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#E4E1FC — Pale Vivid Blue

#E4E1FC is a blue color we call Pale Vivid Blue, closest to the named color Lavender (#E6E6FA). It belongs to the blue family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: lavender (#E6E6FA) — not an exact match. CSS lavender gives you #E6E6FA, a different color; use #E4E1FC 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.

#E4E1FC 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 #F9FCE3; it also sits naturally between #E3EDFC and #F3E3FC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#E4E1FC · RGB 228, 225, 252

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Color values

HEX#E4E1FC
RGB228, 225, 252
HSL247°, 82%, 94%
HSV247°, 11%, 99%
CMYK10%, 11%, 0%, 1%
XYZ76.49, 77.37, 103.00
Yxy77.37, 0.2978, 0.3012
CIE-Lab90.49, 6.06, -12.72
Hunter Lab87.96, 6.08, -13.13

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 89% · Green 88% · Blue 99%

Cyan 10% · Magenta 11% · Yellow 0% · Key 1%

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

Previews

Sample text in #E4E1FC on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #E4E1FC on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #E4E1FC

.text { color: #E4E1FC; }
.background { background-color: #E4E1FC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #E4E1FC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(228, 225, 252); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(247, 82%, 94%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #E4E1FC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(228, 225, 252, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #E4E1FC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(228, 225, 252, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#E4E1FC">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#E4E1FC">Div content here</div>

Shades of #E4E1FC

#C1B9F8#9B90F4#7666F0#513CEC#2E16E3#2612BA#1D0E90#150A66#0C063C#040213

Tints of #E4E1FC

#E6E3FC#E6E3FC#EAE8FD#EAE8FD#EAE8FD#EAE8FD#EAE8FD#EEECFD#EEECFD#EEECFD

Tones of #E4E1FC

#E7E5FA#E9E7F9#EAE9F7#ECEAF5#EDECF3#EEEEF2

Color harmonies

Complementary — #F9FCE3:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.27:1 Fails
Against black text16.47:1 AAA

Best text color on #E4E1FC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #E4E1FC

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 #E4E1FC: ·

How #E4E1FC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E3E3F5Deuteranopia · #E3E3F4Tritanopia · #E4F0EF

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 #E4E1FC rather than the exact color:

Palette Ecf2ff
#ECF2FF · #E3DFFD · #E5D1FA · #FFF4D2
Palette 7286d3
#7286D3 · #8EA7E9 · #E5E0FF · #FFF2F2
Modern Garden
#E1F0C4 · #AFEFBF · #BDE9F1 · #E0DEF6
Palette 293b5f
#293B5F · #47597E · #DBE6FD · #B2AB8C
Scarlet Petal
#DCDEF4 · #DBBEE5 · #EDB8CF · #EEC7AB
Palette Ebeaff
#EBEAFF · #9694FF · #3D3BF3 · #FF2929

Similar colors

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

#E3DFFD#E5E0FF#E0DEF6#DBE6FD#DCDEF4#EBEAFF#E5D9F2#DEECFF#EBD6FB#E5D4FF#DDE7F2#D9EAFD

Browse neighbouring colors

← #E4E1FB  ·  #E4E1FD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #E4E1FC?

#E4E1FC is Pale Vivid Blue, a blue color (RGB 228, 225, 252). Its closest standard named color is Lavender.

What is the RGB and HSL of #E4E1FC?

#E4E1FC is RGB 228, 225, 252 — HSL 247°, 82%, 94% — CMYK 10%, 11%, 0%, 1%.

What colors go with #E4E1FC?

Its complement is #F9FCE3; analogous partners are #E3EDFC and #F3E3FC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #E4E1FC for text?

Black text on #E4E1FC has a contrast ratio of 16.47:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.27:1.