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#EDDCFE — Pale Vivid Purple

#EDDCFE is a purple color we call Pale Vivid Purple, closest to the named color Lavender (#E6E6FA). It belongs to the purple family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: lavender (#E6E6FA) — not an exact match. CSS lavender gives you #E6E6FA, a different color; use #EDDCFE 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.

#EDDCFE is a cool purple color associated with luxury, creativity and mystery. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #EDFEDC; it also sits naturally between #DCDCFE and #FEDCFE. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EDDCFE · RGB 237, 220, 254

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Color values

HEX#EDDCFE
RGB237, 220, 254
HSL270°, 94%, 93%
HSV270°, 13%, 100%
CMYK7%, 13%, 0%, 0%
XYZ78.41, 76.35, 104.37
Yxy76.35, 0.3026, 0.2946
CIE-Lab90.02, 11.95, -14.40
Hunter Lab87.38, 12.13, -14.97

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 86% · Blue 100%

Cyan 7% · Magenta 13% · Yellow 0% · Key 0%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #EDDCFE

.text { color: #EDDCFE; }
.background { background-color: #EDDCFE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EDDCFE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(237, 220, 254); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(270, 94%, 93%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EDDCFE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(237, 220, 254, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EDDCFE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(237, 220, 254, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #EDDCFE

#D6B0FD#BF83FB#A857FA#912AF8#7D07F2#6606C6#4F0599#38036D#210240#0A0114

Tints of #EDDCFE

#EDDCFE#F0E1FE#F0E1FE#F0E1FE#F2E6FE#F2E6FE#F2E6FE#F2E6FE#F5EBFE#F5EBFE

Tones of #EDDCFE

#EDDFFC#EDE1F9#EDE4F7#EDE6F4#EDE8F2#EDEBEF

Color harmonies

Complementary — #EDFEDC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.29:1 Fails
Against black text16.27:1 AAA

Best text color on #EDDCFE: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EDDCFE

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 #EDDCFE: ·

How #EDDCFE looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E6E5F6Deuteranopia · #E7E8F4Tritanopia · #ECEFEE

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 #EDDCFE rather than the exact color:

Palette F3f1f5
#F3F1F5 · #F0D9FF · #BFA2DB · #7F7C82
Palette Fcd8cd
#FCD8CD · #FEEBF6 · #EBD6FB · #687FE5
Palette 7286d3
#7286D3 · #8EA7E9 · #E5E0FF · #FFF2F2
Electric Ruby Cinder
#CFEAF2 · #B2B1EB · #F1D9F6 · #EDC4D4
Palette F3f8ff
#F3F8FF · #DEECFF · #C6CFFF · #E8D3FF
Palette Ecf2ff
#ECF2FF · #E3DFFD · #E5D1FA · #FFF4D2

Similar colors

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

#F0D9FF#EBD6FB#E5E0FF#F1D9F6#E8D3FF#E3DFFD#EBD3F8#E5D4FF#F6DEF6#F3E8FF#E5D1FA#EBEAFF

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EDDCFD  ·  #EDDCFF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EDDCFE?

#EDDCFE is Pale Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 237, 220, 254). Its closest standard named color is Lavender.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EDDCFE?

#EDDCFE is RGB 237, 220, 254 — HSL 270°, 94%, 93% — CMYK 7%, 13%, 0%, 0%.

What colors go with #EDDCFE?

Its complement is #EDFEDC; analogous partners are #DCDCFE and #FEDCFE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EDDCFE for text?

Black text on #EDDCFE has a contrast ratio of 16.27:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.29:1.