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#E4E3FA — Pale Blue

#E4E3FA is a blue color we call Pale 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 #E4E3FA 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.

#E4E3FA 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 #F9FAE5; it also sits naturally between #E5EFFA and #F1E5FA. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#E4E3FA · RGB 228, 227, 250

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Color values

HEX#E4E3FA
RGB228, 227, 250
HSL243°, 70%, 94%
HSV243°, 9%, 98%
CMYK9%, 9%, 0%, 2%
XYZ76.72, 78.33, 101.52
Yxy78.33, 0.2990, 0.3053
CIE-Lab90.93, 4.63, -11.02
Hunter Lab88.51, 4.64, -11.29

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 89% · Green 89% · Blue 98%

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

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

Previews

Sample text in #E4E3FA on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #E4E3FA on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #E4E3FA

.text { color: #E4E3FA; }
.background { background-color: #E4E3FA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #E4E3FA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(228, 227, 250); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(243, 70%, 94%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #E4E3FA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(228, 227, 250, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #E4E3FA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(228, 227, 250, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#E4E3FA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#E4E3FA">Div content here</div>

Shades of #E4E3FA

#C1BEF4#9B97ED#7670E6#5049DF#2E25D4#261FAD#1D1886#15115F#0C0A38#040311

Tints of #E4E3FA

#E6E5FA#E6E5FA#EAE9FB#EAE9FB#EAE9FB#EAE9FB#EAE9FB#EEEEFC#EEEEFC#EEEEFC

Tones of #E4E3FA

#E7E7F9#E9E8F7#EAEAF6#ECEBF4#EDEDF3#EEEEF1

Color harmonies

Complementary — #F9FAE5:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.26:1 Fails
Against black text16.67:1 AAA

Best text color on #E4E3FA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #E4E3FA

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 #E4E3FA: ·

How #E4E3FA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E4E4F4Deuteranopia · #E4E4F3Tritanopia · #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 #E4E3FA 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
Palette Ebeaff
#EBEAFF · #9694FF · #3D3BF3 · #FF2929
Scarlet Petal
#DCDEF4 · #DBBEE5 · #EDB8CF · #EEC7AB

Similar colors

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

#E3DFFD#E5E0FF#E0DEF6#DBE6FD#EBEAFF#DCDEF4#DDE7F2#DEECFF#E5D9F2#D9EAFD#E8EDF2#DDEEF6

Browse neighbouring colors

← #E4E3F9  ·  #E4E3FB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #E4E3FA?

#E4E3FA is Pale Blue, a blue color (RGB 228, 227, 250). Its closest standard named color is Lavender.

What is the RGB and HSL of #E4E3FA?

#E4E3FA is RGB 228, 227, 250 — HSL 243°, 70%, 94% — CMYK 9%, 9%, 0%, 2%.

What colors go with #E4E3FA?

Its complement is #F9FAE5; analogous partners are #E5EFFA and #F1E5FA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #E4E3FA for text?

Black text on #E4E3FA has a contrast ratio of 16.67:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.26:1.