#EDECFA

sRGB: 237 / 236 / 250

Infinite horizons command forgotten kingdoms
Immortal legends thunder through timeless canyons
Celestial symphonies illuminate hidden worlds

#EDECFA belongs to the blue family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 237 red, 236 green and 250 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 244.3° lands in the blue region. Its 58.3% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 95.3% 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 (17.98:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 237, 236, 250
HSL: 244.29°, 58.33%, 95.29%
HSV / HSB: 244.29°, 5.60%, 98.04%
CMYK (approx.): 5.20%, 5.60%, 0.00%, 1.96%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 82.172, 84.897, 102.503
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 93.839, 2.878, -6.624
WCAG relative luminance: 0.84898
24-bit decimal: 15592698

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 #EDECFA 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: 17.98:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.17:1

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

#F9FAEC sits half a turn (180°) from #EDECFA 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.

#EDECFA #F9FAEC

Analogous

#ECF2FA and #F4ECFA sit 30° to either side of #EDECFA. 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.

#ECF2FA #EDECFA #F4ECFA

Triadic

#EDECFA, #FAEDEC and #ECFAED are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#EDECFA #FAEDEC #ECFAED

Split complementary

Start at #EDECFA and look across the wheel. #FAF4EC and #F2FAEC sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#EDECFA #FAF4EC #F2FAEC

Square

Starting with #EDECFA, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #FAECF2, #F9FAEC, then #ECFAF4. Across the square, #EDECFA pairs with #F9FAEC, and #FAECF2 with #ECFAF4.

#EDECFA #FAECF2 #F9FAEC #ECFAF4

Tetradic

#EDECFA and #F9FAEC are opposites, as are #FAECF9 and #ECFAED. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#EDECFA #FAECF9 #F9FAEC #ECFAED

Tints

Mixing #EDECFA with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #F1F0FB, keeps 80% of the original. By #FBFBFE, the mixture is 80% white.

#EDECFA #F1F0FB #F4F4FC #F8F7FD #FBFBFE #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #EDECFA with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BEBDC8, keeps 80% of the original. By #2F2F32, the mixture is 80% black.

#EDECFA #BEBDC8 #8E8E96 #5F5E64 #2F2F32 #000000

Tones

Mixing #EDECFA with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D7D6E2, keeps 80% of the original. By #969698, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#EDECFA #D7D6E2 #C1C1C9 #ACABB1 #969698 #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

#EDECFA

RGB

rgb(237 236 250)

HSL

hsl(244.286 58.333% 95.294%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#EDECFA uses 237 red, 236 green and 250 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 92.9%

Green 92.5%

Blue 98.0%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #EDECFA is 5.2% cyan, 5.6% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 2.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 5.2%

Magenta 5.6%

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 #EDECFA 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

#EDECFA #EFEEF8 #F1F1F5 #F3F3F3 #F5F5F1 #F7F8EE #F9FAEC

Color vision previews

Compare how #EDECFA 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.

#E9EEFB

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.

#E9EDFA

Tritanopia

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

#EBEEF0

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.

#EAEDFA

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.

#EAEDFA

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#ECEDF7

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#EDEDED

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.

#EDEDF4

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 0.83880 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 0.92872 G 0.92562 B 0.97571

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.84544 G 0.83907 B 0.94563

CIE xyY

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

x 0.305 y 0.315 Y 84.897

CMY

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

C % 7.059 M % 7.451 Y % 1.961

Binary RGB

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

11101101 11101100 11111010