#EDD4FF

sRGB: 237 / 212 / 255

Infinite horizons command forgotten kingdoms
Electric visions breathe beneath silver clouds
Celestial symphonies echo beyond eternity

#EDD4FF belongs to the violet family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 237 red, 212 green and 255 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 274.9° lands in the violet region. Its 100.0% saturation makes it strong in color 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 (15.46:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 237, 212, 255
HSL: 274.88°, 100.00%, 91.57%
HSV / HSB: 274.88°, 16.86%, 100.00%
CMYK (approx.): 7.06%, 16.86%, 0.00%, 0.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 76.515, 72.312, 104.538
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 88.119, 16.343, -17.775
WCAG relative luminance: 0.72311
24-bit decimal: 15586559

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 #EDD4FF 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: 15.46:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.36:1

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

#E6FFD4 sits half a turn (180°) from #EDD4FF 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.

#EDD4FF #E6FFD4

Analogous

#D8D4FF and #FFD4FB sit 30° to either side of #EDD4FF. 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.

#D8D4FF #EDD4FF #FFD4FB

Triadic

#EDD4FF, #FFEDD4 and #D4FFED are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#EDD4FF #FFEDD4 #D4FFED

Split complementary

Start at #EDD4FF and look across the wheel. #FBFFD4 and #D4FFD8 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#EDD4FF #FBFFD4 #D4FFD8

Square

Starting with #EDD4FF, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #FFD8D4, #E6FFD4, then #D4FBFF. Across the square, #EDD4FF pairs with #E6FFD4, and #FFD8D4 with #D4FBFF.

#EDD4FF #FFD8D4 #E6FFD4 #D4FBFF

Tetradic

#EDD4FF and #E6FFD4 are opposites, as are #FFD4E6 and #D4FFED. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#EDD4FF #FFD4E6 #E6FFD4 #D4FFED

Tints

Mixing #EDD4FF with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #F1DDFF, keeps 80% of the original. By #FBF6FF, the mixture is 80% white.

#EDD4FF #F1DDFF #F4E5FF #F8EEFF #FBF6FF #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #EDD4FF with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BEAACC, keeps 80% of the original. By #2F2A33, the mixture is 80% black.

#EDD4FF #BEAACC #8E7F99 #5F5566 #2F2A33 #000000

Tones

Mixing #EDD4FF with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D7C3E6, keeps 80% of the original. By #969199, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#EDD4FF #D7C3E6 #C1B2CC #ACA2B3 #969199 #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

#EDD4FF

RGB

rgb(237 212 255)

HSL

hsl(274.884 100.000% 91.569%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #EDD4FF;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#EDD4FF uses 237 red, 212 green and 255 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 92.9%

Green 83.1%

Blue 100.0%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #EDD4FF is 7.1% cyan, 16.9% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 0.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 7.1%

Magenta 16.9%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 0.0%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #EECCFF. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #ECF in CSS. For a modern design, keep #EDD4FF when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #FFCCFF, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

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

Gradient to complement

#EDD4FF #ECDBF8 #EBE2F1 #EAEAEA #E8F1E2 #E7F8DB #E6FFD4

Color vision previews

Compare how #EDD4FF 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.

#CEDCFF

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.

#D3DEFE

Tritanopia

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

#EBD9E2

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.

#DAD9FF

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.

#DBDBFE

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#ECD6F5

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#DDDDDD

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.

#E5D9EF

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 0.65837 B 1.00000

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 0.91301 G 0.83487 B 0.98788

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.81341 G 0.66463 B 0.97265

CIE xyY

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

x 0.302 y 0.285 Y 72.312

CMY

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

C % 7.059 M % 16.863 Y % 0.000

Binary RGB

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

11101101 11010100 11111111