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#ECEFFC — Pale Blue

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

#ECEFFC 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 #FCFAED; it also sits naturally between #EDF8FC and #F2EDFC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#ECEFFC · RGB 236, 239, 252

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Color values

HEX#ECEFFC
RGB236, 239, 252
HSL229°, 73%, 96%
HSV229°, 6%, 99%
CMYK6%, 5%, 0%, 1%
XYZ83.03, 86.59, 104.43
Yxy86.59, 0.3030, 0.3160
CIE-Lab94.57, 1.39, -6.61
Hunter Lab93.06, 1.41, -6.71

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 94% · Blue 99%

Cyan 6% · Magenta 5% · Yellow 0% · Key 1%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #ECEFFC

.text { color: #ECEFFC; }
.background { background-color: #ECEFFC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #ECEFFC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(236, 239, 252); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(229, 73%, 96%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #ECEFFC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(236, 239, 252, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #ECEFFC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(236, 239, 252, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #ECEFFC

#C6CFF6#9EADF0#7288E9#4A66E3#2245DD#1C38B5#162C8D#0F1E61#091239#030512

Tints of #ECEFFC

#EDF0FC#EDF0FC#EDF0FC#EDF0FC#EDF0FC#EDF0FC#EDF0FC#EDF0FC#EDF0FC#EDF0FC

Tones of #ECEFFC

#EEF1FB#EFF1FA#F1F2F9#F2F3F8#F3F3F7#F4F4F6

Color harmonies

Complementary — #FCFAED:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.15:1 Fails
Against black text18.32:1 AAA

Best text color on #ECEFFC: #000000.

How #ECEFFC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #EDEDF9Deuteranopia · #EDEDF8Tritanopia · #ECF6F6

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 #ECEFFC rather than the exact color:

Palette B1b2ff
#B1B2FF · #AAC4FF · #D2DAFF · #EEF1FF
Palette F9ecec
#F9ECEC · #F0D9DA · #C8D9EB · #ECF2F9
Palette Ecf2ff
#ECF2FF · #E3DFFD · #E5D1FA · #FFF4D2
Palette E4fbff
#E4FBFF · #B8B5FF · #7868E6 · #EDEEF7
Palette Ebeaff
#EBEAFF · #9694FF · #3D3BF3 · #FF2929
Palette 211951
#211951 · #836FFF · #15F5BA · #F0F3FF

Similar colors

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

#EEF1FF#ECF2F9#ECF2FF#EDEEF7#EBEAFF#F0F3FF#EEF5FF#F1F3F8#F1EAFF#EBF4F6#F1F1F6#E9F6FF

Browse neighbouring colors

← #ECEFFB  ·  #ECEFFD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #ECEFFC?

#ECEFFC is Pale Blue, a blue color (RGB 236, 239, 252). Its closest standard named color is AliceBlue.

What is the RGB and HSL of #ECEFFC?

#ECEFFC is RGB 236, 239, 252 — HSL 229°, 73%, 96% — CMYK 6%, 5%, 0%, 1%.

What colors go with #ECEFFC?

Its complement is #FCFAED; analogous partners are #EDF8FC and #F2EDFC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #ECEFFC for text?

Black text on #ECEFFC has a contrast ratio of 18.32:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.15:1.