDDD #DAE1D8 #D7E6D3 #D4EBCE

Color vision previews

Compare how #E5CEEB 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.

#CBD4EC

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.

#D0D6EA

Tritanopia

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

#E6D1D7

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.

#D5D2EB

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.

#D6D4EA

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#E4CFE4

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#D5D5D5

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.

#DDD2E1

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 0.78354 G 0.61721 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 0.88291 G 0.81105 B 0.91355

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.75401 G 0.62273 B 0.81450

CIE xyY

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

x 0.310 y 0.298 Y 66.799

CMY

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

C % 10.196 M % 19.216 Y % 7.843

Binary RGB

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

11100101 11001110 11101011