#EFE2FD

sRGB: 239 / 226 / 253

Infinite horizons reshape eternity
Immortal legends tremble in empty gardens
Celestial symphonies shatter the chains of fate

#EFE2FD belongs to the violet family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 239 red, 226 green and 253 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 268.9° lands in the violet region. Its 87.1% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 93.9% 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 (16.97:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 239, 226, 253
HSL: 268.89°, 87.10%, 93.92%
HSV / HSB: 268.89°, 10.67%, 99.22%
CMYK (approx.): 5.53%, 10.67%, 0.00%, 0.78%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 80.519, 79.836, 104.100
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 91.611, 9.265, -11.477
WCAG relative luminance: 0.79835
24-bit decimal: 15721213

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 #EFE2FD 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: 16.97:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.24:1

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

#F0FDE2 sits half a turn (180°) from #EFE2FD 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.

#EFE2FD #F0FDE2

Analogous

#E2E3FD and #FDE2FD sit 30° to either side of #EFE2FD. 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.

#E2E3FD #EFE2FD #FDE2FD

Triadic

#EFE2FD, #FDEFE2 and #E2FDEF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#EFE2FD #FDEFE2 #E2FDEF

Split complementary

Start at #EFE2FD and look across the wheel. #FDFDE2 and #E3FDE2 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#EFE2FD #FDFDE2 #E3FDE2

Square

Starting with #EFE2FD, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #FDE2E3, #F0FDE2, then #E2FDFD. Across the square, #EFE2FD pairs with #F0FDE2, and #FDE2E3 with #E2FDFD.

#EFE2FD #FDE2E3 #F0FDE2 #E2FDFD

Tetradic

#EFE2FD and #F0FDE2 are opposites, as are #FDE2F0 and #E2FDEF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#EFE2FD #FDE2F0 #F0FDE2 #E2FDEF

Tints

Mixing #EFE2FD with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #F2E8FD, keeps 80% of the original. By #FCF9FF, the mixture is 80% white.

#EFE2FD #F2E8FD #F5EEFE #F9F3FE #FCF9FF #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #EFE2FD with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BFB5CA, keeps 80% of the original. By #302D33, the mixture is 80% black.

#EFE2FD #BFB5CA #8F8898 #605A65 #302D33 #000000

Tones

Mixing #EFE2FD with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D9CEE4, keeps 80% of the original. By #969499, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#EFE2FD #D9CEE4 #C3BBCB #ACA7B2 #969499 #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

#EFE2FD

RGB

rgb(239 226 253)

HSL

hsl(268.889 87.097% 93.922%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #EFE2FD;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#EFE2FD uses 239 red, 226 green and 253 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 93.7%

Green 88.6%

Blue 99.2%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #EFE2FD is 5.5% cyan, 10.7% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 0.8% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 5.5%

Magenta 10.7%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 0.8%

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 #EFE2FD 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

#EFE2FD #EFE7F9 #EFEBF4 #F0F0F0 #F0F4EB #F0F9E7 #F0FDE2

Color vision previews

Compare how #EFE2FD 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.

#DEE6FE

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.

#E0E7FC

Tritanopia

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

#EDE5EB

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.

#E4E5FE

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.

#E5E5FC

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#EEE3F7

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#E7E7E7

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.

#EBE4F2

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 0.76052 B 0.98225

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 0.92847 G 0.88803 B 0.98408

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.84494 G 0.76393 B 0.96416

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 0.302 Y 79.836

CMY

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

C % 6.275 M % 11.373 Y % 0.784

Binary RGB

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

11101111 11100010 11111101