#EEEBEF

sRGB: 238 / 235 / 239

Infinite horizons fracture ancient heavens
Immortal legends shimmer across boundless heavens
Infinite wonders echo beyond eternity

#EEEBEF belongs to the magenta family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 238 red, 235 green and 239 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 285.0° lands in the magenta region. Its 11.1% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 92.9% 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 (17.77:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 238, 235, 239
HSL: 285.00°, 11.11%, 92.94%
HSV / HSB: 285.00°, 1.67%, 93.73%
CMYK (approx.): 0.42%, 1.67%, 0.00%, 6.27%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 80.544, 83.826, 93.601
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 93.375, 1.713, -1.577
WCAG relative luminance: 0.83826
24-bit decimal: 15657967

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 #EEEBEF 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: 17.77:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.18:1

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

#ECEFEB sits half a turn (180°) from #EEEBEF 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.

#EEEBEF #ECEFEB

Analogous

#ECEBEF and #EFEBEE sit 30° to either side of #EEEBEF. 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.

#ECEBEF #EEEBEF #EFEBEE

Triadic

#EEEBEF, #EFEEEB and #EBEFEE are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#EEEBEF #EFEEEB #EBEFEE

Split complementary

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

#EEEBEF #EEEFEB #EBEFEC

Square

Starting with #EEEBEF, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #EFECEB, #ECEFEB, then #EBEEEF. Across the square, #EEEBEF pairs with #ECEFEB, and #EFECEB with #EBEEEF.

#EEEBEF #EFECEB #ECEFEB #EBEEEF

Tetradic

#EEEBEF and #ECEFEB are opposites, as are #EFEBEC and #EBEFEE. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#EEEBEF #EFEBEC #ECEFEB #EBEFEE

Tints

Mixing #EEEBEF with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #F1EFF2, keeps 80% of the original. By #FCFBFC, the mixture is 80% white.

#EEEBEF #F1EFF2 #F5F3F5 #F8F7F9 #FCFBFC #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #EEEBEF with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BEBCBF, keeps 80% of the original. By #302F30, the mixture is 80% black.

#EEEBEF #BEBCBF #8F8D8F #5F5E60 #302F30 #000000

Tones

Mixing #EEEBEF with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D8D6D9, keeps 80% of the original. By #969596, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#EEEBEF #D8D6D9 #C2C0C3 #ACABAC #969596 #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

#EEEBEF

RGB

rgb(238 235 239)

HSL

hsl(285.000 11.111% 92.941%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#EEEBEF uses 238 red, 235 green and 239 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 93.3%

Green 92.2%

Blue 93.7%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #EEEBEF is 0.4% cyan, 1.7% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 6.3% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.4%

Magenta 1.7%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 6.3%

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 #EEEBEF 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

#EEEBEF #EEECEE #EDECEE #EDEDED #EDEEEC #ECEEEC #ECEFEB

Color vision previews

Compare how #EEEBEF 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.

#EBECEF

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.

#EBECEF

Tritanopia

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

#EEEBEC

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.

#ECECEF

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.

#ECECEF

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#EEEBEE

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#ECECEC

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.

#EDEBED

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 0.83077 B 0.86316

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 0.93126 G 0.92196 B 0.93606

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.85069 G 0.83157 B 0.86067

CIE xyY

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

x 0.312 y 0.325 Y 83.826

CMY

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

C % 6.667 M % 7.843 Y % 6.275

Binary RGB

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

11101110 11101011 11101111