#EEBFDB

sRGB: 238 / 191 / 219

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#EEBFDB belongs to the rose family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 238 red, 191 green and 219 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 324.3° lands in the rose region. Its 58.0% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 84.1% 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 (13.11:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 238, 191, 219
HSL: 324.26°, 58.02%, 84.12%
HSV / HSB: 324.26°, 19.75%, 93.33%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 19.75%, 7.98%, 6.67%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 66.674, 60.554, 75.196
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 82.139, 21.256, -7.567
WCAG relative luminance: 0.60553
24-bit decimal: 15646683

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 #EEBFDB 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: 13.11:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.60:1

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

#BFEED2 sits half a turn (180°) from #EEBFDB 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.

#EEBFDB #BFEED2

Analogous

#EABFEE and #EEBFC3 sit 30° to either side of #EEBFDB. 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.

#EABFEE #EEBFDB #EEBFC3

Triadic

#EEBFDB, #DBEEBF and #BFDBEE are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#EEBFDB #DBEEBF #BFDBEE

Split complementary

Start at #EEBFDB and look across the wheel. #C3EEBF and #BFEEEA sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#EEBFDB #C3EEBF #BFEEEA

Square

Starting with #EEBFDB, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #EEEABF, #BFEED2, then #BFC3EE. Across the square, #EEBFDB pairs with #BFEED2, and #EEEABF with #BFC3EE.

#EEBFDB #EEEABF #BFEED2 #BFC3EE

Tetradic

#EEBFDB and #BFEED2 are opposites, as are #EED2BF and #BFDBEE. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#EEBFDB #EED2BF #BFEED2 #BFDBEE

Tints

Mixing #EEBFDB with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #F1CCE2, keeps 80% of the original. By #FCF2F8, the mixture is 80% white.

#EEBFDB #F1CCE2 #F5D9E9 #F8E5F1 #FCF2F8 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #EEBFDB with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BE99AF, keeps 80% of the original. By #30262C, the mixture is 80% black.

#EEBFDB #BE99AF #8F7383 #5F4C58 #30262C #000000

Tones

Mixing #EEBFDB with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D8B2C9, keeps 80% of the original. By #968D92, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#EEBFDB #D8B2C9 #C2A6B7 #AC99A4 #968D92 #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

#EEBFDB

RGB

rgb(238 191 219)

HSL

hsl(324.255 58.025% 84.118%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#EEBFDB uses 238 red, 191 green and 219 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 93.3%

Green 74.9%

Blue 85.9%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #EEBFDB is 0.0% cyan, 19.7% magenta, 8.0% yellow and 6.7% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 19.7%

Yellow 8.0%

Black 6.7%

Nearby colors

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

Nearest shorthand: #EEBBDD Nearest web-safe: #FFCCCC

Gradient to complement

#EEBFDB #E6C7DA #DECFD8 #D7D7D7 #CFDED5 #C7E6D4 #BFEED2

Color vision previews

Compare how #EEBFDB 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.

#C1C8DC

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.

#CCCFDA

Tritanopia

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

#F4BFC8

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.

#D3C6DB

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.

#D6CADA

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#EEC0D5

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#CCCCCC

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.

#DEC6D4

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 0.52100 B 0.70838

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 0.90417 G 0.75610 B 0.85285

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.79570 G 0.53208 B 0.69731

CIE xyY

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

x 0.329 y 0.299 Y 60.554

CMY

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

C % 6.667 M % 25.098 Y % 14.118

Binary RGB

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

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