#ef8afd Color Information

#ef8afd Color Information
Details | Shades, Tints, and Tones | Variations | Color Coordinates | Color Schemes | HTML+CSS Examples | Coding & Programming | Color Blindness | Accessibility | Related Colors

The hexadecimal value (hex value) of this color is #ef8afd. In RGB, it consists of 93.7% Red, 54.1% Green, and 99.2% Blue. Likewise, in the CMYK color space, it consists of 5.5% Cyan, 45.5% Magenta, 0% Yellow, and 0.8% Black. On the color wheel, its Hue is found at 292.7°, with saturation of 96.6% and lightness of 76.7%. The decimal value for #ef8afd is 15698685, and its nearest "web safe" color is #ff99ff. In the RGB color space, the strongest component for #ef8afd is blue. In the CMYK color space, its strongest component is magenta. And in the RYB color space, its strongest component is blue.
  • HexHex code for this color#ef8afd Copy
  • NameThe common name of this color(Unnamed) Copy
  • RGBRed, Green, Blue composition for this color239, 138, 253 Copy
  • RGB PercentPercent Red, Green, Blue composition for this color93.7%, 54.1%, 99.2% Copy
  • CMYCyan, Magenta, Yellow composition for this color0.063, 0.459, 0.008 Copy
  • CMYKCyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black composition for this color0.055, 0.455, 0, 0.008 Copy
  • HSLHue, Saturation, Lightness combination for this color292.7°, 96.6%, 76.7% Copy
  • HSV (or HSB)Hue, Saturation, Brightness combination for this color292.7°, 45.5%, 99.2% Copy
  • XYZCIE 1931 color space XYZ coordinates for this color62.415, 43.620, 98.058 Copy
  • RYBRed, Yellow, Blue composition for this color239, 138, 253 Copy
  • DecimalDecimal representation of this color's hex code15698685 Copy
  • CIE-LABCIELAB color space coordinates for this color71.973, 55.401, -41.461 Copy
  • CIE-LCHCIE-LCH color space coordinates for this color (chroma, hue, etc.)71.973, 69.197, 323.189 Copy
  • CIE-LUVCIE-LUV color space coordinates for this color71.973, 45.970, -74.840 Copy
  • Hunter LabHunter-Lab color space coordinates for this color66.045, 53.109, -41.797 Copy
  • xyYCIE xyY color space coordinates for this color0.306, 0.214, 43.620 Copy
  • AndroidValue of this color in Android development4293888765 / 0xffef8afd Copy
  • Web SafeHex code of the nearest "web safe" version of this color#ff99ff Copy
Last Updated: March 27, 2024

Shades of #ef8afd

Shades are created by adding black to or removing lightness from a particular color. For #ef8afd, its pure hue is 292.7° on the color wheel and its saturation is 96.6%, and its lightness is 76.7%. As the amount of black is added to this hue and we reduce its lightness, the result is increasingly darker shades tints. The palette given below provides 9 different shades of #ef8afd, which — excluding black and our original color — range from #1e1120 to #d179dd.

Tints of #ef8afd

Tints are created by adding white or lightness to a particular color. For #ef8afd, its pure hue is 292.7° on the color wheel and its saturation is 96.6%, and its lightness is 76.7%. As the amount of white (lightness) is added to this hue, the result is increasingly lighter tints. The following palette gives 9 different tints of #ef8afd, which — excluding white and our original color — range from #f199fd to #fdf0ff.

Tones of #ef8afd

Tones are the result of adding gray to a pure hue. In the case of #ef8afd, its pure hue is 292.7° on the color wheel and its saturation is 96.6%, so we increase this saturation to create more colorful tones, and decrease the saturation to create grayer tones. The palette shown below gives 9 different tones of #ef8afd, which range from #c4c4c4 (the grayest / 0% saturation) to #f188ff (the most colorful / 100% saturation).

