#EEACFF

sRGB: 238 / 172 / 255

Infinite horizons fracture ancient heavens
Sacred blossoms thunder through timeless canyons
Celestial symphonies echo beyond eternity

#EEACFF belongs to the magenta family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 238 red, 172 green and 255 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 287.7° lands in the magenta region. Its 100.0% saturation makes it strong in color 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 (11.98:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 238, 172, 255
HSL: 287.71°, 100.00%, 83.73%
HSV / HSB: 287.71°, 32.55%, 100.00%
CMYK (approx.): 6.67%, 32.55%, 0.00%, 0.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 68.059, 54.903, 101.623
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 78.986, 37.902, -31.670
WCAG relative luminance: 0.54902
24-bit decimal: 15641855

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 #EEACFF 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: 11.98:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.75:1

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

#BDFFAC sits half a turn (180°) from #EEACFF 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.

#EEACFF #BDFFAC

Analogous

#C5ACFF and #FFACE7 sit 30° to either side of #EEACFF. 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.

#C5ACFF #EEACFF #FFACE7

Triadic

#EEACFF, #FFEEAC and #ACFFEE are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#EEACFF #FFEEAC #ACFFEE

Split complementary

Start at #EEACFF and look across the wheel. #E7FFAC and #ACFFC4 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#EEACFF #E7FFAC #ACFFC4

Square

Starting with #EEACFF, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #FFC4AC, #BDFFAC, then #ACE7FF. Across the square, #EEACFF pairs with #BDFFAC, and #FFC4AC with #ACE7FF.

#EEACFF #FFC4AC #BDFFAC #ACE7FF

Tetradic

#EEACFF and #BDFFAC are opposites, as are #FFACBD and #ACFFEE. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#EEACFF #FFACBD #BDFFAC #ACFFEE

Tints

Mixing #EEACFF with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #F1BDFF, keeps 80% of the original. By #FCEEFF, the mixture is 80% white.

#EEACFF #F1BDFF #F5CDFF #F8DEFF #FCEEFF #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #EEACFF with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BE8ACC, keeps 80% of the original. By #302233, the mixture is 80% black.

#EEACFF #BE8ACC #8F6799 #5F4566 #302233 #000000

Tones

Mixing #EEACFF with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D8A3E6, keeps 80% of the original. By #968999, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#EEACFF #D8A3E6 #C29ACC #AC92B3 #968999 #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

#EEACFF

RGB

rgb(238 172 255)

HSL

hsl(287.711 100.000% 83.725%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#EEACFF uses 238 red, 172 green and 255 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 93.3%

Green 67.5%

Blue 100.0%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #EEACFF is 6.7% cyan, 32.5% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 0.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 6.7%

Magenta 32.5%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 0.0%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #EEAAFF. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #EAF in CSS. For a modern design, keep #EEACFF when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #FF99FF, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #EEAAFF Nearest web-safe: #FF99FF

Gradient to complement

#EEACFF #E6BAF1 #DEC8E3 #D6D6D6 #CDE3C8 #C5F1BA #BDFFAC

Color vision previews

Compare how #EEACFF 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.

#A2BFFF

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.

#B1C6FC

Tritanopia

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

#EFB5CA

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.

#C1BAFF

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.

#C6BEFD

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#ECB1EE

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#C4C4C4

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.

#DAB8E4

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 0.41254 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 0.89443 G 0.68522 B 0.97995

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.77644 G 0.42723 B 0.95499

CIE xyY

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

x 0.303 y 0.244 Y 54.903

CMY

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

C % 6.667 M % 32.549 Y % 0.000

Binary RGB

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

11101110 10101100 11111111