#EEDBFA

sRGB: 238 / 219 / 250

Infinite horizons fracture ancient heavens
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#EEDBFA belongs to the violet family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 238 red, 219 green and 250 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 276.8° lands in the violet region. Its 75.6% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 92.0% 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 (16.15:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 238, 219, 250
HSL: 276.77°, 75.61%, 91.96%
HSV / HSB: 276.77°, 12.40%, 98.04%
CMYK (approx.): 4.80%, 12.40%, 0.00%, 1.96%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 77.843, 75.743, 100.965
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 89.740, 12.031, -12.706
WCAG relative luminance: 0.75742
24-bit decimal: 15653882

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 #EEDBFA 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: 16.15:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.30:1

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

#E7FADB sits half a turn (180°) from #EEDBFA 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.

#EEDBFA #E7FADB

Analogous

#DEDBFA and #FADBF7 sit 30° to either side of #EEDBFA. 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.

#DEDBFA #EEDBFA #FADBF7

Triadic

#EEDBFA, #FAEEDB and #DBFAEE are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#EEDBFA #FAEEDB #DBFAEE

Split complementary

Start at #EEDBFA and look across the wheel. #F7FADB and #DBFADE sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#EEDBFA #F7FADB #DBFADE

Square

Starting with #EEDBFA, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #FADEDB, #E7FADB, then #DBF7FA. Across the square, #EEDBFA pairs with #E7FADB, and #FADEDB with #DBF7FA.

#EEDBFA #FADEDB #E7FADB #DBF7FA

Tetradic

#EEDBFA and #E7FADB are opposites, as are #FADBE7 and #DBFAEE. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#EEDBFA #FADBE7 #E7FADB #DBFAEE

Tints

Mixing #EEDBFA with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #F1E2FB, keeps 80% of the original. By #FCF8FE, the mixture is 80% white.

#EEDBFA #F1E2FB #F5E9FC #F8F1FD #FCF8FE #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #EEDBFA with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BEAFC8, keeps 80% of the original. By #302C32, the mixture is 80% black.

#EEDBFA #BEAFC8 #8F8396 #5F5864 #302C32 #000000

Tones

Mixing #EEDBFA with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D8C9E2, keeps 80% of the original. By #969298, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#EEDBFA #D8C9E2 #C2B7C9 #ACA4B1 #969298 #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

#EEDBFA

RGB

rgb(238 219 250)

HSL

hsl(276.774 75.610% 91.961%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#EEDBFA uses 238 red, 219 green and 250 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 93.3%

Green 85.9%

Blue 98.0%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #EEDBFA is 4.8% cyan, 12.4% 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 12.4%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 2.0%

Nearby colors

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

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

Gradient to complement

#EEDBFA #EDE0F5 #ECE5F0 #EBEBEB #E9F0E5 #E8F5E0 #E7FADB

Color vision previews

Compare how #EEDBFA 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.

#D7E1FB

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.

#DBE2F9

Tritanopia

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

#EDDEE5

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.

#DFDFFB

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.

#E1E0F9

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#EDDCF3

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#E2E2E2

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.

#E8DEEE

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 0.70838 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 0.92068 G 0.86143 B 0.97147

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.82896 G 0.71324 B 0.93632

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 0.298 Y 75.743

CMY

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

C % 6.667 M % 14.118 Y % 1.961

Binary RGB

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

11101110 11011011 11111010