#EAD8EB

sRGB: 234 / 216 / 235

Infinite horizons flourish beyond boundaries
Electric visions echo between distant mountains
Infinite wonders defy the passing ages

#EAD8EB belongs to the magenta family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 234 red, 216 green and 235 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 296.8° lands in the magenta region. Its 32.2% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 88.4% 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 (15.52:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 234, 216, 235
HSL: 296.84°, 32.20%, 88.43%
HSV / HSB: 296.84°, 8.09%, 92.16%
CMYK (approx.): 0.43%, 8.09%, 0.00%, 7.84%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 73.480, 72.603, 88.743
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 88.258, 9.509, -7.051
WCAG relative luminance: 0.72602
24-bit decimal: 15390955

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 #EAD8EB 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: 15.52:1

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

#D9EBD8 sits half a turn (180°) from #EAD8EB 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.

#EAD8EB #D9EBD8

Analogous

#E1D8EB and #EBD8E3 sit 30° to either side of #EAD8EB. 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.

#E1D8EB #EAD8EB #EBD8E3

Triadic

#EAD8EB, #EBEAD8 and #D8EBEA are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#EAD8EB #EBEAD8 #D8EBEA

Split complementary

Start at #EAD8EB and look across the wheel. #E3EBD8 and #D8EBE1 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#EAD8EB #E3EBD8 #D8EBE1

Square

Starting with #EAD8EB, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #EBE1D8, #D9EBD8, then #D8E3EB. Across the square, #EAD8EB pairs with #D9EBD8, and #EBE1D8 with #D8E3EB.

#EAD8EB #EBE1D8 #D9EBD8 #D8E3EB

Tetradic

#EAD8EB and #D9EBD8 are opposites, as are #EBD8D9 and #D8EBEA. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#EAD8EB #EBD8D9 #D9EBD8 #D8EBEA

Tints

Mixing #EAD8EB with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #EEE0EF, keeps 80% of the original. By #FBF7FB, the mixture is 80% white.

#EAD8EB #EEE0EF #F2E8F3 #F7EFF7 #FBF7FB #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #EAD8EB with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BBADBC, keeps 80% of the original. By #2F2B2F, the mixture is 80% black.

#EAD8EB #BBADBC #8C828D #5E565E #2F2B2F #000000

Tones

Mixing #EAD8EB with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D5C6D6, keeps 80% of the original. By #959295, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#EAD8EB #D5C6D6 #C0B5C0 #AAA3AB #959295 #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

#EAD8EB

RGB

rgb(234 216 235)

HSL

hsl(296.842 32.203% 88.431%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #EAD8EB;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#EAD8EB uses 234 red, 216 green and 235 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 91.8%

Green 84.7%

Blue 92.2%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #EAD8EB is 0.4% cyan, 8.1% 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 8.1%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 7.8%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #EEDDEE. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #EDE in CSS. For a modern design, keep #EAD8EB when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #FFCCFF, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

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

Gradient to complement

#EAD8EB #E7DBE8 #E4DEE5 #E2E2E2 #DFE5DE #DCE8DB #D9EBD8

Color vision previews

Compare how #EAD8EB 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.

#D7DCEC

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.

#EBD9DE

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.

#DEDBEB

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.

#DFDCEB

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#E9D9E6

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.

#E4DBE4

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 0.68669 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 0.90564 G 0.84953 B 0.91637

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.79862 G 0.69120 B 0.82020

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 0.309 Y 72.603

CMY

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

C % 8.235 M % 15.294 Y % 7.843

Binary RGB

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

11101010 11011000 11101011