#EEEAEA

sRGB · 238 / 234 / 234

#EEEAEA belongs to the red family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 238 red, 234 green and 234 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 0.0° lands in the red region. Its 10.5% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 92.5% 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 (17.59:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 238, 234, 234
HSL: 0.00°, 10.53%, 92.55%
HSV / HSB: 0.00°, 1.68%, 93.33%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 1.68%, 1.68%, 6.67%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 79.530, 82.963, 89.668
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 92.998, 1.341, 0.475
WCAG relative luminance: 0.82963
24-bit decimal: 15657706

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 #EEEAEA 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 · 17.59:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text · 1.19:1

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. 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

#EAEEEE sits half a turn (180°) from #EEEAEA 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.

#EEEAEA #EAEEEE

Analogous

#EEEAEC and #EEECEA sit 30° to either side of #EEEAEA. 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.

#EEEAEC #EEEAEA #EEECEA

Triadic

#EEEAEA, #EAEEEA and #EAEAEE are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#EEEAEA #EAEEEA #EAEAEE

Split complementary

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

#EEEAEA #EAEEEC #EAECEE

Square

Starting with #EEEAEA, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #ECEEEA, #EAEEEE, then #ECEAEE. Across the square, #EEEAEA pairs with #EAEEEE, and #ECEEEA with #ECEAEE.

#EEEAEA #ECEEEA #EAEEEE #ECEAEE

Tetradic

#EEEAEA and #EAEEEE are opposites, as are #EEEEEA and #EAEAEE. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#EEEAEA #EEEEEA #EAEEEE #EAEAEE

Tints

Mixing #EEEAEA with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #F1EEEE, keeps 80% of the original. By #FCFBFB, the mixture is 80% white.

#EEEAEA #F1EEEE #F5F2F2 #F8F7F7 #FCFBFB #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #EEEAEA with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BEBBBB, keeps 80% of the original. By #302F2F, the mixture is 80% black.

#EEEAEA #BEBBBB #8F8C8C #5F5E5E #302F2F #000000

Tones

Mixing #EEEAEA with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D8D5D5, keeps 80% of the original. By #969595, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#EEEAEA #D8D5D5 #C2C0C0 #ACAAAA #969595 #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

#EEEAEA

RGB

rgb(238 234 234)

HSL

hsl(0.000 10.526% 92.549%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#EEEAEA uses 238 red, 234 green and 234 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 93.3%

Green 91.8%

Blue 91.8%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #EEEAEA is 0.0% cyan, 1.7% magenta, 1.7% yellow and 6.7% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 1.7%

Yellow 1.7%

Black 6.7%

Nearby colors

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

Nearest shorthand · #EEEEEE Nearest web-safe · #FFFFFF

Gradient to complement

#EEEAEA #EDEBEB #EDEBEB #ECECEC #EBEDED #EBEDED #EAEEEE

Color vision previews

Compare how #EEEAEA 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.

#EBEAEA

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.

#EBEBEA

Tritanopia

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

#EFEAEA

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.

#ECEAEA

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.

#ECEBEA

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#EEEAEA

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#EBEBEB

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.

#ECEAEA

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 0.82279 B 0.82279

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 0.93057 G 0.91817 B 0.91792

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.84927 G 0.82385 B 0.82334

CIE xyY

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

x 0.315 y 0.329 Y 82.963

CMY

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

C % 6.667 M % 8.235 Y % 8.235

Binary RGB

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

11101110 11101010 11101010