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#EAEDFA — Pale Blue

#EAEDFA is a blue color we call Pale 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 #EAEDFA 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.

#EAEDFA 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 #FAF7EA; it also sits naturally between #EAF5FA and #EFEAFA. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EAEDFA · RGB 234, 237, 250

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Color values

HEX#EAEDFA
RGB234, 237, 250
HSL229°, 62%, 95%
HSV229°, 6%, 98%
CMYK6%, 5%, 0%, 2%
XYZ81.47, 84.96, 102.55
Yxy84.96, 0.3029, 0.3159
CIE-Lab93.87, 1.40, -6.62
Hunter Lab92.18, 1.41, -6.70

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 93% · Blue 98%

Cyan 6% · Magenta 5% · Yellow 0% · Key 2%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #EAEDFA

.text { color: #EAEDFA; }
.background { background-color: #EAEDFA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EAEDFA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 237, 250); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(229, 62%, 95%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EAEDFA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 237, 250, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EAEDFA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 237, 250, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #EAEDFA

#C5CDF1#A0ADE9#7B8DE0#566DD7#304DCF#273EA5#1E3080#15225B#0D1436#040611

Tints of #EAEDFA

#EAEDFA#EAEDFA#EAEDFA#EAEDFA#EEF1FB#EEF1FB#EEF1FB#EEF1FB#EEF1FB#EEF1FB

Tones of #EAEDFA

#EBEEF9#EDEFF8#EEEFF7#EFF0F6#F0F1F5#F1F2F3

Color harmonies

Complementary — #FAF7EA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.17:1 Fails
Against black text17.99:1 AAA

Best text color on #EAEDFA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EAEDFA

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 #EAEDFA: ·

How #EAEDFA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #EBEBF7Deuteranopia · #EBEBF6Tritanopia · #EAF4F4

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 #EAEDFA rather than the exact color:

Palette E4fbff
#E4FBFF · #B8B5FF · #7868E6 · #EDEEF7
Palette F9ecec
#F9ECEC · #F0D9DA · #C8D9EB · #ECF2F9
Palette Ebeaff
#EBEAFF · #9694FF · #3D3BF3 · #FF2929
Palette Fafafa
#FAFAFA · #E8F1F5 · #005691 · #004A7C
Palette Ecf2ff
#ECF2FF · #E3DFFD · #E5D1FA · #FFF4D2
Palette B1b2ff
#B1B2FF · #AAC4FF · #D2DAFF · #EEF1FF

Similar colors

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

#EDEEF7#ECF2F9#EBEAFF#E8F1F5#ECF2FF#EEF1FF#EBF4F6#E8EDF2#EFF0F4#E4F1FF#F1F1F6#E3F2FD

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EAEDF9  ·  #EAEDFB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EAEDFA?

#EAEDFA is Pale Blue, a blue color (RGB 234, 237, 250). Its closest standard named color is Lavender.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EAEDFA?

#EAEDFA is RGB 234, 237, 250 — HSL 229°, 62%, 95% — CMYK 6%, 5%, 0%, 2%.

What colors go with #EAEDFA?

Its complement is #FAF7EA; analogous partners are #EAF5FA and #EFEAFA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EAEDFA for text?

Black text on #EAEDFA has a contrast ratio of 17.99:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.17:1.