#EEEEFE

sRGB: 238 / 238 / 254

Infinite horizons fracture ancient heavens
Immortal legends transcend the boundaries of time
Celestial symphonies transcend the limits of dreams

#EEEEFE belongs to the blue family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 238 red, 238 green and 254 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 240.0° lands in the blue region. Its 88.9% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 96.5% 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 (18.30:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 238, 238, 254
HSL: 240.00°, 88.89%, 96.47%
HSV / HSB: 240.00°, 6.30%, 99.61%
CMYK (approx.): 6.30%, 6.30%, 0.00%, 0.39%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 83.720, 86.482, 106.051
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 94.518, 2.923, -7.689
WCAG relative luminance: 0.86482
24-bit decimal: 15658750

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 #EEEEFE 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: 18.30:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.15:1

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

#FEFEEE sits half a turn (180°) from #EEEEFE 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.

#EEEEFE #FEFEEE

Analogous

#EEF6FE and #F6EEFE sit 30° to either side of #EEEEFE. 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.

#EEF6FE #EEEEFE #F6EEFE

Triadic

#EEEEFE, #FEEEEE and #EEFEEE are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#EEEEFE #FEEEEE #EEFEEE

Split complementary

Start at #EEEEFE and look across the wheel. #FEF6EE and #F6FEEE sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#EEEEFE #FEF6EE #F6FEEE

Square

Starting with #EEEEFE, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #FEEEF6, #FEFEEE, then #EEFEF6. Across the square, #EEEEFE pairs with #FEFEEE, and #FEEEF6 with #EEFEF6.

#EEEEFE #FEEEF6 #FEFEEE #EEFEF6

Tetradic

#EEEEFE and #FEFEEE are opposites, as are #FEEEFE and #EEFEEE. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#EEEEFE #FEEEFE #FEFEEE #EEFEEE

Tints

Mixing #EEEEFE with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #F1F1FE, keeps 80% of the original. By #FCFCFF, the mixture is 80% white.

#EEEEFE #F1F1FE #F5F5FE #F8F8FF #FCFCFF #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #EEEEFE with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BEBECB, keeps 80% of the original. By #303033, the mixture is 80% black.

#EEEEFE #BEBECB #8F8F98 #5F5F66 #303033 #000000

Tones

Mixing #EEEEFE with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D8D8E5, keeps 80% of the original. By #969699, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#EEEEFE #D8D8E5 #C2C2CC #ACACB2 #969699 #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

#EEEEFE

RGB

rgb(238 238 254)

HSL

hsl(240.000 88.889% 96.471%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#EEEEFE uses 238 red, 238 green and 254 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 93.3%

Green 93.3%

Blue 99.6%

CMYK

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

Cyan 6.3%

Magenta 6.3%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 0.4%

Nearby colors

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

Nearest shorthand: #EEEEFF Nearest web-safe: #FFFFFF

Gradient to complement

#EEEEFE #F1F1FB #F3F3F9 #F6F6F6 #F9F9F3 #FBFBF1 #FEFEEE

Color vision previews

Compare how #EEEEFE 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.

#EBF0FF

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.

#EAEFFE

Tritanopia

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

#EBF0F3

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.

#ECEFFE

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.

#EBEFFE

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#EDEFFA

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#EFEFEF

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.

#EFEFF7

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 0.85499 B 0.99110

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 0.93333 G 0.93333 B 0.99068

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.85499 G 0.85499 B 0.97892

CIE xyY

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

x 0.303 y 0.313 Y 86.482

CMY

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

C % 6.667 M % 6.667 Y % 0.392

Binary RGB

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

11101110 11101110 11111110