#ECBBFD

sRGB: 236 / 187 / 253

Infinite horizons pierce eternal darkness
Restless constellations shimmer across boundless heavens
Celestial symphonies shatter the chains of fate

#ECBBFD belongs to the violet family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 236 red, 187 green and 253 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 284.5° lands in the violet region. Its 94.3% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 86.3% 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 (13.09:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 236, 187, 253
HSL: 284.55°, 94.29%, 86.27%
HSV / HSB: 284.55°, 26.09%, 99.22%
CMYK (approx.): 6.72%, 26.09%, 0.00%, 0.78%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 70.089, 60.466, 100.911
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 82.091, 28.920, -25.859
WCAG relative luminance: 0.60465
24-bit decimal: 15514621

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 #ECBBFD 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: 13.09:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.60:1

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

#CCFDBB sits half a turn (180°) from #ECBBFD 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.

#ECBBFD #CCFDBB

Analogous

#CBBBFD and #FDBBED sit 30° to either side of #ECBBFD. 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.

#CBBBFD #ECBBFD #FDBBED

Triadic

#ECBBFD, #FDECBB and #BBFDEC are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#ECBBFD #FDECBB #BBFDEC

Split complementary

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

#ECBBFD #EDFDBB #BBFDCB

Square

Starting with #ECBBFD, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #FDCBBB, #CCFDBB, then #BBEDFD. Across the square, #ECBBFD pairs with #CCFDBB, and #FDCBBB with #BBEDFD.

#ECBBFD #FDCBBB #CCFDBB #BBEDFD

Tetradic

#ECBBFD and #CCFDBB are opposites, as are #FDBBCC and #BBFDEC. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#ECBBFD #FDBBCC #CCFDBB #BBFDEC

Tints

Mixing #ECBBFD with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #F0C9FD, keeps 80% of the original. By #FBF1FF, the mixture is 80% white.

#ECBBFD #F0C9FD #F4D6FE #F7E4FE #FBF1FF #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #ECBBFD with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BD96CA, keeps 80% of the original. By #2F2533, the mixture is 80% black.

#ECBBFD #BD96CA #8E7098 #5E4B65 #2F2533 #000000

Tones

Mixing #ECBBFD with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D6AFE4, keeps 80% of the original. By #968C99, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#ECBBFD #D6AFE4 #C1A3CB #AB98B2 #968C99 #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

#ECBBFD

RGB

rgb(236 187 253)

HSL

hsl(284.545 94.286% 86.275%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#ECBBFD uses 236 red, 187 green and 253 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 92.5%

Green 73.3%

Blue 99.2%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #ECBBFD is 6.7% cyan, 26.1% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 0.8% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 6.7%

Magenta 26.1%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 0.8%

Nearby colors

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

Nearest shorthand: #EEBBFF Nearest web-safe: #FFCCFF

Gradient to complement

#ECBBFD #E7C6F2 #E1D1E7 #DCDCDC #D7E7D1 #D1F2C6 #CCFDBB

Color vision previews

Compare how #ECBBFD 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.

#B3C9FF

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.

#BDCEFB

Tritanopia

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

#ECC2D2

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.

#C9C5FE

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.

#CDC8FC

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#EABFEF

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#CCCCCC

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.

#DDC4E6

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 0.83880 G 0.49693 B 0.98225

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 0.89528 G 0.74078 B 0.97527

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.77810 G 0.50828 B 0.94466

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 0.261 Y 60.466

CMY

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

C % 7.451 M % 26.667 Y % 0.784

Binary RGB

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

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