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#EAECFF — Pale Vivid Blue

#EAECFF 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 #EAECFF 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.

#EAECFF 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 #FFFDEB; it also sits naturally between #EBF7FF and #F3EBFF. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EAECFF · RGB 234, 236, 255

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Color values

HEX#EAECFF
RGB234, 236, 255
HSL234°, 100%, 96%
HSV234°, 8%, 100%
CMYK8%, 7%, 0%, 0%
XYZ81.98, 84.70, 106.64
Yxy84.70, 0.2999, 0.3099
CIE-Lab93.76, 2.86, -9.38
Hunter Lab92.03, 2.89, -9.64

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

CSS code for #EAECFF

.text { color: #EAECFF; }
.background { background-color: #EAECFF; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EAECFF; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 236, 255); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(234, 100%, 96%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EAECFF; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 236, 255, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EAECFF; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 236, 255, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #EAECFF

#BDC3FF#8F9AFF#5C6CFF#2E43FF#001AFF#0015D1#0010A3#000B70#000742#000214

Tints of #EAECFF

#EBEDFF#EBEDFF#EBEDFF#EBEDFF#EBEDFF#EBEDFF#EBEDFF#EBEDFF#EBEDFF#EBEDFF

Tones of #EAECFF

#ECEEFE#EEEFFC#EFF0FB#F0F1F9#F2F2F8#F3F4F6

Color harmonies

Complementary — #FFFDEB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.17:1 Fails
Against black text17.94:1 AAA

Best text color on #EAECFF: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EAECFF

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 #EAECFF: ·

How #EAECFF 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 · #EAF7F6

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 #EAECFF 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 27005d
#27005D · #9400FF · #AED2FF · #E4F1FF
Palette F9ecec
#F9ECEC · #F0D9DA · #C8D9EB · #ECF2F9

Similar colors

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

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EAECFE  ·  #EAED00 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EAECFF?

#EAECFF is Pale Vivid Blue, a blue color (RGB 234, 236, 255). Its closest standard named color is Lavender.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EAECFF?

#EAECFF is RGB 234, 236, 255 — HSL 234°, 100%, 96% — CMYK 8%, 7%, 0%, 0%.

What colors go with #EAECFF?

Its complement is #FFFDEB; analogous partners are #EBF7FF and #F3EBFF. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EAECFF for text?

Black text on #EAECFF has a contrast ratio of 17.94:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.17:1.