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#E4E4FD — Pale Vivid Blue

#E4E4FD 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 #E4E4FD 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.

#E4E4FD 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 #FDFDE3; it also sits naturally between #E3F0FD and #F0E3FD. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#E4E4FD · RGB 228, 228, 253

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Color values

HEX#E4E4FD
RGB228, 228, 253
HSL240°, 86%, 94%
HSV240°, 10%, 99%
CMYK10%, 10%, 0%, 1%
XYZ77.47, 79.07, 104.11
Yxy79.07, 0.2972, 0.3034
CIE-Lab91.27, 4.69, -12.09
Hunter Lab88.92, 4.71, -12.47

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 89% · Green 89% · Blue 99%

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

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

Previews

Sample text in #E4E4FD on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #E4E4FD on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #E4E4FD

.text { color: #E4E4FD; }
.background { background-color: #E4E4FD; }
.border { border: 3px solid #E4E4FD; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(228, 228, 253); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(240, 86%, 94%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #E4E4FD; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(228, 228, 253, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #E4E4FD; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(228, 228, 253, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#E4E4FD">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#E4E4FD">Div content here</div>

Shades of #E4E4FD

#B8B8FA#8D8DF6#6262F3#3838F0#1111E8#0E0EBE#0B0B93#080868#05053E#010113

Tints of #E4E4FD

#E3E3FD#E3E3FD#E7E7FD#E7E7FD#E7E7FD#E7E7FD#E7E7FD#ECECFE#ECECFE#ECECFE

Tones of #E4E4FD

#E4E4FB#E6E6F9#E8E8F7#EAEAF5#ECECF4#EEEEF2

Color harmonies

Complementary — #FDFDE3:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.25:1 Fails
Against black text16.81:1 AAA

Best text color on #E4E4FD: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #E4E4FD

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 #E4E4FD: ·

How #E4E4FD looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E4E4F7Deuteranopia · #E4E4F6Tritanopia · #E4F2F1

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 #E4E4FD rather than the exact color:

Palette 7286d3
#7286D3 · #8EA7E9 · #E5E0FF · #FFF2F2
Palette Ecf2ff
#ECF2FF · #E3DFFD · #E5D1FA · #FFF4D2
Palette 293b5f
#293B5F · #47597E · #DBE6FD · #B2AB8C
Palette Ebeaff
#EBEAFF · #9694FF · #3D3BF3 · #FF2929
Modern Garden
#E1F0C4 · #AFEFBF · #BDE9F1 · #E0DEF6
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#DBE6FD#EBEAFF#E0DEF6#DEECFF#D9EAFD#E4F1FF#DDE7F2#DCDEF4#E3F2FD#DDEEF6

Browse neighbouring colors

← #E4E4FC  ·  #E4E4FE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #E4E4FD?

#E4E4FD is Pale Vivid Blue, a blue color (RGB 228, 228, 253). Its closest standard named color is Lavender.

What is the RGB and HSL of #E4E4FD?

#E4E4FD is RGB 228, 228, 253 — HSL 240°, 86%, 94% — CMYK 10%, 10%, 0%, 1%.

What colors go with #E4E4FD?

Its complement is #FDFDE3; analogous partners are #E3F0FD and #F0E3FD. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #E4E4FD for text?

Black text on #E4E4FD has a contrast ratio of 16.81:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.25:1.