#EB87BF

sRGB: 235 / 135 / 191

Infinite horizons rise against oblivion
Morning melodies unfold through ancient forests
Eternal flames echo beyond eternity

#EB87BF belongs to the rose family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 235 red, 135 green and 191 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 326.4° lands in the rose region. Its 71.4% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 72.5% 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 (8.75:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 235, 135, 191
HSL: 326.40°, 71.43%, 72.55%
HSV / HSB: 326.40°, 42.55%, 92.16%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 42.55%, 18.72%, 7.84%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 52.327, 38.754, 54.016
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 68.573, 45.259, -12.500
WCAG relative luminance: 0.38752
24-bit decimal: 15435711

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 #EB87BF 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: 8.75:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 2.40:1

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

#87EBB3 sits half a turn (180°) from #EB87BF 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.

#EB87BF #87EBB3

Analogous

#E587EB and #EB878D sit 30° to either side of #EB87BF. 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.

#E587EB #EB87BF #EB878D

Triadic

#EB87BF, #BFEB87 and #87BFEB are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#EB87BF #BFEB87 #87BFEB

Split complementary

Start at #EB87BF and look across the wheel. #8DEB87 and #87EBE5 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#EB87BF #8DEB87 #87EBE5

Square

Starting with #EB87BF, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #EBE587, #87EBB3, then #878DEB. Across the square, #EB87BF pairs with #87EBB3, and #EBE587 with #878DEB.

#EB87BF #EBE587 #87EBB3 #878DEB

Tetradic

#EB87BF and #87EBB3 are opposites, as are #EBB387 and #87BFEB. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#EB87BF #EBB387 #87EBB3 #87BFEB

Tints

Mixing #EB87BF with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #EF9FCC, keeps 80% of the original. By #FBE7F2, the mixture is 80% white.

#EB87BF #EF9FCC #F3B7D9 #F7CFE5 #FBE7F2 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #EB87BF with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BC6C99, keeps 80% of the original. By #2F1B26, the mixture is 80% black.

#EB87BF #BC6C99 #8D5173 #5E364C #2F1B26 #000000

Tones

Mixing #EB87BF with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D686B2, keeps 80% of the original. By #95818D, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#EB87BF #D686B2 #C084A6 #AB8399 #95818D #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

#EB87BF

RGB

rgb(235 135 191)

HSL

hsl(326.400 71.429% 72.549%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #EB87BF;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#EB87BF uses 235 red, 135 green and 191 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 92.2%

Green 52.9%

Blue 74.9%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #EB87BF is 0.0% cyan, 42.6% magenta, 18.7% yellow and 7.8% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 42.6%

Yellow 18.7%

Black 7.8%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #EE88BB. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #E8B in CSS. For a modern design, keep #EB87BF when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #FF99CC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #EE88BB Nearest web-safe: #FF99CC

Gradient to complement

#EB87BF #DA98BD #CAA8BB #B9B9B9 #A8CAB7 #98DAB5 #87EBB3

Color vision previews

Compare how #EB87BF 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.

#8F9DC1

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.

#A9ADBC

Tritanopia

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

#F7869B

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.

#B798BF

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.

#BFA2BD

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#EB89B4

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#A7A7A7

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.

#CD98B4

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 0.83077 G 0.24228 B 0.52100

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 0.86838 G 0.54860 B 0.73937

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.72629 G 0.26182 B 0.50611

CIE xyY

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

x 0.361 y 0.267 Y 38.754

CMY

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

C % 7.843 M % 47.059 Y % 25.098

Binary RGB

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

11101011 10000111 10111111