Information about #EEB9EE color

#EEB9EE color image

Basic facts about this digital color

In the Register's classification, #EEB9EE belongs to the Magenta Color Family, featuring High Saturation and Very Light brightness. The mix behind it: rgb(238, 185, 238) — 93.3% red, 72.5% green, 93.3% blue; the print equivalent is CMYK 0 / 21 / 0 / 7. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#EEB9EE is a strongly colored electric magenta that has a delicate, washed-out lightness. In practice it works well for minimalist layouts, soft backgrounds and pastel palettes. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Pale Light Grayish Magenta (#E7B8E7). Slightly further away sit Soft Lilac (#E5B6F7) and Light Lavendar (#EFC0FE).

The recipe behind #EEB9EE is rgb(238, 185, 238), with red as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #EEB9EE: 12.8:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 1.6:1 for white. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#EEB9EE color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#EEB9EE color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #EEB9EE

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#EEB9EE
  • RGB238, 185, 238
  • CMYK0, 21, 0, 7
  • CSSrgb(238, 185, 238)
  • HSL300°, 61%, 83%
  • HSL Precise300°, 60.92%, 82.941%
  • HSV300°, 22%, 93%
  • HSB300°, 22%, 93%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.933
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.725
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.933
  • GLSLvec3(0.933, 0.725, 0.933)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.933, 0.725, 0.933, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.933, 0.725, 0.933)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB93.3%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB72.5%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB93.3%
  • Color FamilyMagenta
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDEEB9EE
  • DECIMAL ID15645166
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01