#EFE6FA

sRGB: 239 / 230 / 250

Infinite horizons reshape eternity
Immortal legends blossom beneath falling stars
Celestial symphonies illuminate hidden worlds

#EFE6FA belongs to the violet family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 239 red, 230 green and 250 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 267.0° lands in the violet region. Its 66.7% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 94.1% 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 (17.37:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 239, 230, 250
HSL: 267.00°, 66.67%, 94.12%
HSV / HSB: 267.00°, 8.00%, 98.04%
CMYK (approx.): 4.40%, 8.00%, 0.00%, 1.96%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 81.145, 81.847, 101.969
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 92.507, 6.626, -8.579
WCAG relative luminance: 0.81846
24-bit decimal: 15722234

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 #EFE6FA 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: 17.37:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.21:1

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

#F1FAE6 sits half a turn (180°) from #EFE6FA 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.

#EFE6FA #F1FAE6

Analogous

#E6E7FA and #F9E6FA sit 30° to either side of #EFE6FA. 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.

#E6E7FA #EFE6FA #F9E6FA

Triadic

#EFE6FA, #FAEFE6 and #E6FAEF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#EFE6FA #FAEFE6 #E6FAEF

Split complementary

Start at #EFE6FA and look across the wheel. #FAF9E6 and #E7FAE6 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#EFE6FA #FAF9E6 #E7FAE6

Square

Starting with #EFE6FA, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #FAE6E7, #F1FAE6, then #E6FAF9. Across the square, #EFE6FA pairs with #F1FAE6, and #FAE6E7 with #E6FAF9.

#EFE6FA #FAE6E7 #F1FAE6 #E6FAF9

Tetradic

#EFE6FA and #F1FAE6 are opposites, as are #FAE6F1 and #E6FAEF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#EFE6FA #FAE6F1 #F1FAE6 #E6FAEF

Tints

Mixing #EFE6FA with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #F2EBFB, keeps 80% of the original. By #FCFAFE, the mixture is 80% white.

#EFE6FA #F2EBFB #F5F0FC #F9F5FD #FCFAFE #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #EFE6FA with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BFB8C8, keeps 80% of the original. By #302E32, the mixture is 80% black.

#EFE6FA #BFB8C8 #8F8A96 #605C64 #302E32 #000000

Tones

Mixing #EFE6FA with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D9D2E2, keeps 80% of the original. By #969498, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#EFE6FA #D9D2E2 #C3BDC9 #ACA9B1 #969498 #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

#EFE6FA

RGB

rgb(239 230 250)

HSL

hsl(267.000 66.667% 94.118%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #EFE6FA;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#EFE6FA uses 239 red, 230 green and 250 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 93.7%

Green 90.2%

Blue 98.0%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #EFE6FA is 4.4% cyan, 8.0% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 2.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 4.4%

Magenta 8.0%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 2.0%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #EEEEFF. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #EEF in CSS. For a modern design, keep #EFE6FA when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #FFFFFF, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #EEEEFF Nearest web-safe: #FFFFFF

Gradient to complement

#EFE6FA #EFE9F7 #F0EDF3 #F0F0F0 #F0F3ED #F1F7E9 #F1FAE6

Color vision previews

Compare how #EFE6FA 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.

#E3E9FB

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.

#E5EAF9

Tritanopia

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

#EEE8EC

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.

#E7E8FA

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.

#E8E8FA

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#EEE7F5

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#E9E9E9

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.

#ECE8F2

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 0.79130 B 0.95597

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 0.93112 G 0.90316 B 0.97427

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.85040 G 0.79368 B 0.94247

CIE xyY

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

x 0.306 y 0.309 Y 81.847

CMY

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

C % 6.275 M % 9.804 Y % 1.961

Binary RGB

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

11101111 11100110 11111010