Palettes / Colors / #EADEED

#EADEED — Pale Dusty Purple

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

#EADEED 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 #E1EDDE; it also sits naturally between #E3DEED and #EDDEE8. 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 92% · Green 87% · Blue 93%

Cyan 1% · Magenta 6% · Yellow 0% · Key 7%

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

Previews

CSS code for #EADEED

.text { color: #EADEED; }
.background { background-color: #EADEED; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EADEED; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 222, 237); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(288, 29%, 90%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EADEED; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 222, 237, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EADEED; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 222, 237, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #EADEED

Tints of #EADEED

Tones of #EADEED

Color harmonies

Complementary — #E1EDDE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #EADEED: #000000.

How #EADEED 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 #EADEED 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

← #EADEEC  ·  #EADEEE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EADEED?

#EADEED is Pale Dusty Purple, a purple color (RGB 234, 222, 237). Its closest standard named color is Lavender.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EADEED?

#EADEED is RGB 234, 222, 237 — HSL 288°, 29%, 90% — CMYK 1%, 6%, 0%, 7%.

What colors go with #EADEED?

Its complement is #E1EDDE; analogous partners are #E3DEED and #EDDEE8. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EADEED for text?

Black text on #EADEED has a contrast ratio of 16.17:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.30:1.