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#EAECFD — Pale Vivid Blue

#EAECFD 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 #EAECFD 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.

#EAECFD 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 #FDFBE8; it also sits naturally between #E8F4FD and #F0E8FD. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EAECFD · RGB 234, 236, 253

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Color values

HEX#EAECFD
RGB234, 236, 253
HSL234°, 83%, 95%
HSV234°, 8%, 99%
CMYK8%, 7%, 0%, 1%
XYZ81.66, 84.58, 104.95
Yxy84.58, 0.3011, 0.3119
CIE-Lab93.70, 2.48, -8.42
Hunter Lab91.96, 2.51, -8.61

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 93% · Blue 99%

Cyan 8% · Magenta 7% · Yellow 0% · Key 1%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #EAECFD

.text { color: #EAECFD; }
.background { background-color: #EAECFD; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EAECFD; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 236, 253); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(234, 83%, 95%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EAECFD; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 236, 253, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EAECFD; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 236, 253, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #EAECFD

#BEC4F9#949DF5#6A77F1#4051ED#162BE9#1122BB#0D1B91#0A1367#060B3D#020313

Tints of #EAECFD

#E8EAFD#E8EAFD#E8EAFD#E8EAFD#ECEEFD#ECEEFD#ECEEFD#ECEEFD#ECEEFD#ECEEFD

Tones of #EAECFD

#E9EBFB#EBECFA#ECEDF8#EEEFF7#EFF0F5#F1F1F4

Color harmonies

Complementary — #FDFBE8:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.17:1 Fails
Against black text17.92:1 AAA

Best text color on #EAECFD: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EAECFD

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 #EAECFD: ·

How #EAECFD looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #EBEBF9Deuteranopia · #EBEBF8Tritanopia · #EAF6F5

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 #EAECFD rather than the exact color:

Palette Ebeaff
#EBEAFF · #9694FF · #3D3BF3 · #FF2929
Palette Ecf2ff
#ECF2FF · #E3DFFD · #E5D1FA · #FFF4D2
Palette B1b2ff
#B1B2FF · #AAC4FF · #D2DAFF · #EEF1FF
Palette E4fbff
#E4FBFF · #B8B5FF · #7868E6 · #EDEEF7
Palette F9ecec
#F9ECEC · #F0D9DA · #C8D9EB · #ECF2F9
Palette F1eaff
#F1EAFF · #E5D4FF · #DCBFFF · #D0A2F7

Similar colors

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

#EBEAFF#ECF2FF#EEF1FF#EDEEF7#ECF2F9#F1EAFF#E4F1FF#E3F2FD#F0F3FF#E8F1F5#EEF5FF#F3E8FF

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EAECFC  ·  #EAECFE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EAECFD?

#EAECFD is Pale Vivid Blue, a blue color (RGB 234, 236, 253). Its closest standard named color is Lavender.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EAECFD?

#EAECFD is RGB 234, 236, 253 — HSL 234°, 83%, 95% — CMYK 8%, 7%, 0%, 1%.

What colors go with #EAECFD?

Its complement is #FDFBE8; analogous partners are #E8F4FD and #F0E8FD. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EAECFD for text?

Black text on #EAECFD has a contrast ratio of 17.92:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.17:1.