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#EEBDFD — Pale Vivid Purple

#EEBDFD 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 #EEBDFD 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.

#EEBDFD 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 #CDFDBF; it also sits naturally between #CFBFFD and #FDBFEC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EEBDFD · RGB 238, 189, 253

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Color values

HEX#EEBDFD
RGB238, 189, 253
HSL286°, 94%, 87%
HSV286°, 25%, 99%
CMYK6%, 25%, 0%, 1%
XYZ71.19, 61.66, 101.08
Yxy61.66, 0.3043, 0.2636
CIE-Lab82.73, 28.49, -24.87
Hunter Lab78.53, 29.04, -26.61

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 74% · Blue 99%

Cyan 6% · Magenta 25% · Yellow 0% · Key 1%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #EEBDFD

.text { color: #EEBDFD; }
.background { background-color: #EEBDFD; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EEBDFD; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(238, 189, 253); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(286, 94%, 87%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EEBDFD; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(238, 189, 253, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EEBDFD; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(238, 189, 253, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #EEBDFD

#E497FC#D96BFA#CF43F9#C51BF8#B007E4#8E06B7#6F048F#500368#2E023B#0F0114

Tints of #EEBDFD

#F0C4FD#F1C9FD#F2CEFD#F4D2FE#F5D7FE#F5D7FE#F6DCFE#F7E1FE#F9E6FE#FAEBFE

Tones of #EEBDFD

#ECC3F9#EAC8F4#E7CCF0#E5D1EB#E3D5E7#E0DAE2

Color harmonies

Complementary — #CDFDBF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.58:1 Fails
Against black text13.33:1 AAA

Best text color on #EEBDFD: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EEBDFD

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 #EEBDFD: ·

How #EEBDFD looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D9D8EEDeuteranopia · #DCDFEATritanopia · #ECE1DF

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 #EEBDFD rather than the exact color:

Palette Cdf0ea
#CDF0EA · #F9F9F9 · #ECC5FB · #FAF4B7
Palette 3b0270
#3B0270 · #6F00FF · #E9B3FB · #FFF1F1
Palette 481380
#481380 · #742DD2 · #EFB1FF · #FFE2FF
Palette 2d033b
#2D033B · #810CA8 · #C147E9 · #E5B8F4
Wild Ruby Cinder
#17BC17 · #34E65E · #E73CE7 · #F1B6F1
Gentle Ember
#E6BCF1 · #9A1FB7 · #84219B · #330B3D

Similar colors

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

#ECC5FB#E9B3FB#EFB1FF#E5B8F4#F1B6F1#E6BCF1#E2B9F4#E4C7F6#EDBFED#E5B7F1#FCC6FF#EECCF5

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EEBDFC  ·  #EEBDFE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EEBDFD?

#EEBDFD is Pale Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 238, 189, 253). Its closest standard named color is Lavender.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EEBDFD?

#EEBDFD is RGB 238, 189, 253 — HSL 286°, 94%, 87% — CMYK 6%, 25%, 0%, 1%.

What colors go with #EEBDFD?

Its complement is #CDFDBF; analogous partners are #CFBFFD and #FDBFEC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EEBDFD for text?

Black text on #EEBDFD has a contrast ratio of 13.33:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.58:1.