#EEBDFD

sRGB: 238 / 189 / 253

Infinite horizons fracture ancient heavens
Restless constellations illuminate forgotten empires
Celestial symphonies shatter the chains of fate

#EEBDFD belongs to the magenta family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 238 red, 189 green and 253 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 285.9° lands in the magenta region. Its 94.1% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 86.7% 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 (13.33:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 238, 189, 253
HSL: 285.94°, 94.12%, 86.67%
HSV / HSB: 285.94°, 25.30%, 99.22%
CMYK (approx.): 5.93%, 25.30%, 0.00%, 0.78%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 71.184, 61.665, 101.084
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 82.735, 28.484, -24.860
WCAG relative luminance: 0.61664
24-bit decimal: 15646205

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 #EEBDFD 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: 13.33:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.58:1

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

#CCFDBD sits half a turn (180°) from #EEBDFD 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.

#EEBDFD #CCFDBD

Analogous

#CEBDFD and #FDBDEC sit 30° to either side of #EEBDFD. 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.

#CEBDFD #EEBDFD #FDBDEC

Triadic

#EEBDFD, #FDEEBD and #BDFDEE are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#EEBDFD #FDEEBD #BDFDEE

Split complementary

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

#EEBDFD #ECFDBD #BDFDCE

Square

Starting with #EEBDFD, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #FDCEBD, #CCFDBD, then #BDECFD. Across the square, #EEBDFD pairs with #CCFDBD, and #FDCEBD with #BDECFD.

#EEBDFD #FDCEBD #CCFDBD #BDECFD

Tetradic

#EEBDFD and #CCFDBD are opposites, as are #FDBDCC and #BDFDEE. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#EEBDFD #FDBDCC #CCFDBD #BDFDEE

Tints

Mixing #EEBDFD with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #F1CAFD, keeps 80% of the original. By #FCF2FF, the mixture is 80% white.

#EEBDFD #F1CAFD #F5D7FE #F8E5FE #FCF2FF #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #EEBDFD with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BE97CA, keeps 80% of the original. By #302633, the mixture is 80% black.

#EEBDFD #BE97CA #8F7198 #5F4C65 #302633 #000000

Tones

Mixing #EEBDFD with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D8B1E4, keeps 80% of the original. By #968C99, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#EEBDFD #D8B1E4 #C2A5CB #AC98B2 #968C99 #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

#EEBDFD

RGB

rgb(238 189 253)

HSL

hsl(285.938 94.118% 86.667%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#EEBDFD uses 238 red, 189 green and 253 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 93.3%

Green 74.1%

Blue 99.2%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #EEBDFD is 5.9% cyan, 25.3% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 0.8% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 5.9%

Magenta 25.3%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 0.8%

Nearby colors

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

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

Gradient to complement

#EEBDFD #E8C8F2 #E3D2E8 #DDDDDD #D7E8D2 #D2F2C8 #CCFDBD

Color vision previews

Compare how #EEBDFD 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.

#B5CBFF

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.

#C0D0FB

Tritanopia

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

#EEC4D3

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.

#CCC7FE

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.

#CFCAFC

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#ECC0EF

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#CECECE

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.

#DFC6E7

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 0.50888 B 0.98225

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 0.90309 G 0.74862 B 0.97579

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.79354 G 0.52037 B 0.94581

CIE xyY

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

x 0.304 y 0.264 Y 61.665

CMY

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

C % 6.667 M % 25.882 Y % 0.784

Binary RGB

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

11101110 10111101 11111101