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#EEAEFF — Pale Vivid Purple

#EEAEFF is a purple color we call Pale Vivid Purple, closest to the named color Plum (#DDA0DD). It belongs to the purple family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: plum (#DDA0DD) — not an exact match. CSS plum gives you #DDA0DD, a different color; use #EEAEFF 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.

#EEAEFF 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 #BFFFAD; it also sits naturally between #C5ADFF and #FFADE8. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EEAEFF · RGB 238, 174, 255

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Color values

HEX#EEAEFF
RGB238, 174, 255
HSL287°, 100%, 84%
HSV287°, 32%, 100%
CMYK7%, 32%, 0%, 0%
XYZ68.45, 55.67, 101.75
Yxy55.67, 0.3030, 0.2465
CIE-Lab79.43, 36.85, -31.00
Hunter Lab74.61, 37.75, -33.94

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 68% · Blue 100%

Cyan 7% · Magenta 32% · Yellow 0% · Key 0%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #EEAEFF

.text { color: #EEAEFF; }
.background { background-color: #EEAEFF; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EEAEFF; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(238, 174, 255); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(287, 100%, 84%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EEAEFF; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(238, 174, 255, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EEAEFF; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(238, 174, 255, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #EEAEFF

#E485FF#DC5CFF#D333FF#CA0AFF#B000E0#9000B8#70008F#500066#30003D#100014

Tints of #EEAEFF

#EEB3FF#F0B8FF#F2C2FF#F3C7FF#F4CCFF#F5D1FF#F6D6FF#F8E0FF#F9E5FF#FBEBFF

Tones of #EEAEFF

#EAB3F9#E7B9F3#E3BFED#E0C5E8#DDCAE2#D9D0DC

Color harmonies

Complementary — #BFFFAD:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.73:1 Fails
Against black text12.13:1 AAA

Best text color on #EEAEFF: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EEAEFF

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 #EEAEFF: ·

How #EEAEFF looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D2D2EBDeuteranopia · #D6DBE7Tritanopia · #EBDCD9

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 · #F8F9FATailwind fuchsia 500 · #D946EFTailwind purple 500 · #A855F7

Palettes with a similar color

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

Palette 481380
#481380 · #742DD2 · #EFB1FF · #FFE2FF
Palette 3b0270
#3B0270 · #6F00FF · #E9B3FB · #FFF1F1
Palette Ff78c4
#FF78C4 · #E1AEFF · #FFBDF7 · #FFECEC
Palette 8ef6e4
#8EF6E4 · #9896F1 · #D59BF6 · #EDB1F1
Lavender Haze
#5A189A · #9D4EDD · #C77DFF · #E0AAFF
Palette Ffe7c1
#FFE7C1 · #F3CCF3 · #E9A8F2 · #DC84F3

Similar colors

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

#EFB1FF#E9B3FB#E1AEFF#EDB1F1#E0AAFF#E9A8F2#E5ABF2#F1B6F1#F2AFEF#E7A5F2#E5B8F4#E4B1F0

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EEAEFE  ·  #EEAF00 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EEAEFF?

#EEAEFF is Pale Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 238, 174, 255). Its closest standard named color is Plum.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EEAEFF?

#EEAEFF is RGB 238, 174, 255 — HSL 287°, 100%, 84% — CMYK 7%, 32%, 0%, 0%.

What colors go with #EEAEFF?

Its complement is #BFFFAD; analogous partners are #C5ADFF and #FFADE8. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EEAEFF for text?

Black text on #EEAEFF has a contrast ratio of 12.13:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.73:1.