#EF94DE

sRGB: 239 / 148 / 222

Infinite horizons reshape eternity
Shimmering rivers breathe beneath silver clouds
Fierce revelations transcend the limits of dreams

#EF94DE belongs to the magenta family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 239 red, 148 green and 222 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 311.2° lands in the magenta region. Its 74.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 75.9% 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 (9.96:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 239, 148, 222
HSL: 311.21°, 73.98%, 75.88%
HSV / HSB: 311.21°, 38.08%, 93.73%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 38.08%, 7.11%, 6.27%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 59.369, 44.806, 74.631
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 72.764, 44.806, -23.286
WCAG relative luminance: 0.44804
24-bit decimal: 15701214

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 #EF94DE 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: 9.96:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 2.11:1

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

#94EFA5 sits half a turn (180°) from #EF94DE 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.

#EF94DE #94EFA5

Analogous

#D394EF and #EF94B1 sit 30° to either side of #EF94DE. 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.

#D394EF #EF94DE #EF94B1

Triadic

#EF94DE, #DEEF94 and #94DEEF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#EF94DE #DEEF94 #94DEEF

Split complementary

Start at #EF94DE and look across the wheel. #B0EF94 and #94EFD3 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#EF94DE #B0EF94 #94EFD3

Square

Starting with #EF94DE, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #EFD394, #94EFA5, then #94B0EF. Across the square, #EF94DE pairs with #94EFA5, and #EFD394 with #94B0EF.

#EF94DE #EFD394 #94EFA5 #94B0EF

Tetradic

#EF94DE and #94EFA5 are opposites, as are #EFA594 and #94DEEF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#EF94DE #EFA594 #94EFA5 #94DEEF

Tints

Mixing #EF94DE with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #F2A9E5, keeps 80% of the original. By #FCEAF8, the mixture is 80% white.

#EF94DE #F2A9E5 #F5BFEB #F9D4F2 #FCEAF8 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #EF94DE with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BF76B2, keeps 80% of the original. By #301E2C, the mixture is 80% black.

#EF94DE #BF76B2 #8F5985 #603B59 #301E2C #000000

Tones

Mixing #EF94DE with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D990CB, keeps 80% of the original. By #968493, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#EF94DE #D990CB #C38CB8 #AC88A6 #968493 #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

#EF94DE

RGB

rgb(239 148 222)

HSL

hsl(311.209 73.984% 75.882%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #EF94DE;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#EF94DE uses 239 red, 148 green and 222 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 93.7%

Green 58.0%

Blue 87.1%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #EF94DE is 0.0% cyan, 38.1% magenta, 7.1% yellow and 6.3% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 38.1%

Yellow 7.1%

Black 6.3%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #EE99DD. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #E9D in CSS. For a modern design, keep #EF94DE when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #FF99CC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #EE99DD Nearest web-safe: #FF99CC

Gradient to complement

#EF94DE #E0A3D5 #D1B2CB #C2C2C2 #B2D1B8 #A3E0AF #94EFA5

Color vision previews

Compare how #EF94DE 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.

#93AAE1

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.

#ABB7DB

Tritanopia

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

#F798AF

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.

#BBA5DF

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.

#C2ACDC

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#EE98CF

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#B3B3B3

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.

#D4A4CA

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 0.86316 G 0.29614 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 0.88729 G 0.59692 B 0.85500

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.76249 G 0.31496 B 0.70128

CIE xyY

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

x 0.332 y 0.251 Y 44.806

CMY

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

C % 6.275 M % 41.961 Y % 12.941

Binary RGB

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

11101111 10010100 11011110