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#EFEEFB — Pale Blue

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

#EFEEFB 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 #FAFBEE; it also sits naturally between #EEF4FB and #F6EEFB. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EFEEFB · RGB 239, 238, 251

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Color values

HEX#EFEEFB
RGB239, 238, 251
HSL245°, 62%, 96%
HSV245°, 5%, 98%
CMYK5%, 5%, 0%, 2%
XYZ83.58, 86.46, 103.55
Yxy86.46, 0.3055, 0.3160
CIE-Lab94.51, 2.69, -6.14
Hunter Lab92.99, 2.73, -6.23

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 94% · Green 93% · Blue 98%

Cyan 5% · Magenta 5% · Yellow 0% · Key 2%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #EFEEFB

.text { color: #EFEEFB; }
.background { background-color: #EFEEFB; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EFEEFB; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(239, 238, 251); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(245, 62%, 96%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EFEEFB; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(239, 238, 251, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EFEEFB; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(239, 238, 251, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #EFEEFB

#CDC9F2#AAA4EA#837BE0#6056D7#3E30CF#3328A9#271F84#1B155B#100D36#050411

Tints of #EFEEFB

#F0EEFB#F0EEFB#F0EEFB#F0EEFB#F0EEFB#F0EEFB#F0EEFB#F0EEFB#F0EEFB#F0EEFB

Tones of #EFEEFB

#F0EFFA#F1F0F9#F2F1F8#F3F2F8#F3F3F7#F4F4F6

Color harmonies

Complementary — #FAFBEE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.15:1 Fails
Against black text18.29:1 AAA

Best text color on #EFEEFB: #000000.

How #EFEEFB looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #EFEFF8Deuteranopia · #EFEFF7Tritanopia · #EFF5F5

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 #EFEEFB rather than the exact color:

Palette E4fbff
#E4FBFF · #B8B5FF · #7868E6 · #EDEEF7
Palette B1b2ff
#B1B2FF · #AAC4FF · #D2DAFF · #EEF1FF
Palette F9ecec
#F9ECEC · #F0D9DA · #C8D9EB · #ECF2F9
Palette F1eaff
#F1EAFF · #E5D4FF · #DCBFFF · #D0A2F7
Palette Be9fe1
#BE9FE1 · #C9B6E4 · #E1CCEC · #F1F1F6
Palette F1f3f8
#F1F3F8 · #D6E0F0 · #8D93AB · #393B44

Similar colors

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

#EDEEF7#EEF1FF#ECF2F9#F1EAFF#F1F1F6#F1F3F8#F4EEFF#ECF2FF#F0F3FF#EBEAFF#F5EFFF#EFF0F4

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EFEEFA  ·  #EFEEFC →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EFEEFB?

#EFEEFB is Pale Blue, a blue color (RGB 239, 238, 251). Its closest standard named color is AliceBlue.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EFEEFB?

#EFEEFB is RGB 239, 238, 251 — HSL 245°, 62%, 96% — CMYK 5%, 5%, 0%, 2%.

What colors go with #EFEEFB?

Its complement is #FAFBEE; analogous partners are #EEF4FB and #F6EEFB. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EFEEFB for text?

Black text on #EFEEFB has a contrast ratio of 18.29:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.15:1.