#EFAABE

sRGB: 239 / 170 / 190

Infinite horizons reshape eternity
Sacred blossoms awaken beneath celestial skies
Eternal flames transcend the limits of dreams

#EFAABE belongs to the rose family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 239 red, 170 green and 190 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 342.6° lands in the rose region. Its 68.3% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 80.2% 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 (11.16:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 239, 170, 190
HSL: 342.61°, 68.32%, 80.20%
HSV / HSB: 342.61°, 28.87%, 93.73%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 28.87%, 20.50%, 6.27%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 59.263, 50.820, 55.404
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 76.570, 28.150, -0.057
WCAG relative luminance: 0.50818
24-bit decimal: 15706814

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 #EFAABE 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: 11.16:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.88:1

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

#AAEFDB sits half a turn (180°) from #EFAABE 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.

#EFAABE #AAEFDB

Analogous

#EFAAE1 and #EFB8AA sit 30° to either side of #EFAABE. 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.

#EFAAE1 #EFAABE #EFB8AA

Triadic

#EFAABE, #BEEFAA and #AABEEF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#EFAABE #BEEFAA #AABEEF

Split complementary

Start at #EFAABE and look across the wheel. #AAEFB8 and #AAE1EF sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#EFAABE #AAEFB8 #AAE1EF

Square

Starting with #EFAABE, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #E1EFAA, #AAEFDB, then #B8AAEF. Across the square, #EFAABE pairs with #AAEFDB, and #E1EFAA with #B8AAEF.

#EFAABE #E1EFAA #AAEFDB #B8AAEF

Tetradic

#EFAABE and #AAEFDB are opposites, as are #EFDBAA and #AABEEF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#EFAABE #EFDBAA #AAEFDB #AABEEF

Tints

Mixing #EFAABE with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #F2BBCB, keeps 80% of the original. By #FCEEF2, the mixture is 80% white.

#EFAABE #F2BBCB #F5CCD8 #F9DDE5 #FCEEF2 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #EFAABE with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BF8898, keeps 80% of the original. By #302226, the mixture is 80% black.

#EFAABE #BF8898 #8F6672 #60444C #302226 #000000

Tones

Mixing #EFAABE with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D9A2B2, keeps 80% of the original. By #96888C, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#EFAABE #D9A2B2 #C399A5 #AC9199 #96888C #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

#EFAABE

RGB

rgb(239 170 190)

HSL

hsl(342.609 68.317% 80.196%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#EFAABE uses 239 red, 170 green and 190 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 93.7%

Green 66.7%

Blue 74.5%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #EFAABE is 0.0% cyan, 28.9% magenta, 20.5% yellow and 6.3% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 28.9%

Yellow 20.5%

Black 6.3%

Nearby colors

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

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

Gradient to complement

#EFAABE #E4B6C3 #D8C1C8 #CDCDCD #C1D8D1 #B6E4D6 #AAEFDB

Color vision previews

Compare how #EFAABE 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.

#B3B6BF

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.

#C3C2BD

Tritanopia

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

#FBA6B1

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.

#CBB3BE

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.

#D1BABD

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#EFAABA

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#BDBDBD

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.

#D8B4BD

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 0.40198 B 0.51492

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 0.89689 G 0.67799 B 0.74365

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.78128 G 0.41729 B 0.51269

CIE xyY

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

x 0.358 y 0.307 Y 50.820

CMY

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

C % 6.275 M % 33.333 Y % 25.490

Binary RGB

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

11101111 10101010 10111110