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#DED1FC — Pale Vivid Purple

#DED1FC is a purple color we call Pale Vivid Purple, closest to the named color Lavender (#E6E6FA). It belongs to the purple family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: lavender (#E6E6FA) — not an exact match. CSS lavender gives you #E6E6FA, a different color; use #DED1FC when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#DED1FC is a cool purple color associated with luxury, creativity and mystery. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #EEFCCF; it also sits naturally between #CFD8FC and #F3CFFC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#DED1FC · RGB 222, 209, 252

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Color values

HEX#DED1FC
RGB222, 209, 252
HSL258°, 88%, 90%
HSV258°, 17%, 99%
CMYK12%, 17%, 0%, 1%
XYZ70.50, 68.16, 101.54
Yxy68.16, 0.2935, 0.2838
CIE-Lab86.09, 12.57, -19.39
Hunter Lab82.56, 12.55, -20.38

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 87% · Green 82% · Blue 99%

Cyan 12% · Magenta 17% · Yellow 0% · Key 1%

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

Previews

Sample text in #DED1FC on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #DED1FC on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #DED1FC

.text { color: #DED1FC; }
.background { background-color: #DED1FC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DED1FC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(222, 209, 252); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(258, 88%, 90%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DED1FC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(222, 209, 252, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DED1FC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(222, 209, 252, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#DED1FC">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#DED1FC">Div content here</div>

Shades of #DED1FC

#BDA4F9#A27EF7#8352F4#672CF2#4E0EE1#3F0CB6#320990#230665#15043E#070113

Tints of #DED1FC

#E0D4FC#E0D4FC#E3D9FD#E3D9FD#E7DDFD#EAE2FD#EAE2FD#EEE7FD#EEE7FD#F1ECFE

Tones of #DED1FC

#DED2F9#DFD5F6#E0D9F2#E2DCEF#E3DFEC#E4E2E9

Color harmonies

Complementary — #EEFCCF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.44:1 Fails
Against black text14.63:1 AAA

Best text color on #DED1FC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #DED1FC

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #DED1FC: ·

How #DED1FC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D8D8F2Deuteranopia · #D9DAEFTritanopia · #DDE9E8

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 #DED1FC rather than the exact color:

Palette 493d9e
#493D9E · #B2A5FF · #DAD2FF · #FFF2AF
Palette Fff3da
#FFF3DA · #DFCCFB · #D0BFFF · #BEADFA
Palette Beadfa
#BEADFA · #D0BFFF · #DFCCFB · #FFF8C9
Palette Ecf2ff
#ECF2FF · #E3DFFD · #E5D1FA · #FFF4D2
Palette F4eeff
#F4EEFF · #DCD6F7 · #A6B1E1 · #424874
Palette F1eaff
#F1EAFF · #E5D4FF · #DCBFFF · #D0A2F7

Similar colors

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

#DAD2FF#DFCCFB#E5D1FA#DCD6F7#E5D4FF#E5CFF7#D9D3F4#DCCEF3#DBCEF3#E8D3FF#D7D2F4#DDC8F6

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DED1FB  ·  #DED1FD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DED1FC?

#DED1FC is Pale Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 222, 209, 252). Its closest standard named color is Lavender.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DED1FC?

#DED1FC is RGB 222, 209, 252 — HSL 258°, 88%, 90% — CMYK 12%, 17%, 0%, 1%.

What colors go with #DED1FC?

Its complement is #EEFCCF; analogous partners are #CFD8FC and #F3CFFC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DED1FC for text?

Black text on #DED1FC has a contrast ratio of 14.63:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.44:1.