#EDEDEE

sRGB: 237 / 237 / 238

Infinite horizons command forgotten kingdoms
Immortal legends illuminate forgotten empires
Infinite wonders transcend the limits of dreams

#EDEDEE belongs to the blue family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 237 red, 237 green and 238 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 240.0° lands in the blue region. Its 2.9% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 93.1% 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 (17.95:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 237, 237, 238
HSL: 240.00°, 2.86%, 93.14%
HSV / HSB: 240.00°, 0.42%, 93.33%
CMYK (approx.): 0.42%, 0.42%, 0.00%, 6.67%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 80.638, 84.746, 93.001
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 93.774, 0.178, -0.483
WCAG relative luminance: 0.84746
24-bit decimal: 15592942

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 #EDEDEE 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: 17.95:1

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

#EEEEED sits half a turn (180°) from #EDEDEE 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.

#EDEDEE #EEEEED

Analogous

#EDEEEE and #EEEDEE sit 30° to either side of #EDEDEE. 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.

#EDEEEE #EDEDEE #EEEDEE

Triadic

#EDEDEE, #EEEDED and #EDEEED are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#EDEDEE #EEEDED #EDEEED

Split complementary

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

#EDEDEE #EEEEED #EEEEED

Square

Starting with #EDEDEE, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #EEEDEE, #EEEEED, then #EDEEEE. Across the square, #EDEDEE pairs with #EEEEED, and #EEEDEE with #EDEEEE.

#EDEDEE #EEEDEE #EEEEED #EDEEEE

Tetradic

#EDEDEE and #EEEEED are opposites, as are #EEEDEE and #EDEEED. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#EDEDEE #EEEDEE #EEEEED #EDEEED

Tints

Mixing #EDEDEE with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #F1F1F1, keeps 80% of the original. By #FBFBFC, the mixture is 80% white.

#EDEDEE #F1F1F1 #F4F4F5 #F8F8F8 #FBFBFC #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #EDEDEE with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BEBEBE, keeps 80% of the original. By #2F2F30, the mixture is 80% black.

#EDEDEE #BEBEBE #8E8E8F #5F5F5F #2F2F30 #000000

Tones

Mixing #EDEDEE with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D7D7D8, keeps 80% of the original. By #969696, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#EDEDEE #D7D7D8 #C1C1C2 #ACACAC #969696 #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

#EDEDEE

RGB

rgb(237 237 238)

HSL

hsl(240.000 2.857% 93.137%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#EDEDEE uses 237 red, 237 green and 238 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 92.9%

Green 92.9%

Blue 93.3%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #EDEDEE is 0.4% cyan, 0.4% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 6.7% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.4%

Magenta 0.4%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 6.7%

Nearby colors

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

Nearest shorthand: #EEEEEE Nearest web-safe: #FFFFFF

Gradient to complement

#EDEDEE #EDEDEE #EDEDEE #EEEEEE #EEEEED #EEEEED #EEEEED

Color vision previews

Compare how #EDEDEE 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.

#EDEDEE

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.

#EDEDEE

Tritanopia

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

#EDEDED

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.

#EDEDEE

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.

#EDEDEE

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#EDEDEE

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.

#EDEDEE

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 0.84687 B 0.85499

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 0.92941 G 0.92941 B 0.93298

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.84687 G 0.84687 B 0.85427

CIE xyY

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

x 0.312 y 0.328 Y 84.746

CMY

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

C % 7.059 M % 7.059 Y % 6.667

Binary RGB

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

11101101 11101101 11101110