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#EAEFF4 — Pale Dusty Blue

#EAEFF4 is a blue color we call Pale Dusty 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 #EAEFF4 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.

#EAEFF4 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 #F4F0EB; it also sits naturally between #EBF4F4 and #EBEBF4. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EAEFF4 · RGB 234, 239, 244

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Color values

HEX#EAEFF4
RGB234, 239, 244
HSL210°, 31%, 94%
HSV210°, 4%, 96%
CMYK4%, 2%, 0%, 4%
XYZ81.13, 85.76, 97.86
Yxy85.76, 0.3064, 0.3239
CIE-Lab94.21, -0.74, -3.00
Hunter Lab92.61, -0.75, -2.99

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 94% · Blue 96%

Cyan 4% · Magenta 2% · Yellow 0% · Key 4%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EAEFF4 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EAEFF4 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EAEFF4

.text { color: #EAEFF4; }
.background { background-color: #EAEFF4; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EAEFF4; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 239, 244); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(210, 31%, 94%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EAEFF4; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 239, 244, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EAEFF4; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 239, 244, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EAEFF4">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EAEFF4">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EAEFF4

#CDD9E5#AFC2D5#91ABC5#7394B5#567DA4#466686#374F68#273849#17212B#070A0D

Tints of #EAEFF4

#EBF0F4#EBF0F4#EEF2F6#EEF2F6#EEF2F6#EEF2F6#EEF2F6#F2F5F8#F2F5F8#F2F5F8

Tones of #EAEFF4

#ECF0F4#ECF0F3#EDF0F2#EEF0F2#EEF0F1#EFF0F0

Color harmonies

Complementary — #F4F0EB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.16:1 Fails
Against black text18.15:1 AAA

Best text color on #EAEFF4: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EAEFF4

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 #EAEFF4: ·

How #EAEFF4 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #ECECF3Deuteranopia · #ECECF3Tritanopia · #EAF2F2

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 #EAEFF4 rather than the exact color:

Palette Fafafa
#FAFAFA · #E8F1F5 · #005691 · #004A7C
Palette E8edf2
#E8EDF2 · #2C3947 · #547A95 · #C2A56D
Palette E4fbff
#E4FBFF · #B8B5FF · #7868E6 · #EDEEF7
Palette 000000
#000000 · #233D4D · #FE7F2D · #EAECF0
Palette Eaefef
#EAEFEF · #BFC9D1 · #25343F · #FF9B51
Palette 333446
#333446 · #7F8CAA · #B8CFCE · #EAEFEF

Similar colors

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

#E8F1F5#E8EDF2#EDEEF7#EAECF0#EAEFEF#EFF0F4#EBF4F6#ECF4F3#ECF2F9#E7F2EF#EEEEEE#F0F0F0

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EAEFF3  ·  #EAEFF5 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EAEFF4?

#EAEFF4 is Pale Dusty Blue, a blue color (RGB 234, 239, 244). Its closest standard named color is Lavender.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EAEFF4?

#EAEFF4 is RGB 234, 239, 244 — HSL 210°, 31%, 94% — CMYK 4%, 2%, 0%, 4%.

What colors go with #EAEFF4?

Its complement is #F4F0EB; analogous partners are #EBF4F4 and #EBEBF4. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EAEFF4 for text?

Black text on #EAEFF4 has a contrast ratio of 18.15:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.16:1.