Maroon Colors  ·  Color Library

Palettes / Colors / #EADEF2

#EADEF2 — Pale Muted Purple

#EADEF2 is a purple color we call Pale Muted 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 #EADEF2 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.

#EADEF2 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 #E6F2DE; it also sits naturally between #E0DEF2 and #F2DEF0. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EADEF2 · RGB 234, 222, 242

Download PNG swatch SVG

Color values

HEX#EADEF2
RGB234, 222, 242
HSL276°, 43%, 91%
HSV276°, 8%, 95%
CMYK3%, 8%, 0%, 5%
XYZ76.08, 76.15, 94.69
Yxy76.15, 0.3081, 0.3084
CIE-Lab89.93, 7.66, -8.27
Hunter Lab87.26, 7.70, -8.31

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 87% · Blue 95%

Cyan 3% · Magenta 8% · Yellow 0% · Key 5%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EADEF2 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EADEF2 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EADEF2

.text { color: #EADEF2; }
.background { background-color: #EADEF2; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EADEF2; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 222, 242); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(276, 43%, 91%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EADEF2; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 222, 242, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EADEF2; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 222, 242, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EADEF2">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EADEF2">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EADEF2

#D5BDE5#C2A0D9#AD7FCC#985FBF#8546AF#6C398E#532C6D#3A1F4D#24132F#0B060F

Tints of #EADEF2

#ECE2F3#ECE2F3#EFE5F5#EFE5F5#F1E9F6#F1E9F6#F3EDF8#F3EDF8#F6F0F9#F6F0F9

Tones of #EADEF2

#EAE0F1#E9E1EF#E9E2EE#E9E4EC#E9E5EB#E8E7E9

Color harmonies

Complementary — #E6F2DE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.29:1 Fails
Against black text16.23:1 AAA

Best text color on #EADEF2: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EADEF2

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 #EADEF2: ·

How #EADEF2 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E5E5EDDeuteranopia · #E6E6ECTritanopia · #E9E9E9

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 #EADEF2 rather than the exact color:

Honey Marble
#7C348B · #C7B667 · #5AC2B0 · #E9DDED
Palette E5d9f2
#E5D9F2 · #F5EFFF · #CDC1FF · #A594F9
Palette F5efff
#F5EFFF · #E5D9F2 · #CDC1FF · #A294F9
Electric Ruby Cinder
#CFEAF2 · #B2B1EB · #F1D9F6 · #EDC4D4
Amber Zephyr
#77285D · #A8CA62 · #6CAECE · #EEDCE9
Dusty Ruby Horizon
#95289F · #CABC33 · #59D5CA · #EED5EF

Similar colors

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

#E9DDED#E5D9F2#F1D9F6#EEDCE9#EED5EF#E0DEF6#F4DCEE#E0DBEE#E3D5F1#EBD6FB#E0DAEC#EBD3F8

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EADEF1  ·  #EADEF3 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EADEF2?

#EADEF2 is Pale Muted Purple, a purple color (RGB 234, 222, 242). Its closest standard named color is Lavender.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EADEF2?

#EADEF2 is RGB 234, 222, 242 — HSL 276°, 43%, 91% — CMYK 3%, 8%, 0%, 5%.

What colors go with #EADEF2?

Its complement is #E6F2DE; analogous partners are #E0DEF2 and #F2DEF0. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EADEF2 for text?

Black text on #EADEF2 has a contrast ratio of 16.23:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.29:1.