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#EAF5FB — Pale Blue

#EAF5FB is a blue color we call Pale Blue, closest to the named color AliceBlue (#F0F8FF). It belongs to the blue family.

#EAF5FB is a cool blue color associated with trust, calm and professionalism. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #FBF0EA; it also sits naturally between #EAFBF8 and #EAECFB. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EAF5FB · RGB 234, 245, 251

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Color values

HEX#EAF5FB
RGB234, 245, 251
HSL201°, 68%, 95%
HSV201°, 7%, 98%
CMYK7%, 2%, 0%, 2%
XYZ84.00, 89.76, 104.17
Yxy89.76, 0.3022, 0.3230
CIE-Lab95.90, -2.50, -4.14
Hunter Lab94.74, -2.53, -4.18

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 96% · Blue 98%

Cyan 7% · Magenta 2% · Yellow 0% · Key 2%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #EAF5FB on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EAF5FB on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EAF5FB

.text { color: #EAF5FB; }
.background { background-color: #EAF5FB; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EAF5FB; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 245, 251); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(201, 68%, 95%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EAF5FB; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 245, 251, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EAF5FB; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 245, 251, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EAF5FB">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EAF5FB">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EAF5FB

#C3E3F4#9CD0EC#76BEE5#4FACDE#299AD6#217BAB#195F85#12445E#0B2838#030C11

Tints of #EAF5FB

#EAF5FB#EAF5FB#EAF5FB#EAF5FB#EEF7FC#EEF7FC#EEF7FC#EEF7FC#EEF7FC#EEF7FC

Tones of #EAF5FB

#EBF4FA#ECF4F8#EDF4F7#EFF3F6#F0F3F5#F1F3F4

Color harmonies

Complementary — #FBF0EA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.11:1 Fails
Against black text18.95:1 AAA

Best text color on #EAF5FB: #000000.

How #EAF5FB looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #EFEFFADeuteranopia · #EEEDF9Tritanopia · #EBF8F8

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Bootstrap light · #F8F9FAMaterial Grey 500 · #9E9E9ETailwind purple 500 · #A855F7

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #EAF5FB rather than the exact color:

Palette F9ecec
#F9ECEC · #F0D9DA · #C8D9EB · #ECF2F9
Palette Ecf8f9
#ECF8F9 · #068DA9 · #7E1717 · #E55807
Palette Fe7a36
#FE7A36 · #3652AD · #280274 · #E9F6FF
Palette 09637e
#09637E · #088395 · #7AB2B2 · #EBF4F6
Palette 071952
#071952 · #088395 · #37B7C3 · #EBF4F6
Palette Ecf2ff
#ECF2FF · #E3DFFD · #E5D1FA · #FFF4D2

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#ECF2F9#ECF8F9#E9F6FF#EBF4F6#ECF2FF#EEF5FF#ECF9FF#EEF7FF#E8F9FF#EEF1FF#F1F6F9#E8F1F5

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EAF5FA  ·  #EAF5FC →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EAF5FB?

#EAF5FB is Pale Blue, a blue color (RGB 234, 245, 251). Its closest standard named color is AliceBlue.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EAF5FB?

#EAF5FB is RGB 234, 245, 251 — HSL 201°, 68%, 95% — CMYK 7%, 2%, 0%, 2%.

What colors go with #EAF5FB?

Its complement is #FBF0EA; analogous partners are #EAFBF8 and #EAECFB. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EAF5FB for text?

Black text on #EAF5FB has a contrast ratio of 18.95:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.11:1.