#EE87CD

sRGB: 238 / 135 / 205

Infinite horizons fracture ancient heavens
Morning melodies unfold through ancient forests
Boundless spirits shatter the chains of fate

#EE87CD belongs to the rose family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 238 red, 135 green and 205 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 319.2° lands in the rose region. Its 75.2% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 73.1% 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 (8.98:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 238, 135, 205
HSL: 319.22°, 75.18%, 73.14%
HSV / HSB: 319.22°, 43.28%, 93.33%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 43.28%, 13.87%, 6.67%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 54.941, 39.915, 62.570
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 69.409, 48.367, -19.009
WCAG relative luminance: 0.39913
24-bit decimal: 15632333

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 #EE87CD 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: 8.98:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 2.34:1

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

#87EEA8 sits half a turn (180°) from #EE87CD 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.

#EE87CD #87EEA8

Analogous

#DB87EE and #EE879A sit 30° to either side of #EE87CD. 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.

#DB87EE #EE87CD #EE879A

Triadic

#EE87CD, #CDEE87 and #87CDEE are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#EE87CD #CDEE87 #87CDEE

Split complementary

Start at #EE87CD and look across the wheel. #9AEE87 and #87EEDB sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#EE87CD #9AEE87 #87EEDB

Square

Starting with #EE87CD, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #EEDB87, #87EEA8, then #879AEE. Across the square, #EE87CD pairs with #87EEA8, and #EEDB87 with #879AEE.

#EE87CD #EEDB87 #87EEA8 #879AEE

Tetradic

#EE87CD and #87EEA8 are opposites, as are #EEA887 and #87CDEE. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#EE87CD #EEA887 #87EEA8 #87CDEE

Tints

Mixing #EE87CD with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #F19FD7, keeps 80% of the original. By #FCE7F5, the mixture is 80% white.

#EE87CD #F19FD7 #F5B7E1 #F8CFEB #FCE7F5 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #EE87CD with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BE6CA4, keeps 80% of the original. By #301B29, the mixture is 80% black.

#EE87CD #BE6CA4 #8F517B #5F3652 #301B29 #000000

Tones

Mixing #EE87CD with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D886BE, keeps 80% of the original. By #96818F, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#EE87CD #D886BE #C284AE #AC839F #96818F #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

#EE87CD

RGB

rgb(238 135 205)

HSL

hsl(319.223 75.182% 73.137%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #EE87CD;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#EE87CD uses 238 red, 135 green and 205 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 93.3%

Green 52.9%

Blue 80.4%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #EE87CD is 0.0% cyan, 43.3% magenta, 13.9% yellow and 6.7% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 43.3%

Yellow 13.9%

Black 6.7%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #EE88CC. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #E8C in CSS. For a modern design, keep #EE87CD when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #FF99CC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #EE88CC Nearest web-safe: #FF99CC

Gradient to complement

#EE87CD #DD98C7 #CCA9C1 #BBBBBB #A9CCB4 #98DDAE #87EEA8

Color vision previews

Compare how #EE87CD 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.

#8B9FCF

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.

#A6AFCA

Tritanopia

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

#F989A1

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.

#B79ACE

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.

#BFA3CB

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#ED8ABF

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#A9A9A9

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.

#CF99BC

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 0.85499 G 0.24228 B 0.61050

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 0.87885 G 0.54937 B 0.79060

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.74621 G 0.26262 B 0.58801

CIE xyY

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

x 0.349 y 0.254 Y 39.915

CMY

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

C % 6.667 M % 47.059 Y % 19.608

Binary RGB

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

11101110 10000111 11001101