#EFBACE

sRGB: 239 / 186 / 206

Infinite horizons reshape eternity
Restless constellations awaken beneath celestial skies
Boundless spirits transcend the limits of dreams

#EFBACE belongs to the rose family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 239 red, 186 green and 206 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 337.4° lands in the rose region. Its 62.4% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 83.3% 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 (12.58:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 239, 186, 206
HSL: 337.36°, 62.35%, 83.33%
HSV / HSB: 337.36°, 22.18%, 93.73%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 22.18%, 13.81%, 6.27%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 64.293, 57.926, 66.189
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 80.698, 22.116, -2.691
WCAG relative luminance: 0.57925
24-bit decimal: 15710926

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 #EFBACE 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: 12.58:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.67:1

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

#BAEFDB sits half a turn (180°) from #EFBACE 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.

#EFBACE #BAEFDB

Analogous

#EFBAE9 and #EFC1BA sit 30° to either side of #EFBACE. 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.

#EFBAE9 #EFBACE #EFC1BA

Triadic

#EFBACE, #CEEFBA and #BACEEF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#EFBACE #CEEFBA #BACEEF

Split complementary

Start at #EFBACE and look across the wheel. #BAEFC1 and #BAE9EF sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#EFBACE #BAEFC1 #BAE9EF

Square

Starting with #EFBACE, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #E9EFBA, #BAEFDB, then #C1BAEF. Across the square, #EFBACE pairs with #BAEFDB, and #E9EFBA with #C1BAEF.

#EFBACE #E9EFBA #BAEFDB #C1BAEF

Tetradic

#EFBACE and #BAEFDB are opposites, as are #EFDBBA and #BACEEF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#EFBACE #EFDBBA #BAEFDB #BACEEF

Tints

Mixing #EFBACE with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #F2C8D8, keeps 80% of the original. By #FCF1F5, the mixture is 80% white.

#EFBACE #F2C8D8 #F5D6E2 #F9E3EB #FCF1F5 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #EFBACE with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BF95A5, keeps 80% of the original. By #302529, the mixture is 80% black.

#EFBACE #BF95A5 #8F707C #604A52 #302529 #000000

Tones

Mixing #EFBACE with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D9AEBE, keeps 80% of the original. By #968C90, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#EFBACE #D9AEBE #C3A3AF #AC979F #968C90 #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

#EFBACE

RGB

rgb(239 186 206)

HSL

hsl(337.358 62.353% 83.333%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#EFBACE uses 239 red, 186 green and 206 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 93.7%

Green 72.9%

Blue 80.8%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #EFBACE is 0.0% cyan, 22.2% magenta, 13.8% yellow and 6.3% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 22.2%

Yellow 13.8%

Black 6.3%

Nearby colors

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

Nearest shorthand: #EEBBCC Nearest web-safe: #FFCCCC

Gradient to complement

#EFBACE #E6C3D0 #DDCCD2 #D5D5D5 #CCDDD7 #C3E6D9 #BAEFDB

Color vision previews

Compare how #EFBACE 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.

#BFC3CF

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.

#CBCCCD

Tritanopia

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

#F8B8C1

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.

#D2C1CE

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.

#D6C6CD

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#EFBBCA

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#C8C8C8

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.

#DDC1CB

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 0.49102 B 0.61721

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 0.90487 G 0.73757 B 0.80496

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.79709 G 0.50337 B 0.61227

CIE xyY

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

x 0.341 y 0.307 Y 57.926

CMY

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

C % 6.275 M % 27.059 Y % 19.216

Binary RGB

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

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