#EBEFE4

sRGB: 235 / 239 / 228

Infinite horizons rise against oblivion
Immortal legends transform the fabric of existence
Infinite wonders drift toward tomorrow

#EBEFE4 belongs to the yellow-green family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 235 red, 239 green and 228 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 81.8° lands in the yellow-green region. Its 25.6% 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 (18.00:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 235, 239, 228
HSL: 81.82°, 25.58%, 91.57%
HSV / HSB: 81.82°, 4.60%, 93.73%
CMYK (approx.): 1.67%, 0.00%, 4.60%, 6.27%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 79.127, 84.997, 85.639
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 93.882, -3.263, 4.849
WCAG relative luminance: 0.84997
24-bit decimal: 15462372

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 #EBEFE4 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: 18.00:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.17:1

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

#E8E4EF sits half a turn (180°) from #EBEFE4 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.

#EBEFE4 #E8E4EF

Analogous

#EFEEE4 and #E5EFE4 sit 30° to either side of #EBEFE4. 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.

#EFEEE4 #EBEFE4 #E5EFE4

Triadic

#EBEFE4, #E4EBEF and #EFE4EB are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#EBEFE4 #E4EBEF #EFE4EB

Split complementary

Start at #EBEFE4 and look across the wheel. #E4E5EF and #EEE4EF sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#EBEFE4 #E4E5EF #EEE4EF

Square

Starting with #EBEFE4, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #E4EFEE, #E8E4EF, then #EFE4E5. Across the square, #EBEFE4 pairs with #E8E4EF, and #E4EFEE with #EFE4E5.

#EBEFE4 #E4EFEE #E8E4EF #EFE4E5

Tetradic

#EBEFE4 and #E8E4EF are opposites, as are #E4EFE8 and #EFE4EB. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#EBEFE4 #E4EFE8 #E8E4EF #EFE4EB

Tints

Mixing #EBEFE4 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #EFF2E9, keeps 80% of the original. By #FBFCFA, the mixture is 80% white.

#EBEFE4 #EFF2E9 #F3F5EF #F7F9F4 #FBFCFA #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #EBEFE4 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BCBFB6, keeps 80% of the original. By #2F302E, the mixture is 80% black.

#EBEFE4 #BCBFB6 #8D8F89 #5E605B #2F302E #000000

Tones

Mixing #EBEFE4 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D6D9D0, keeps 80% of the original. By #959694, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#EBEFE4 #D6D9D0 #C0C3BC #ABACA8 #959694 #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

#EBEFE4

RGB

rgb(235 239 228)

HSL

hsl(81.818 25.581% 91.569%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #EBEFE4;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#EBEFE4 uses 235 red, 239 green and 228 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 92.2%

Green 93.7%

Blue 89.4%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #EBEFE4 is 1.7% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 4.6% yellow and 6.3% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 1.7%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 4.6%

Black 6.3%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #EEEEDD. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #EED in CSS. For a modern design, keep #EBEFE4 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #FFFFCC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #EEEEDD Nearest web-safe: #FFFFCC

Gradient to complement

#EBEFE4 #EBEDE6 #EAEBE8 #EAEAEA #E9E8EB #E9E6ED #E8E4EF

Color vision previews

Compare how #EBEFE4 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.

#F1EDE3

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.

#F0EDE4

Tritanopia

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

#ECEEEC

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.

#EFEEE4

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.

#EEEEE4

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#EBEFE7

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#EDEDED

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.

#ECEEE9

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 0.86316 B 0.77582

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 0.92438 G 0.93674 B 0.89781

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.83652 G 0.86208 B 0.78308

CIE xyY

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

x 0.317 y 0.340 Y 84.997

CMY

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

C % 7.843 M % 6.275 Y % 10.588

Binary RGB

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

11101011 11101111 11100100