Variations of #ef8afd

There are several ways to create color variations and premutations of #ef8afd! For #ef8afd, there are 6 variations of the color that can be created by swapping its Red, Green, and Blue color positions, of which 5 are different from our original color. Among these six variations, there are 6 unique colors including our original color, #ef8afd. Click on these colors to learn more about them, too!

Color Coordinates of #ef8afd

This color, #ef8afd, consists of 93.7% Red, 54.1% Green, and 99.2% Blue, resulting in color coordinates Red = 239, Green = 138, Blue = 253. Likewise, the CMYK color space composition for #ef8afd is 5.5% Cyan, 45.5% Magenta, 0% Yellow, and 0.8% Black. These values are shown in the following charts and tables.

R93.7%
C5.5%
G54.1%
M45.5%
B99.2%
Y0.0%
K0.8%
Color Base R (Red) G (Green) B (Blue)
Decimal 239 138 253
Octal 357 212 375
Hexa #ef #8a #fd
Binary 11101111 10001010 11111101
Color Base C (Cyan) M (Magenta) Y (Yellow) Y (Black)
Decimal 5 45 0 0
Octal 5 55 0 0
Hexa #05 #2d #00 #00
Binary 00000101 00101101 00000000 00000000

Analogous Colors of #ef8afd

Analogous colors are located 30 degrees away from a color's hue on the color wheel. For #ef8afd — which has hue 292.7° — its analogous colors are located at 262.7° and 322.7° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #ef8afd.

Triadic Colors of #ef8afd

Triadic colors are located 120 degrees away from a color's hue on the color wheel, which means the original color and its triadic colors are equidistant from one another on the color wheel and form a triangle. For #ef8afd — which has hue 292.7° — its triadic colors are located at 52.7° and 292.7° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #ef8afd.

Complementary Color of #ef8afd

A complementary color is located opposite a color on the color wheel (180 degrees away). For #ef8afd — which has hue 292.7° — its complementary color is located at 112.7° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #ef8afd.

Split Complementary Colors of #ef8afd

Split complementary colors are the analogs of a color's complement, which places them 210 degrees away on the color wheel from an original color. For #ef8afd — which has hue 292.7° — its split complementary colors its split complementary colors are located at 82.7° and 292.7° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #ef8afd.

Tetradic Colors of #ef8afd

Tetradic colors are two sets of complementary colors on either side of a color wheel from each other, forming a rectangle on the color wheel. For #ef8afd — which has hue 292.7° — its tetradic colors are located at 202.7°, 292.7°, 22.7°, and 112.7° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #ef8afd.

Monochromatic Colors of #ef8afd

Monochromatic colors are colors that share a common hue but that have different saturations and lightness. For #ef8afd, we show 9 different monochromatic colors of it, ranging from #e651fb — (which has very low saturation and very low lightness) — to #f7c4ff (which has a very high saturation and very high lightness).

HTML+CSS Examples & Previews of #ef8afd

We want to make getting started with #ef8afd on your website fast and easy! Below are 8 examples of how to integrate #ef8afd into a website using HTML+CSS. These examples include showing how #ef8afd can be used to color text, backgrounds, shadows, and borders, as well as how it can be used as a solid fill or gradient fill for rectangles. These examples principally make use of <span> and <div> tags, although the CSS shown in particular can be repurposed to make use of #ef8afd with other HTML elements.

#ef8afd Foreground / Text Color

The color of this text is #ef8afd.
<span style="color: #ef8afd;">The color of this text is #ef8afd.</span>

#ef8afd Background Color

The background color for this text is #ef8afd.
<div style="background-color: #ef8afd; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">The background color for this text is #ef8afd.</div>

#ef8afd Text Shadow Color

This color for the shadow of this text is #ef8afd.
<span style="text-shadow: 3px 3px 3px #ef8afd;">This color for the shadow of this text is #ef8afd.</span>

#ef8afd Border Color

This is a div with border color #ef8afd.
<div style="border: #ef8afd 4px solid;width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a div with border color #ef8afd.</div>

