#EBE8EA

sRGB: 235 / 232 / 234

Infinite horizons rise against oblivion
Immortal legends echo between distant mountains
Infinite wonders illuminate hidden worlds

#EBE8EA belongs to the rose family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 235 red, 232 green and 234 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 320.0° lands in the rose region. Its 7.0% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 91.6% 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 (17.26:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 235, 232, 234
HSL: 320.00°, 6.98%, 91.57%
HSV / HSB: 320.00°, 1.28%, 92.16%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 1.28%, 0.43%, 7.84%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 77.965, 81.316, 89.433
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 92.272, 1.361, -0.613
WCAG relative luminance: 0.81316
24-bit decimal: 15460586

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 #EBE8EA 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: 17.26:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.22:1

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

#E8EBE9 sits half a turn (180°) from #EBE8EA 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.

#EBE8EA #E8EBE9

Analogous

#EBE8EB and #EBE8E9 sit 30° to either side of #EBE8EA. 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.

#EBE8EB #EBE8EA #EBE8E9

Triadic

#EBE8EA, #EAEBE8 and #E8EAEB are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#EBE8EA #EAEBE8 #E8EAEB

Split complementary

Start at #EBE8EA and look across the wheel. #E9EBE8 and #E8EBEB sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#EBE8EA #E9EBE8 #E8EBEB

Square

Starting with #EBE8EA, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #EBEBE8, #E8EBE9, then #E8E9EB. Across the square, #EBE8EA pairs with #E8EBE9, and #EBEBE8 with #E8E9EB.

#EBE8EA #EBEBE8 #E8EBE9 #E8E9EB

Tetradic

#EBE8EA and #E8EBE9 are opposites, as are #EBE9E8 and #E8EAEB. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#EBE8EA #EBE9E8 #E8EBE9 #E8EAEB

Tints

Mixing #EBE8EA with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #EFEDEE, keeps 80% of the original. By #FBFAFB, the mixture is 80% white.

#EBE8EA #EFEDEE #F3F1F2 #F7F6F7 #FBFAFB #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #EBE8EA with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BCBABB, keeps 80% of the original. By #2F2E2F, the mixture is 80% black.

#EBE8EA #BCBABB #8D8B8C #5E5D5E #2F2E2F #000000

Tones

Mixing #EBE8EA with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D6D3D5, keeps 80% of the original. By #959595, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#EBE8EA #D6D3D5 #C0BEC0 #ABAAAA #959595 #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

#EBE8EA

RGB

rgb(235 232 234)

HSL

hsl(320.000 6.977% 91.569%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #EBE8EA;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#EBE8EA uses 235 red, 232 green and 234 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 92.2%

Green 91.0%

Blue 91.8%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #EBE8EA is 0.0% cyan, 1.3% magenta, 0.4% yellow and 7.8% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 1.3%

Yellow 0.4%

Black 7.8%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #EEEEEE. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #EEE in CSS. For a modern design, keep #EBE8EA when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #FFFFFF, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #EEEEEE Nearest web-safe: #FFFFFF

Gradient to complement

#EBE8EA #EBE9EA #EAE9EA #EAEAEA #E9EAE9 #E9EBE9 #E8EBE9

Color vision previews

Compare how #EBE8EA 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.

#E8E9EA

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.

#E9E9EA

Tritanopia

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

#EBE8E9

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.

#E9E8EA

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.

#E9E9EA

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#EBE8EA

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#E9E9E9

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.

#EAE8E9

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 0.80695 B 0.82279

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 0.91949 G 0.91020 B 0.91715

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.82654 G 0.80774 B 0.82178

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 0.327 Y 81.316

CMY

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

C % 7.843 M % 9.020 Y % 8.235

Binary RGB

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

11101011 11101000 11101010