#EECCFA

sRGB: 238 / 204 / 250

Infinite horizons fracture ancient heavens
Majestic waterfalls thunder through timeless canyons
Celestial symphonies illuminate hidden worlds

#EECCFA belongs to the violet family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 238 red, 204 green and 250 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 284.3° lands in the violet region. Its 82.1% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 89.0% 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 (14.65:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 238, 204, 250
HSL: 284.35°, 82.14%, 89.02%
HSV / HSB: 284.35°, 18.40%, 98.04%
CMYK (approx.): 4.80%, 18.40%, 0.00%, 1.96%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 74.105, 68.266, 99.718
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 86.139, 19.939, -18.108
WCAG relative luminance: 0.68265
24-bit decimal: 15650042

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 #EECCFA 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: 14.65:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.43:1

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

#D8FACC sits half a turn (180°) from #EECCFA 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.

#EECCFA #D8FACC

Analogous

#D7CCFA and #FACCEF sit 30° to either side of #EECCFA. 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.

#D7CCFA #EECCFA #FACCEF

Triadic

#EECCFA, #FAEECC and #CCFAEE are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#EECCFA #FAEECC #CCFAEE

Split complementary

Start at #EECCFA and look across the wheel. #EFFACC and #CCFAD7 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#EECCFA #EFFACC #CCFAD7

Square

Starting with #EECCFA, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #FAD7CC, #D8FACC, then #CCEFFA. Across the square, #EECCFA pairs with #D8FACC, and #FAD7CC with #CCEFFA.

#EECCFA #FAD7CC #D8FACC #CCEFFA

Tetradic

#EECCFA and #D8FACC are opposites, as are #FACCD8 and #CCFAEE. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#EECCFA #FACCD8 #D8FACC #CCFAEE

Tints

Mixing #EECCFA with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #F1D6FB, keeps 80% of the original. By #FCF5FE, the mixture is 80% white.

#EECCFA #F1D6FB #F5E0FC #F8EBFD #FCF5FE #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #EECCFA with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BEA3C8, keeps 80% of the original. By #302932, the mixture is 80% black.

#EECCFA #BEA3C8 #8F7A96 #5F5264 #302932 #000000

Tones

Mixing #EECCFA with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D8BDE2, keeps 80% of the original. By #968F98, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#EECCFA #D8BDE2 #C2AEC9 #AC9EB1 #968F98 #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

#EECCFA

RGB

rgb(238 204 250)

HSL

hsl(284.348 82.143% 89.020%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#EECCFA uses 238 red, 204 green and 250 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 93.3%

Green 80.0%

Blue 98.0%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #EECCFA is 4.8% cyan, 18.4% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 2.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 4.8%

Magenta 18.4%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 2.0%

Nearby colors

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

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

Gradient to complement

#EECCFA #EAD4F2 #E7DBEB #E3E3E3 #DFEBDB #DCF2D4 #D8FACC

Color vision previews

Compare how #EECCFA 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.

#C7D5FC

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.

#CED9F8

Tritanopia

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

#EED1DC

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.

#D6D3FB

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.

#D8D5F9

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#EDCEF0

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#D7D7D7

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.

#E3D2EA

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 0.60383 B 0.95597

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 0.91152 G 0.80490 B 0.96800

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.81040 G 0.61216 B 0.92875

CIE xyY

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

x 0.306 y 0.282 Y 68.266

CMY

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

C % 6.667 M % 20.000 Y % 1.961

Binary RGB

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

11101110 11001100 11111010