#ef8afd Color Rectangle on a White Background

This is a rectangle of color #ef8afd on a white background.
<div style="background-color: #ffffff; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #ef8afd; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #ef8afd on a white background.</div></div>

#ef8afd Color Rectangle on a Black Background

This is a rectangle of color #ef8afd on a black background.
<div style="background-color: #000000; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #ef8afd; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #ef8afd on a black background.</div></div>

Gradient from #ef8afd to White

This is a gradient from #ef8afd to white.
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#ef8afd,white); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#ef8afd,white); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#ef8afd,white); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#ef8afd,white); width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #ef8afd to white.</div>

Gradient from #ef8afd to Black

This is a gradient from #ef8afd to black.
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#ef8afd,black); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#ef8afd,black); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#ef8afd,black); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#ef8afd,black); color: #ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #ef8afd to black.</div>

Coding & Programming with #ef8afd

In addition to using #ef8afd on the web, we know you might want to use it in your mobile and desktop apps, too. Whatever your needs, the table below shows how to access #ef8afd in the language and environment of your choice. These code snippets are principally the hexadecimal representation of #ef8afd, or the RGB color coordinates for the same (Red = 239, Green = 138, Blue = 253). If you need details about the color coordinates of #ef8afd in other color spaces, refer to these details as provided toward the top of this page.

Language Environment Code Snippet
HTML + CSS (Hex Code) Web #ef8afd
HTML + CSS (RGB Code) Web rgb(239, 138, 253)
CSS Background Color Web .myclass { background-color: #ef8afd; }
CSS Foreground + Text Color Web .myclass { color: #ef8afd; }
CSS Border Color Web .myclass { border: 2px solid #ef8afd; }
Java (Multi-platform) new Color(239, 138, 253);
Python (Multi-platform) Color("#ef8afd")
Swift iOS UIColor(red:239, green:138, blue:253, alpha:1.0000)
Objective-C (iOS) iOS [UIColor colorWithRed:239 green:138 blue:253 alpha:1.0000];
OpenGL (Graphics) glColor3f(239f, 138f, 253f);
C# / .NET Windows Color.FromArgb(239, 138, 253);
 

#ef8afd Color Blindness

Not everyone can see #ef8afd the same way. For those with color blindness, #ef8afd might look very, very different. Here, we simulate eight examples of color blindness, and how #ef8afd looks next to each one of them. In all cases, #ef8afd is placed in a circle in the upper-left corner of each of the below boxes, with the color in the rest of those boxes signifying how #ef8afd looks for someone with that type of color blindness. Many people will perceive close similarities between the colors in these boxes and the colors in the circles — with some noticing particular similarities. We offer this insight so that as you make choices about colors to use for your purposes, you can make an informed decision about whether #ef8afd will be a good fit for everyone in your audience!

Trichromacy

Protanomaly
Affects 1 in 100 Men & 1 in 10,000 Women

Deuteranomaly
Affects 1 in 17 Men & 1 in 250 Women

Tritanomaly
Affects 1 in 10,000

Dichromacy

Protanopia
Affects 1 in 100, Mostly Men

Deuteranopia
Affects 1 in 100, Mostly Men

Tritanopia
Affects 1 in 100,000

Monochromacy

Achromatopsia
Affects 1 in 20,000

Achromatopsia
Affects 1 in 100,000

Accessibility

Not Accessibility Recommended

We analyzed whether #ef8afd is an accessible color when used as a text / foreground color against a white background. This analysis is based on the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2 Level issued by W3C. Based on this analysis, we calculate a contrast ratio against white of approximately 2.2:1 against white. Under both the AA and AAA level standards, this is not a high enough ratio to be considered accessible for either normal size or large text.

WCAG AA
Normal Size Text

WCAG AA
Large Size Text

WCAG AAA
Normal Size Text

WCAG AAA
Large Size Text