#EAD3EB

sRGB: 234 / 211 / 235

Infinite horizons flourish beyond boundaries
Electric visions flicker through endless evenings
Infinite wonders defy the passing ages

#EAD3EB belongs to the magenta family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 234 red, 211 green and 235 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 297.5° lands in the magenta region. Its 37.5% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 87.5% 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 (15.02:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 234, 211, 235
HSL: 297.50°, 37.50%, 87.45%
HSV / HSB: 297.50°, 10.21%, 92.16%
CMYK (approx.): 0.43%, 10.21%, 0.00%, 7.84%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 72.218, 70.080, 88.322
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 87.036, 12.135, -8.862
WCAG relative luminance: 0.70079
24-bit decimal: 15389675

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 #EAD3EB 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: 15.02:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.40:1

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

#D4EBD3 sits half a turn (180°) from #EAD3EB 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.

#EAD3EB #D4EBD3

Analogous

#DED3EB and #EBD3E0 sit 30° to either side of #EAD3EB. 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.

#DED3EB #EAD3EB #EBD3E0

Triadic

#EAD3EB, #EBEAD3 and #D3EBEA are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#EAD3EB #EBEAD3 #D3EBEA

Split complementary

Start at #EAD3EB and look across the wheel. #E0EBD3 and #D3EBDE sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#EAD3EB #E0EBD3 #D3EBDE

Square

Starting with #EAD3EB, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #EBDED3, #D4EBD3, then #D3E0EB. Across the square, #EAD3EB pairs with #D4EBD3, and #EBDED3 with #D3E0EB.

#EAD3EB #EBDED3 #D4EBD3 #D3E0EB

Tetradic

#EAD3EB and #D4EBD3 are opposites, as are #EBD3D4 and #D3EBEA. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#EAD3EB #EBD3D4 #D4EBD3 #D3EBEA

Tints

Mixing #EAD3EB with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #EEDCEF, keeps 80% of the original. By #FBF6FB, the mixture is 80% white.

#EAD3EB #EEDCEF #F2E5F3 #F7EDF7 #FBF6FB #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #EAD3EB with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BBA9BC, keeps 80% of the original. By #2F2A2F, the mixture is 80% black.

#EAD3EB #BBA9BC #8C7F8D #5E545E #2F2A2F #000000

Tones

Mixing #EAD3EB with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D5C2D6, keeps 80% of the original. By #959195, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#EAD3EB #D5C2D6 #C0B2C0 #AAA1AB #959195 #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

#EAD3EB

RGB

rgb(234 211 235)

HSL

hsl(297.500 37.500% 87.451%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #EAD3EB;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#EAD3EB uses 234 red, 211 green and 235 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 91.8%

Green 82.7%

Blue 92.2%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #EAD3EB is 0.4% cyan, 10.2% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 7.8% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.4%

Magenta 10.2%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 7.8%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #EECCEE. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #ECE in CSS. For a modern design, keep #EAD3EB when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #FFCCFF, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #EECCEE Nearest web-safe: #FFCCFF

Gradient to complement

#EAD3EB #E6D7E7 #E3DBE3 #DFDFDF #DBE3DB #D8E7D7 #D4EBD3

Color vision previews

Compare how #EAD3EB 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.

#D1D8EC

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.

#D6DBEA

Tritanopia

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

#EBD5DB

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.

#DBD7EB

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.

#DCD8EA

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#E9D4E5

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#DADADA

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.

#E2D7E3

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 0.82279 G 0.65141 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 0.90250 G 0.83065 B 0.91511

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.79236 G 0.65709 B 0.81765

CIE xyY

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

x 0.313 y 0.304 Y 70.080

CMY

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

C % 8.235 M % 17.255 Y % 7.843

Binary RGB

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

11101010 11010011 11101011