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#E4DBFA — Pale Purple

#E4DBFA is a purple color we call Pale 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 #E4DBFA 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.

#E4DBFA 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 #F1FADB; it also sits naturally between #DBE2FA and #F3DBFA. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#E4DBFA · RGB 228, 219, 250

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Color values

HEX#E4DBFA
RGB228, 219, 250
HSL257°, 76%, 92%
HSV257°, 12%, 98%
CMYK9%, 12%, 0%, 2%
XYZ74.58, 74.06, 100.81
Yxy74.06, 0.2990, 0.2969
CIE-Lab88.95, 8.80, -13.98
Hunter Lab86.06, 8.83, -14.43

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 89% · Green 86% · Blue 98%

Cyan 9% · Magenta 12% · Yellow 0% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #E4DBFA on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #E4DBFA on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #E4DBFA

.text { color: #E4DBFA; }
.background { background-color: #E4DBFA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #E4DBFA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(228, 219, 250); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(257, 76%, 92%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #E4DBFA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(228, 219, 250, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #E4DBFA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(228, 219, 250, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#E4DBFA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#E4DBFA">Div content here</div>

Shades of #E4DBFA

#C5B3F5#A78AEF#8C66EA#6D3EE5#521DD7#4318AF#331287#260D63#16083A#070212

Tints of #E4DBFA

#E4DBFA#E7E0FB#E7E0FB#EBE4FB#EBE4FB#EBE4FB#EEE9FC#EEE9FC#F1EDFD#F1EDFD

Tones of #E4DBFA

#E5DDF8#E6E0F6#E7E2F3#E8E4F1#E9E6EF#EAE8ED

Color harmonies

Complementary — #F1FADB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.33:1 Fails
Against black text15.81:1 AAA

Best text color on #E4DBFA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #E4DBFA

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 #E4DBFA: ·

How #E4DBFA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E0E0F2Deuteranopia · #E1E1F1Tritanopia · #E4EDEB

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 #E4DBFA rather than the exact color:

Palette Ecf2ff
#ECF2FF · #E3DFFD · #E5D1FA · #FFF4D2
Modern Garden
#E1F0C4 · #AFEFBF · #BDE9F1 · #E0DEF6
Palette 7286d3
#7286D3 · #8EA7E9 · #E5E0FF · #FFF2F2
Palette E5d9f2
#E5D9F2 · #F5EFFF · #CDC1FF · #A594F9
Palette F5efff
#F5EFFF · #E5D9F2 · #CDC1FF · #A294F9
Palette Fcd8cd
#FCD8CD · #FEEBF6 · #EBD6FB · #687FE5

Similar colors

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

#E3DFFD#E0DEF6#E5E0FF#E5D9F2#EBD6FB#E5D4FF#DCD6F7#E5D1FA#E8D3FF#DCDEF4#EBD3F8#E3D5F1

Browse neighbouring colors

← #E4DBF9  ·  #E4DBFB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #E4DBFA?

#E4DBFA is Pale Purple, a purple color (RGB 228, 219, 250). Its closest standard named color is Lavender.

What is the RGB and HSL of #E4DBFA?

#E4DBFA is RGB 228, 219, 250 — HSL 257°, 76%, 92% — CMYK 9%, 12%, 0%, 2%.

What colors go with #E4DBFA?

Its complement is #F1FADB; analogous partners are #DBE2FA and #F3DBFA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #E4DBFA for text?

Black text on #E4DBFA has a contrast ratio of 15.81:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.33:1.