Palettes / Colors / #E4E6FC

#E4E6FC — Pale Vivid Blue

#E4E6FC 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 #E4E6FC 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.

#E4E6FC 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 #FCFAE3; it also sits naturally between #E3F2FC and #EEE3FC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 89% · Green 90% · Blue 99%

Cyan 10% · Magenta 9% · Yellow 0% · Key 1%

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

Previews

CSS code for #E4E6FC

.text { color: #E4E6FC; }
.background { background-color: #E4E6FC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #E4E6FC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(228, 230, 252); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(235, 80%, 94%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #E4E6FC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(228, 230, 252, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #E4E6FC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(228, 230, 252, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#E4E6FC">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#E4E6FC">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #FCFAE3:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #E4E6FC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #E4E6FC

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:

How #E4E6FC looks with color blindness

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

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:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #E4E6FC rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

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

Browse neighbouring colors

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Frequently asked questions

What color is #E4E6FC?

#E4E6FC is Pale Vivid Blue, a blue color (RGB 228, 230, 252). Its closest standard named color is Lavender.

What is the RGB and HSL of #E4E6FC?

#E4E6FC is RGB 228, 230, 252 — HSL 235°, 80%, 94% — CMYK 10%, 9%, 0%, 1%.

What colors go with #E4E6FC?

Its complement is #FCFAE3; analogous partners are #E3F2FC and #EEE3FC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #E4E6FC for text?

Black text on #E4E6FC has a contrast ratio of 17.02:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.23:1.