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#E4E1FE — Pale Vivid Blue

#E4E1FE 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 #E4E1FE 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.

#E4E1FE 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 #FBFEE1; it also sits naturally between #E1EDFE and #F3E1FE. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#E4E1FE · RGB 228, 225, 254

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Color values

HEX#E4E1FE
RGB228, 225, 254
HSL246°, 94%, 94%
HSV246°, 11%, 100%
CMYK10%, 11%, 0%, 0%
XYZ76.81, 77.50, 104.68
Yxy77.50, 0.2966, 0.2992
CIE-Lab90.55, 6.45, -13.68
Hunter Lab88.03, 6.48, -14.19

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 89% · Green 88% · Blue 100%

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

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

Previews

Sample text in #E4E1FE on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #E4E1FE on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #E4E1FE

.text { color: #E4E1FE; }
.background { background-color: #E4E1FE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #E4E1FE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(228, 225, 254); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(246, 94%, 94%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #E4E1FE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(228, 225, 254, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #E4E1FE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(228, 225, 254, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#E4E1FE">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#E4E1FE">Div content here</div>

Shades of #E4E1FE

#BCB5FD#9488FB#6C5CFA#432FF9#1F07F2#1906C6#140599#0E036D#080240#030114

Tints of #E4E1FE

#E4E1FE#E4E1FE#E9E6FE#E9E6FE#E9E6FE#E9E6FE#E9E6FE#EDEBFE#EDEBFE#EDEBFE

Tones of #E4E1FE

#E6E3FC#E7E5FA#E9E7F8#EBEAF6#ECECF4#EEEEF2

Color harmonies

Complementary — #FBFEE1:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.27:1 Fails
Against black text16.50:1 AAA

Best text color on #E4E1FE: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #E4E1FE

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 #E4E1FE: ·

How #E4E1FE looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E3E3F7Deuteranopia · #E3E3F5Tritanopia · #E4F1F0

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 #E4E1FE rather than the exact color:

Palette 7286d3
#7286D3 · #8EA7E9 · #E5E0FF · #FFF2F2
Palette Ecf2ff
#ECF2FF · #E3DFFD · #E5D1FA · #FFF4D2
Modern Garden
#E1F0C4 · #AFEFBF · #BDE9F1 · #E0DEF6
Palette 293b5f
#293B5F · #47597E · #DBE6FD · #B2AB8C
Palette Ebeaff
#EBEAFF · #9694FF · #3D3BF3 · #FF2929
Palette F3f8ff
#F3F8FF · #DEECFF · #C6CFFF · #E8D3FF

Similar colors

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

#E5E0FF#E3DFFD#E0DEF6#DBE6FD#EBEAFF#DEECFF#E5D4FF#DCDEF4#EBD6FB#D9EAFD#F0D9FF#E5D9F2

Browse neighbouring colors

← #E4E1FD  ·  #E4E1FF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #E4E1FE?

#E4E1FE is Pale Vivid Blue, a blue color (RGB 228, 225, 254). Its closest standard named color is Lavender.

What is the RGB and HSL of #E4E1FE?

#E4E1FE is RGB 228, 225, 254 — HSL 246°, 94%, 94% — CMYK 10%, 11%, 0%, 0%.

What colors go with #E4E1FE?

Its complement is #FBFEE1; analogous partners are #E1EDFE and #F3E1FE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #E4E1FE for text?

Black text on #E4E1FE has a contrast ratio of 16.50:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.27:1.