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#E8DBFA — Pale Purple

#E8DBFA is a purple color we call Pale Purple, closest to the named color Lavender (#E6E6FA). It belongs to the purple family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: lavender (#E6E6FA) — not an exact match. CSS lavender gives you #E6E6FA, a different color; use #E8DBFA 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.

#E8DBFA is a cool purple color associated with luxury, creativity and mystery. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #EDFADB; it also sits naturally between #DBDEFA and #F8DBFA. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#E8DBFA · RGB 232, 219, 250

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Color values

HEX#E8DBFA
RGB232, 219, 250
HSL265°, 76%, 92%
HSV265°, 12%, 98%
CMYK7%, 12%, 0%, 2%
XYZ75.87, 74.72, 100.87
Yxy74.72, 0.3017, 0.2972
CIE-Lab89.26, 10.09, -13.48
Hunter Lab86.44, 10.16, -13.90

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 91% · Green 86% · Blue 98%

Cyan 7% · Magenta 12% · Yellow 0% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #E8DBFA on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #E8DBFA on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #E8DBFA

.text { color: #E8DBFA; }
.background { background-color: #E8DBFA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #E8DBFA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(232, 219, 250); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(265, 76%, 92%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #E8DBFA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(232, 219, 250, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #E8DBFA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(232, 219, 250, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#E8DBFA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#E8DBFA">Div content here</div>

Shades of #E8DBFA

#CEB3F5#B48AEF#9D66EA#833EE5#6B1DD7#5718AF#431287#310D63#1D083A#090212

Tints of #E8DBFA

#E8DBFA#EBE0FB#EBE0FB#EEE4FB#EEE4FB#EEE4FB#F1E9FC#F1E9FC#F4EDFD#F4EDFD

Tones of #E8DBFA

#E8DDF8#E9E0F6#E9E2F3#E9E4F1#EAE6EF#EAE8ED

Color harmonies

Complementary — #EDFADB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.32:1 Fails
Against black text15.94:1 AAA

Best text color on #E8DBFA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #E8DBFA

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 #E8DBFA: ·

How #E8DBFA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E2E2F2Deuteranopia · #E3E4F1Tritanopia · #E7EDEB

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 #E8DBFA rather than the exact color:

Palette Fcd8cd
#FCD8CD · #FEEBF6 · #EBD6FB · #687FE5
Palette Ecf2ff
#ECF2FF · #E3DFFD · #E5D1FA · #FFF4D2
Palette 7286d3
#7286D3 · #8EA7E9 · #E5E0FF · #FFF2F2
Palette E5d9f2
#E5D9F2 · #F5EFFF · #CDC1FF · #A594F9
Palette 2e073f
#2E073F · #7A1CAC · #AD49E1 · #EBD3F8
Palette F5efff
#F5EFFF · #E5D9F2 · #CDC1FF · #A294F9

Similar colors

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

#EBD6FB#E3DFFD#E5E0FF#E5D9F2#EBD3F8#E5D4FF#E0DEF6#E8D3FF#F0D9FF#F1D9F6#E5D1FA#E3D5F1

Browse neighbouring colors

← #E8DBF9  ·  #E8DBFB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #E8DBFA?

#E8DBFA is Pale Purple, a purple color (RGB 232, 219, 250). Its closest standard named color is Lavender.

What is the RGB and HSL of #E8DBFA?

#E8DBFA is RGB 232, 219, 250 — HSL 265°, 76%, 92% — CMYK 7%, 12%, 0%, 2%.

What colors go with #E8DBFA?

Its complement is #EDFADB; analogous partners are #DBDEFA and #F8DBFA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #E8DBFA for text?

Black text on #E8DBFA has a contrast ratio of 15.94:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.32:1.