#EEECDE

sRGB: 238 / 236 / 222

Infinite horizons fracture ancient heavens
Immortal legends thunder through timeless canyons
Fierce revelations transcend the limits of dreams

#EEECDE belongs to the yellow family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 238 red, 236 green and 222 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 52.5° lands in the yellow region. Its 32.0% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 90.2% 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 (17.69:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 238, 236, 222
HSL: 52.50°, 32.00%, 90.20%
HSV / HSB: 52.50°, 6.72%, 93.33%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 0.84%, 6.72%, 6.67%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 78.437, 83.442, 81.083
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 93.208, -1.730, 7.020
WCAG relative luminance: 0.83442
24-bit decimal: 15658206

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 #EEECDE 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: 17.69:1

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.

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

#DEE0EE sits half a turn (180°) from #EEECDE 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.

#EEECDE #DEE0EE

Analogous

#EEE4DE and #E8EEDE sit 30° to either side of #EEECDE. 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.

#EEE4DE #EEECDE #E8EEDE

Triadic

#EEECDE, #DEEEEC and #ECDEEE are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#EEECDE #DEEEEC #ECDEEE

Split complementary

Start at #EEECDE and look across the wheel. #DEE8EE and #E4DEEE sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#EEECDE #DEE8EE #E4DEEE

Square

Starting with #EEECDE, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #DEEEE4, #DEE0EE, then #EEDEE8. Across the square, #EEECDE pairs with #DEE0EE, and #DEEEE4 with #EEDEE8.

#EEECDE #DEEEE4 #DEE0EE #EEDEE8

Tetradic

#EEECDE and #DEE0EE are opposites, as are #E0EEDE and #ECDEEE. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#EEECDE #E0EEDE #DEE0EE #ECDEEE

Tints

Mixing #EEECDE with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #F1F0E5, keeps 80% of the original. By #FCFBF8, the mixture is 80% white.

#EEECDE #F1F0E5 #F5F4EB #F8F7F2 #FCFBF8 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #EEECDE with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BEBDB2, keeps 80% of the original. By #302F2C, the mixture is 80% black.

#EEECDE #BEBDB2 #8F8E85 #5F5E59 #302F2C #000000

Tones

Mixing #EEECDE with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D8D6CB, keeps 80% of the original. By #969693, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#EEECDE #D8D6CB #C2C1B8 #ACABA6 #969693 #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

#EEECDE

RGB

rgb(238 236 222)

HSL

hsl(52.500 32.000% 90.196%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#EEECDE uses 238 red, 236 green and 222 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 93.3%

Green 92.5%

Blue 87.1%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #EEECDE is 0.0% cyan, 0.8% magenta, 6.7% yellow and 6.7% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 0.8%

Yellow 6.7%

Black 6.7%

Nearby colors

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

Nearest shorthand: #EEEEDD Nearest web-safe: #FFFFCC

Gradient to complement

#EEECDE #EBEAE1 #E9E8E3 #E6E6E6 #E3E4E9 #E1E2EB #DEE0EE

Color vision previews

Compare how #EEECDE 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.

#EFEBDD

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.

#F0ECDE

Tritanopia

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

#F1EAE8

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.

#EFEBDE

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.

#EFECDE

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#EFEBE2

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.

#EDECE5

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 0.83880 B 0.73046

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 0.93195 G 0.92575 B 0.87583

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.85212 G 0.83934 B 0.74043

CIE xyY

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

x 0.323 y 0.343 Y 83.442

CMY

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

C % 6.667 M % 7.451 Y % 12.941

Binary RGB

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

11101110 11101100 11011110