#EBF0FA

sRGB: 235 / 240 / 250

Infinite horizons rise against oblivion
Unbridled forces fade beyond remembrance
Celestial symphonies illuminate hidden worlds

#EBF0FA belongs to the azure family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 235 red, 240 green and 250 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 220.0° lands in the azure region. Its 60.0% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 95.1% 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 (18.38:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 235, 240, 250
HSL: 220.00°, 60.00%, 95.10%
HSV / HSB: 220.00°, 6.00%, 98.04%
CMYK (approx.): 6.00%, 4.00%, 0.00%, 1.96%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 82.672, 86.884, 102.861
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 94.689, 0.179, -5.385
WCAG relative luminance: 0.86884
24-bit decimal: 15462650

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 #EBF0FA 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: 18.38:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.14:1

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

#FAF5EB sits half a turn (180°) from #EBF0FA 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.

#EBF0FA #FAF5EB

Analogous

#EBF8FA and #EDEBFA sit 30° to either side of #EBF0FA. 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.

#EBF8FA #EBF0FA #EDEBFA

Triadic

#EBF0FA, #FAEBF0 and #F0FAEB are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#EBF0FA #FAEBF0 #F0FAEB

Split complementary

Start at #EBF0FA and look across the wheel. #FAEDEB and #F8FAEB sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#EBF0FA #FAEDEB #F8FAEB

Square

Starting with #EBF0FA, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #FAEBF7, #FAF5EB, then #EBFAED. Across the square, #EBF0FA pairs with #FAF5EB, and #FAEBF7 with #EBFAED.

#EBF0FA #FAEBF7 #FAF5EB #EBFAED

Tetradic

#EBF0FA and #FAF5EB are opposites, as are #F5EBFA and #F0FAEB. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#EBF0FA #F5EBFA #FAF5EB #F0FAEB

Tints

Mixing #EBF0FA with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #EFF3FB, keeps 80% of the original. By #FBFCFE, the mixture is 80% white.

#EBF0FA #EFF3FB #F3F6FC #F7F9FD #FBFCFE #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #EBF0FA with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BCC0C8, keeps 80% of the original. By #2F3032, the mixture is 80% black.

#EBF0FA #BCC0C8 #8D9096 #5E6064 #2F3032 #000000

Tones

Mixing #EBF0FA with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D6DAE2, keeps 80% of the original. By #959698, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#EBF0FA #D6DAE2 #C0C3C9 #ABADB1 #959698 #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

#EBF0FA

RGB

rgb(235 240 250)

HSL

hsl(220.000 60.000% 95.098%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #EBF0FA;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#EBF0FA uses 235 red, 240 green and 250 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 92.2%

Green 94.1%

Blue 98.0%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #EBF0FA is 6.0% cyan, 4.0% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 2.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 6.0%

Magenta 4.0%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 2.0%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #EEEEFF. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #EEF in CSS. For a modern design, keep #EBF0FA when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #FFFFFF, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

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

Gradient to complement

#EBF0FA #EEF1F8 #F0F2F5 #F3F3F3 #F5F3F0 #F8F4EE #FAF5EB

Color vision previews

Compare how #EBF0FA 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.

#EDF0FB

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.

#ECEFFA

Tritanopia

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

#E8F2F3

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.

#ECF0FA

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.

#ECEFFA

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#EAF1F7

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#F0F0F0

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.

#EDF0F5

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 0.87137 B 0.95597

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 0.92509 G 0.94053 B 0.97665

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.83798 G 0.87002 B 0.94771

CIE xyY

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

x 0.303 y 0.319 Y 86.884

CMY

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

C % 7.843 M % 5.882 Y % 1.961

Binary RGB

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

11101011 11110000 11111010