#EFDCFE

sRGB: 239 / 220 / 254

Infinite horizons reshape eternity
Electric visions thunder through timeless canyons
Celestial symphonies transcend the limits of dreams

#EFDCFE belongs to the violet family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 239 red, 220 green and 254 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 273.5° lands in the violet region. Its 94.4% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 92.9% 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 (16.34:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 239, 220, 254
HSL: 273.53°, 94.44%, 92.94%
HSV / HSB: 273.53°, 13.39%, 99.61%
CMYK (approx.): 5.91%, 13.39%, 0.00%, 0.39%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 79.075, 76.693, 104.407
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 90.180, 12.588, -14.138
WCAG relative luminance: 0.76693
24-bit decimal: 15719678

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 #EFDCFE 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: 16.34:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.29:1

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

#EBFEDC sits half a turn (180°) from #EFDCFE 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.

#EFDCFE #EBFEDC

Analogous

#DEDCFE and #FEDCFC sit 30° to either side of #EFDCFE. 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.

#DEDCFE #EFDCFE #FEDCFC

Triadic

#EFDCFE, #FEEFDC and #DCFEEF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#EFDCFE #FEEFDC #DCFEEF

Split complementary

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

#EFDCFE #FCFEDC #DCFEDE

Square

Starting with #EFDCFE, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #FEDEDC, #EBFEDC, then #DCFCFE. Across the square, #EFDCFE pairs with #EBFEDC, and #FEDEDC with #DCFCFE.

#EFDCFE #FEDEDC #EBFEDC #DCFCFE

Tetradic

#EFDCFE and #EBFEDC are opposites, as are #FEDCEB and #DCFEEF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#EFDCFE #FEDCEB #EBFEDC #DCFEEF

Tints

Mixing #EFDCFE with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #F2E3FE, keeps 80% of the original. By #FCF8FF, the mixture is 80% white.

#EFDCFE #F2E3FE #F5EAFE #F9F1FF #FCF8FF #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #EFDCFE with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BFB0CB, keeps 80% of the original. By #302C33, the mixture is 80% black.

#EFDCFE #BFB0CB #8F8498 #605866 #302C33 #000000

Tones

Mixing #EFDCFE with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D9CAE5, keeps 80% of the original. By #969299, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#EFDCFE #D9CAE5 #C3B7CC #ACA5B2 #969299 #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

#EFDCFE

RGB

rgb(239 220 254)

HSL

hsl(273.529 94.444% 92.941%)

CSS example

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

Channel breakdown

RGB

#EFDCFE uses 239 red, 220 green and 254 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 93.7%

Green 86.3%

Blue 99.6%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #EFDCFE is 5.9% cyan, 13.4% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 0.4% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 5.9%

Magenta 13.4%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 0.4%

Nearby colors

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

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

Gradient to complement

#EFDCFE #EEE2F8 #EEE7F3 #EDEDED #ECF3E7 #ECF8E2 #EBFEDC

Color vision previews

Compare how #EFDCFE 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.

#D7E2FF

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.

#DBE3FD

Tritanopia

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

#EEE0E7

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.

#E0E0FF

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.

#E1E1FD

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#EEDEF6

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#E3E3E3

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.

#E9DFF1

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 0.71569 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 0.92460 G 0.86536 B 0.98624

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.83698 G 0.72059 B 0.96898

CIE xyY

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

x 0.304 y 0.295 Y 76.693

CMY

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

C % 6.275 M % 13.725 Y % 0.392

Binary RGB

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

11101111 11011100 11111110