#EFCAEB

sRGB: 239 / 202 / 235

Infinite horizons reshape eternity
Majestic waterfalls awaken beneath celestial skies
Infinite wonders defy the passing ages

#EFCAEB belongs to the magenta family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 239 red, 202 green and 235 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 306.5° lands in the magenta region. Its 53.6% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 86.5% 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 (14.32:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 239, 202, 235
HSL: 306.49°, 53.62%, 86.47%
HSV / HSB: 306.49°, 15.48%, 93.73%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 15.48%, 1.67%, 6.27%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 71.709, 66.591, 87.676
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 85.297, 18.557, -11.404
WCAG relative luminance: 0.66590
24-bit decimal: 15715051

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 #EFCAEB 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: 14.32:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.47:1

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

#CAEFCE sits half a turn (180°) from #EFCAEB 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.

#EFCAEB #CAEFCE

Analogous

#E1CAEF and #EFCAD9 sit 30° to either side of #EFCAEB. 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.

#E1CAEF #EFCAEB #EFCAD9

Triadic

#EFCAEB, #EBEFCA and #CAEBEF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#EFCAEB #EBEFCA #CAEBEF

Split complementary

Start at #EFCAEB and look across the wheel. #D9EFCA and #CAEFE0 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#EFCAEB #D9EFCA #CAEFE0

Square

Starting with #EFCAEB, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #EFE0CA, #CAEFCE, then #CAD9EF. Across the square, #EFCAEB pairs with #CAEFCE, and #EFE0CA with #CAD9EF.

#EFCAEB #EFE0CA #CAEFCE #CAD9EF

Tetradic

#EFCAEB and #CAEFCE are opposites, as are #EFCECA and #CAEBEF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#EFCAEB #EFCECA #CAEFCE #CAEBEF

Tints

Mixing #EFCAEB with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #F2D5EF, keeps 80% of the original. By #FCF4FB, the mixture is 80% white.

#EFCAEB #F2D5EF #F5DFF3 #F9EAF7 #FCF4FB #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #EFCAEB with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BFA2BC, keeps 80% of the original. By #30282F, the mixture is 80% black.

#EFCAEB #BFA2BC #8F798D #60515E #30282F #000000

Tones

Mixing #EFCAEB with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D9BBD6, keeps 80% of the original. By #968F95, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#EFCAEB #D9BBD6 #C3ACC0 #AC9EAB #968F95 #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

#EFCAEB

RGB

rgb(239 202 235)

HSL

hsl(306.486 53.623% 86.471%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#EFCAEB uses 239 red, 202 green and 235 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 93.7%

Green 79.2%

Blue 92.2%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #EFCAEB is 0.0% cyan, 15.5% magenta, 1.7% yellow and 6.3% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 15.5%

Yellow 1.7%

Black 6.3%

Nearby colors

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

Nearest shorthand: #EECCEE Nearest web-safe: #FFCCFF

Gradient to complement

#EFCAEB #E9D0E6 #E3D6E1 #DDDDDD #D6E3D8 #D0E9D3 #CAEFCE

Color vision previews

Compare how #EFCAEB 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.

#C9D2EC

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.

#D1D7EA

Tritanopia

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

#F2CCD5

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.

#D7D0EB

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.

#DAD3EA

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#EECBE3

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#D5D5D5

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.

#E3D0E0

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 0.59062 B 0.83077

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 0.91369 G 0.79754 B 0.91327

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.81477 G 0.59967 B 0.81394

CIE xyY

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

x 0.317 y 0.295 Y 66.591

CMY

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

C % 6.275 M % 20.784 Y % 7.843

Binary RGB

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

11101111 11001010 11101011