#EBDDEB

sRGB: 235 / 221 / 235

Infinite horizons rise against oblivion
Electric visions illuminate forgotten empires
Infinite wonders defy the passing ages

#EBDDEB belongs to the magenta family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 235 red, 221 green and 235 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 300.0° lands in the magenta region. Its 25.9% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 89.4% 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 (16.07:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 235, 221, 235
HSL: 300.00°, 25.93%, 89.41%
HSV / HSB: 300.00°, 5.96%, 92.16%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 5.96%, 0.00%, 7.84%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 75.109, 75.374, 89.192
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 89.568, 7.231, -5.107
WCAG relative luminance: 0.75373
24-bit decimal: 15457771

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 #EBDDEB 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: 16.07:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.31:1

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

#DDEBDD sits half a turn (180°) from #EBDDEB 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.

#EBDDEB #DDEBDD

Analogous

#E4DDEB and #EBDDE4 sit 30° to either side of #EBDDEB. 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.

#E4DDEB #EBDDEB #EBDDE4

Triadic

#EBDDEB, #EBEBDD and #DDEBEB are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#EBDDEB #EBEBDD #DDEBEB

Split complementary

Start at #EBDDEB and look across the wheel. #E4EBDD and #DDEBE4 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#EBDDEB #E4EBDD #DDEBE4

Square

Starting with #EBDDEB, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #EBE4DD, #DDEBDD, then #DDE4EB. Across the square, #EBDDEB pairs with #DDEBDD, and #EBE4DD with #DDE4EB.

#EBDDEB #EBE4DD #DDEBDD #DDE4EB

Tetradic

#EBDDEB and #DDEBDD are opposites, as are #EBDDDD and #DDEBEB. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#EBDDEB #EBDDDD #DDEBDD #DDEBEB

Tints

Mixing #EBDDEB with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #EFE4EF, keeps 80% of the original. By #FBF8FB, the mixture is 80% white.

#EBDDEB #EFE4EF #F3EBF3 #F7F1F7 #FBF8FB #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #EBDDEB with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BCB1BC, keeps 80% of the original. By #2F2C2F, the mixture is 80% black.

#EBDDEB #BCB1BC #8D858D #5E585E #2F2C2F #000000

Tones

Mixing #EBDDEB with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D6CAD6, keeps 80% of the original. By #959395, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#EBDDEB #D6CAD6 #C0B8C0 #ABA5AB #959395 #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

#EBDDEB

RGB

rgb(235 221 235)

HSL

hsl(300.000 25.926% 89.412%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#EBDDEB uses 235 red, 221 green and 235 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 92.2%

Green 86.7%

Blue 92.2%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #EBDDEB is 0.0% cyan, 6.0% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 7.8% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 6.0%

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 #EBDDEB 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

#EBDDEB #E9DFE9 #E6E2E6 #E4E4E4 #E2E6E2 #DFE9DF #DDEBDD

Color vision previews

Compare how #EBDDEB 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.

#DCE0EC

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.

#DFE2EA

Tritanopia

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

#ECDEE1

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.

#E2DFEB

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.

#E3E0EB

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#EBDEE8

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#E1E1E1

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.

#E6DFE6

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 0.72306 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 0.91214 G 0.86856 B 0.91774

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.81165 G 0.72663 B 0.82297

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 0.314 Y 75.374

CMY

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

C % 7.843 M % 13.333 Y % 7.843

Binary RGB

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

11101011 11011101 11101011