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#EAECFE — Pale Vivid Blue

#EAECFE 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 #EAECFE 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.

#EAECFE 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 #FEFCEC; it also sits naturally between #ECF7FE and #F3ECFE. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EAECFE · RGB 234, 236, 254

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Color values

HEX#EAECFE
RGB234, 236, 254
HSL234°, 91%, 96%
HSV234°, 8%, 100%
CMYK8%, 7%, 0%, 0%
XYZ81.82, 84.64, 105.79
Yxy84.64, 0.3005, 0.3109
CIE-Lab93.73, 2.67, -8.90
Hunter Lab92.00, 2.70, -9.12

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 93% · Blue 100%

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

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #EAECFE

.text { color: #EAECFE; }
.background { background-color: #EAECFE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EAECFE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 236, 254); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(234, 91%, 96%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EAECFE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 236, 254, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EAECFE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 236, 254, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #EAECFE

#C0C6FC#949EFA#6372F8#374AF6#0B23F4#091CC8#07169C#050F6B#03093F#010313

Tints of #EAECFE

#ECEDFE#ECEDFE#ECEDFE#ECEDFE#ECEDFE#ECEDFE#ECEDFE#ECEDFE#ECEDFE#ECEDFE

Tones of #EAECFE

#EDEEFD#EEEFFB#EFF1FA#F1F2F9#F2F3F7#F3F4F6

Color harmonies

Complementary — #FEFCEC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.17:1 Fails
Against black text17.93:1 AAA

Best text color on #EAECFE: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EAECFE

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 #EAECFE: ·

How #EAECFE looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #EBEBFADeuteranopia · #EBEBF9Tritanopia · #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 #EAECFE rather than the exact color:

Palette Ebeaff
#EBEAFF · #9694FF · #3D3BF3 · #FF2929
Palette Ecf2ff
#ECF2FF · #E3DFFD · #E5D1FA · #FFF4D2
Palette B1b2ff
#B1B2FF · #AAC4FF · #D2DAFF · #EEF1FF
Palette F1eaff
#F1EAFF · #E5D4FF · #DCBFFF · #D0A2F7
Palette E4fbff
#E4FBFF · #B8B5FF · #7868E6 · #EDEEF7
Palette 27005d
#27005D · #9400FF · #AED2FF · #E4F1FF

Similar colors

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

#EBEAFF#ECF2FF#EEF1FF#F1EAFF#EDEEF7#E4F1FF#ECF2F9#E3F2FD#F0F3FF#EEF5FF#F3E8FF#E9F6FF

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EAECFD  ·  #EAECFF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EAECFE?

#EAECFE is Pale Vivid Blue, a blue color (RGB 234, 236, 254). Its closest standard named color is Lavender.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EAECFE?

#EAECFE is RGB 234, 236, 254 — HSL 234°, 91%, 96% — CMYK 8%, 7%, 0%, 0%.

What colors go with #EAECFE?

Its complement is #FEFCEC; analogous partners are #ECF7FE and #F3ECFE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EAECFE for text?

Black text on #EAECFE has a contrast ratio of 17.93:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.17:1.