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#EEBEFF — Pale Vivid Purple

#EEBEFF 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 #EEBEFF 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.

#EEBEFF 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 #CEFFBD; it also sits naturally between #CCBDFF and #FFBDF0. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EEBEFF · RGB 238, 190, 255

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Color values

HEX#EEBEFF
RGB238, 190, 255
HSL284°, 100%, 87%
HSV284°, 25%, 100%
CMYK7%, 25%, 0%, 0%
XYZ71.72, 62.22, 102.84
Yxy62.22, 0.3029, 0.2628
CIE-Lab83.03, 28.34, -25.48
Hunter Lab78.88, 28.92, -27.39

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 75% · Blue 100%

Cyan 7% · Magenta 25% · Yellow 0% · Key 0%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #EEBEFF

.text { color: #EEBEFF; }
.background { background-color: #EEBEFF; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EEBEFF; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(238, 190, 255); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(284, 100%, 87%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EEBEFF; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(238, 190, 255, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EEBEFF; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(238, 190, 255, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #EEBEFF

#E294FF#D666FF#CB3DFF#C014FF#AC00EB#8A00BD#6C0094#4F006B#2D003D#0F0014

Tints of #EEBEFF

#EFC2FF#F0C7FF#F1CCFF#F3D1FF#F4D6FF#F4D6FF#F5DBFF#F7E0FF#F8E5FF#FAEBFF

Tones of #EEBEFF

#EBC1FA#E9C6F5#E7CBF1#E5D0EC#E2D4E7#E0D9E2

Color harmonies

Complementary — #CEFFBD:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.56:1 Fails
Against black text13.44:1 AAA

Best text color on #EEBEFF: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EEBEFF

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 #EEBEFF: ·

How #EEBEFF looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D9D9EFDeuteranopia · #DCE0ECTritanopia · #ECE3E0

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 #EEBEFF 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
Palette Fcc6ff
#FCC6FF · #FFE6C9 · #FFC785 · #FFA09B
Honey Ruby Ember
#37B911 · #A9F16A · #BF27EB · #E4C7F6

Similar colors

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

#ECC5FB#E9B3FB#EFB1FF#E5B8F4#FCC6FF#E4C7F6#E6BCF1#F1B6F1#E2B9F4#F4CEFF#EECCF5#FFBEFB

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EEBEFE  ·  #EEBF00 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EEBEFF?

#EEBEFF is Pale Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 238, 190, 255). Its closest standard named color is Lavender.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EEBEFF?

#EEBEFF is RGB 238, 190, 255 — HSL 284°, 100%, 87% — CMYK 7%, 25%, 0%, 0%.

What colors go with #EEBEFF?

Its complement is #CEFFBD; analogous partners are #CCBDFF and #FFBDF0. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EEBEFF for text?

Black text on #EEBEFF has a contrast ratio of 13.44:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.56:1.