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#EEDFF5 — Pale Muted Purple

#EEDFF5 is a purple color we call Pale Muted 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 #EEDFF5 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.

#EEDFF5 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 #E7F5E0; it also sits naturally between #E4E0F5 and #F5E0F1. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EEDFF5 · RGB 238, 223, 245

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Color values

HEX#EEDFF5
RGB238, 223, 245
HSL281°, 52%, 92%
HSV281°, 9%, 96%
CMYK3%, 9%, 0%, 4%
XYZ78.13, 77.55, 97.24
Yxy77.55, 0.3089, 0.3066
CIE-Lab90.57, 9.01, -8.85
Hunter Lab88.06, 9.11, -8.95

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 87% · Blue 96%

Cyan 3% · Magenta 9% · Yellow 0% · Key 4%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EEDFF5 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EEDFF5 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EEDFF5

.text { color: #EEDFF5; }
.background { background-color: #EEDFF5; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EEDFF5; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(238, 223, 245); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(281, 52%, 92%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EEDFF5; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(238, 223, 245, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EEDFF5; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(238, 223, 245, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EEDFF5">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EEDFF5">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EEDFF5

#DCBDEA#C99ADF#B97BD5#A658CA#923BBA#763097#5B2574#431B55#271032#0C0510

Tints of #EEDFF5

#EEE0F5#F1E4F6#F1E4F6#F3E8F8#F3E8F8#F3E8F8#F5ECF9#F5ECF9#F7EFFA#F7EFFA

Tones of #EEDFF5

#EEE1F4#EDE3F2#EDE4F1#ECE6EF#ECE8EE#EBE9EC

Color harmonies

Complementary — #E7F5E0:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.27:1 Fails
Against black text16.51:1 AAA

Best text color on #EEDFF5: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EEDFF5

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 #EEDFF5: ·

How #EEDFF5 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E8E7F0Deuteranopia · #E8EAEETritanopia · #EDEBEB

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 fuchsia 500 · #D946EF

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #EEDFF5 rather than the exact color:

Electric Ruby Cinder
#CFEAF2 · #B2B1EB · #F1D9F6 · #EDC4D4
Palette Cff6cf
#CFF6CF · #CFE5CF · #E5CFE5 · #F6DEF6
Honey Marble
#7C348B · #C7B667 · #5AC2B0 · #E9DDED
Crimson Solace
#F4DCEE · #E7CAC3 · #DFE7B7 · #B7EABE
Palette F6e5f5
#F6E5F5 · #FBF4F9 · #F6E7E6 · #B9CCED
Palette Cdf0ea
#CDF0EA · #F9F9F9 · #F7DBF0 · #BEAEE2

Similar colors

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

#F1D9F6#F6DEF6#E9DDED#F4DCEE#F6E5F5#F7DBF0#EBD6FB#E5D9F2#EED5EF#F0D9FF#EEDCE9#EBD3F8

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EEDFF4  ·  #EEDFF6 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EEDFF5?

#EEDFF5 is Pale Muted Purple, a purple color (RGB 238, 223, 245). Its closest standard named color is Lavender.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EEDFF5?

#EEDFF5 is RGB 238, 223, 245 — HSL 281°, 52%, 92% — CMYK 3%, 9%, 0%, 4%.

What colors go with #EEDFF5?

Its complement is #E7F5E0; analogous partners are #E4E0F5 and #F5E0F1. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EEDFF5 for text?

Black text on #EEDFF5 has a contrast ratio of 16.51:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.27:1.