#ECDEEF

sRGB: 236 / 222 / 239

Infinite horizons pierce eternal darkness
Electric visions transcend the boundaries of time
Infinite wonders echo beyond eternity

#ECDEEF belongs to the magenta family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 236 red, 222 green and 239 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 289.4° lands in the magenta region. Its 34.7% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 90.4% 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 (16.26:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 236, 222, 239
HSL: 289.41°, 34.69%, 90.39%
HSV / HSB: 289.41°, 7.11%, 93.73%
CMYK (approx.): 1.26%, 7.11%, 0.00%, 6.27%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 76.290, 76.308, 92.374
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 90.002, 7.768, -6.558
WCAG relative luminance: 0.76307
24-bit decimal: 15523567

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 #ECDEEF 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: 16.26:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.29:1

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

#E1EFDE sits half a turn (180°) from #ECDEEF 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.

#ECDEEF #E1EFDE

Analogous

#E4DEEF and #EFDEE9 sit 30° to either side of #ECDEEF. 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.

#E4DEEF #ECDEEF #EFDEE9

Triadic

#ECDEEF, #EFECDE and #DEEFEC are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#ECDEEF #EFECDE #DEEFEC

Split complementary

Start at #ECDEEF and look across the wheel. #EAEFDE and #DEEFE4 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#ECDEEF #EAEFDE #DEEFE4

Square

Starting with #ECDEEF, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #EFE4DE, #E1EFDE, then #DEE9EF. Across the square, #ECDEEF pairs with #E1EFDE, and #EFE4DE with #DEE9EF.

#ECDEEF #EFE4DE #E1EFDE #DEE9EF

Tetradic

#ECDEEF and #E1EFDE are opposites, as are #EFDEE1 and #DEEFEC. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#ECDEEF #EFDEE1 #E1EFDE #DEEFEC

Tints

Mixing #ECDEEF with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #F0E5F2, keeps 80% of the original. By #FBF8FC, the mixture is 80% white.

#ECDEEF #F0E5F2 #F4EBF5 #F7F2F9 #FBF8FC #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #ECDEEF with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BDB2BF, keeps 80% of the original. By #2F2C30, the mixture is 80% black.

#ECDEEF #BDB2BF #8E858F #5E5960 #2F2C30 #000000

Tones

Mixing #ECDEEF with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D6CBD9, keeps 80% of the original. By #969396, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#ECDEEF #D6CBD9 #C1B8C3 #ABA6AC #969396 #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

#ECDEEF

RGB

rgb(236 222 239)

HSL

hsl(289.412 34.694% 90.392%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#ECDEEF uses 236 red, 222 green and 239 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 92.5%

Green 87.1%

Blue 93.7%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #ECDEEF is 1.3% cyan, 7.1% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 6.3% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 1.3%

Magenta 7.1%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 6.3%

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 #ECDEEF 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

#ECDEEF #EAE1EC #E8E4E9 #E7E7E7 #E5E9E4 #E3ECE1 #E1EFDE

Color vision previews

Compare how #ECDEEF 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.

#DDE1F0

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.

#DFE3EE

Tritanopia

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

#ECDFE3

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.

#E2E0EF

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.

#E3E1EF

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#ECDFEB

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#E2E2E2

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.

#E7E0E9

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 0.73046 B 0.86316

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 0.91606 G 0.87248 B 0.93244

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.81956 G 0.73406 B 0.85313

CIE xyY

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

x 0.311 y 0.311 Y 76.308

CMY

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

C % 7.451 M % 12.941 Y % 6.275

Binary RGB

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

11101100 11011110 11101111