#EDBEEA

sRGB: 237 / 190 / 234

Infinite horizons command forgotten kingdoms
Restless constellations transcend the boundaries of time
Infinite wonders illuminate hidden worlds

#EDBEEA belongs to the magenta family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 237 red, 190 green and 234 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 303.8° lands in the magenta region. Its 56.6% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 83.7% 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 (13.15:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 237, 190, 234
HSL: 303.83°, 56.63%, 83.73%
HSV / HSB: 303.83°, 19.83%, 92.94%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 19.83%, 1.27%, 7.06%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 68.187, 60.773, 85.983
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 82.257, 24.083, -15.441
WCAG relative luminance: 0.60772
24-bit decimal: 15580906

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 #EDBEEA 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: 13.15:1

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

#BEEDC1 sits half a turn (180°) from #EDBEEA 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.

#EDBEEA #BEEDC1

Analogous

#D9BEED and #EDBED3 sit 30° to either side of #EDBEEA. 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.

#D9BEED #EDBEEA #EDBED3

Triadic

#EDBEEA, #EAEDBE and #BEEAED are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#EDBEEA #EAEDBE #BEEAED

Split complementary

Start at #EDBEEA and look across the wheel. #D3EDBE and #BEEDD9 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#EDBEEA #D3EDBE #BEEDD9

Square

Starting with #EDBEEA, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #EDD9BE, #BEEDC1, then #BED3ED. Across the square, #EDBEEA pairs with #BEEDC1, and #EDD9BE with #BED3ED.

#EDBEEA #EDD9BE #BEEDC1 #BED3ED

Tetradic

#EDBEEA and #BEEDC1 are opposites, as are #EDC1BE and #BEEAED. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#EDBEEA #EDC1BE #BEEDC1 #BEEAED

Tints

Mixing #EDBEEA with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #F1CBEE, keeps 80% of the original. By #FBF2FB, the mixture is 80% white.

#EDBEEA #F1CBEE #F4D8F2 #F8E5F7 #FBF2FB #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #EDBEEA with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BE98BB, keeps 80% of the original. By #2F262F, the mixture is 80% black.

#EDBEEA #BE98BB #8E728C #5F4C5E #2F262F #000000

Tones

Mixing #EDBEEA with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D7B2D5, keeps 80% of the original. By #968C95, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#EDBEEA #D7B2D5 #C1A5C0 #AC99AA #968C95 #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

#EDBEEA

RGB

rgb(237 190 234)

HSL

hsl(303.830 56.627% 83.725%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#EDBEEA uses 237 red, 190 green and 234 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 92.9%

Green 74.5%

Blue 91.8%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #EDBEEA is 0.0% cyan, 19.8% magenta, 1.3% yellow and 7.1% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 19.8%

Yellow 1.3%

Black 7.1%

Nearby colors

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

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

Gradient to complement

#EDBEEA #E5C6E3 #DDCEDC #D6D6D6 #CEDDCF #C6E5C8 #BEEDC1

Color vision previews

Compare how #EDBEEA 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.

#BCC9EC

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.

#C6CFE8

Tritanopia

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

#F1C1CD

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.

#CFC6EB

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.

#D3C9E9

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#ECC0E0

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#CDCDCD

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.

#DEC5DC

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 0.84687 G 0.51492 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 0.90027 G 0.75219 B 0.90679

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.78794 G 0.52594 B 0.80091

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 0.283 Y 60.773

CMY

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

C % 7.059 M % 25.490 Y % 8.235

Binary RGB

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

11101101 10111110 11101010