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#EDEAEF — Pale Dusty Purple

#EDEAEF is a purple color we call Pale Dusty 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 #EDEAEF 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.

#EDEAEF 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 #EDF0EB; it also sits naturally between #EBEBF0 and #F0EBEF. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EDEAEF · RGB 237, 234, 239

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Color values

HEX#EDEAEF
RGB237, 234, 239
HSL276°, 14%, 93%
HSV276°, 2%, 94%
CMYK1%, 2%, 0%, 6%
XYZ79.93, 83.08, 93.49
Yxy83.08, 0.3116, 0.3239
CIE-Lab93.05, 1.90, -2.07
Hunter Lab91.15, 1.91, -2.04

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 92% · Blue 94%

Cyan 1% · Magenta 2% · Yellow 0% · Key 6%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #EDEAEF

.text { color: #EDEAEF; }
.background { background-color: #EDEAEF; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EDEAEF; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(237, 234, 239); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(276, 14%, 93%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EDEAEF; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(237, 234, 239, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EDEAEF; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(237, 234, 239, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #EDEAEF

#D7D0DC#C1B6C8#AB9CB4#9482A1#806B8E#695874#51445A#3A3040#221D26#0A090C

Tints of #EDEAEF

#EEEBF0#F0EEF2#F0EEF2#F0EEF2#F3F0F4#F3F0F4#F3F0F4#F3F0F4#F5F3F6#F5F3F6

Tones of #EDEAEF

#EEEBEF#EEEBEF#EDECEF#EDECEE#EDECEE#EDEDEE

Color harmonies

Complementary — #EDF0EB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.19:1 Fails
Against black text17.62:1 AAA

Best text color on #EDEAEF: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EDEAEF

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 #EDEAEF: ·

How #EDEAEF looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #ECECEEDeuteranopia · #ECECEETritanopia · #EDEDED

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 #EDEAEF rather than the exact color:

Palette 171717
#171717 · #444444 · #DA0037 · #EDEDED
Palette 6c4a4a
#6C4A4A · #C89595 · #DDBEBE · #EDEDED
Palette 3e3e3e
#3E3E3E · #405559 · #68868C · #EDEDED
Palette 000000
#000000 · #233D4D · #FE7F2D · #EAECF0
Palette Ececec
#ECECEC · #84934A · #656D3F · #492828
Palette 282f44
#282F44 · #E6AF2E · #F5D061 · #ECECEC

Similar colors

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

#EDEDED#EAECF0#ECECEC#EFECEC#EEEEEE#EBEBEB#EEEDEB#EAEFEF#EAEAEA#F1EFEF#E8EDF2#EFEEEA

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EDEAEE  ·  #EDEAF0 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EDEAEF?

#EDEAEF is Pale Dusty Purple, a purple color (RGB 237, 234, 239). Its closest standard named color is Lavender.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EDEAEF?

#EDEAEF is RGB 237, 234, 239 — HSL 276°, 14%, 93% — CMYK 1%, 2%, 0%, 6%.

What colors go with #EDEAEF?

Its complement is #EDF0EB; analogous partners are #EBEBF0 and #F0EBEF. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EDEAEF for text?

Black text on #EDEAEF has a contrast ratio of 17.62:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.19:1.