Palettes / Colors / #EDEAFA

#EDEAFA — Pale Blue

#EDEAFA is a blue color we call Pale Blue, closest to the named color Lavender (#E6E6FA). It belongs to the blue family.

#EDEAFA 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 #F7FAEA; it also sits naturally between #EAEFFA and #F5EAFA. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 92% · Blue 98%

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

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

Previews

CSS code for #EDEAFA

.text { color: #EDEAFA; }
.background { background-color: #EDEAFA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EDEAFA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(237, 234, 250); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(251, 62%, 95%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EDEAFA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(237, 234, 250, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EDEAFA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(237, 234, 250, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #EDEAFA

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Tones of #EDEAFA

Color harmonies

Complementary — #F7FAEA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #EDEAFA: #000000.

How #EDEAFA looks with color blindness

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

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:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #EDEAFA rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EDEAF9  ·  #EDEAFB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EDEAFA?

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

What is the RGB and HSL of #EDEAFA?

#EDEAFA is RGB 237, 234, 250 — HSL 251°, 62%, 95% — CMYK 5%, 6%, 0%, 2%.

What colors go with #EDEAFA?

Its complement is #F7FAEA; analogous partners are #EAEFFA and #F5EAFA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EDEAFA for text?

Black text on #EDEAFA has a contrast ratio of 17.75:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.18:1.