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#EAE3F2 — Pale Muted Purple

#EAE3F2 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 #EAE3F2 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.

#EAE3F2 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 #EBF2E3; it also sits naturally between #E3E4F2 and #F2E3F2. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EAE3F2 · RGB 234, 227, 242

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Color values

HEX#EAE3F2
RGB234, 227, 242
HSL268°, 37%, 92%
HSV268°, 6%, 95%
CMYK3%, 6%, 0%, 5%
XYZ77.43, 78.84, 95.14
Yxy78.84, 0.3080, 0.3136
CIE-Lab91.16, 5.06, -6.44
Hunter Lab88.79, 5.09, -6.45

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 89% · Blue 95%

Cyan 3% · Magenta 6% · Yellow 0% · Key 5%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EAE3F2 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EAE3F2 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EAE3F2

.text { color: #EAE3F2; }
.background { background-color: #EAE3F2; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EAE3F2; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 227, 242); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(268, 37%, 92%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EAE3F2; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 227, 242, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EAE3F2; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 227, 242, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EAE3F2">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EAE3F2">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EAE3F2

#D3C4E4#BBA4D5#A688C8#8F69BA#774DA8#613F88#4B3069#37234D#20152D#0A060E

Tints of #EAE3F2

#EAE3F2#EDE7F4#EDE7F4#EFEAF5#EFEAF5#EFEAF5#F2EEF7#F2EEF7#F5F1F9#F5F1F9

Tones of #EAE3F2

#EAE4F1#EAE5F0#EAE6EF#EAE7EE#EAE8ED#EBEAEC

Color harmonies

Complementary — #EBF2E3:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.25:1 Fails
Against black text16.77:1 AAA

Best text color on #EAE3F2: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EAE3F2

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 #EAE3F2: ·

How #EAE3F2 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E7E7EEDeuteranopia · #E7E8EDTritanopia · #EAECEB

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 #EAE3F2 rather than the exact color:

Honey Marble
#7C348B · #C7B667 · #5AC2B0 · #E9DDED
Palette 000000
#000000 · #233D4D · #FE7F2D · #EAECF0
Palette E8edf2
#E8EDF2 · #2C3947 · #547A95 · #C2A56D
Palette 08d9d6
#08D9D6 · #252A34 · #FF2E63 · #EAEAEA
Palette 66d2ce
#66D2CE · #2DAA9E · #EAEAEA · #E3D2C3
Palette Ef7722
#EF7722 · #FAA533 · #EBEBEB · #0BA6DF

Similar colors

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

#E9DDED#EAECF0#E8EDF2#EAEAEA#EBEBEB#E9E9E9#ECECEC#E5D9F2#E8E8E8#EDEDED#E0DEF6#EFECEC

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EAE3F1  ·  #EAE3F3 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EAE3F2?

#EAE3F2 is Pale Muted Purple, a purple color (RGB 234, 227, 242). Its closest standard named color is Lavender.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EAE3F2?

#EAE3F2 is RGB 234, 227, 242 — HSL 268°, 37%, 92% — CMYK 3%, 6%, 0%, 5%.

What colors go with #EAE3F2?

Its complement is #EBF2E3; analogous partners are #E3E4F2 and #F2E3F2. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EAE3F2 for text?

Black text on #EAE3F2 has a contrast ratio of 16.77:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.25:1.