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#EEDFFD — Pale Vivid Purple

#EEDFFD 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 #EEDFFD 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.

#EEDFFD 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 #EDFDDD; it also sits naturally between #DDDDFD and #FDDDFD. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EEDFFD · RGB 238, 223, 253

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Color values

HEX#EEDFFD
RGB238, 223, 253
HSL270°, 88%, 93%
HSV270°, 12%, 99%
CMYK6%, 12%, 0%, 1%
XYZ79.38, 78.04, 103.81
Yxy78.04, 0.3039, 0.2988
CIE-Lab90.80, 10.51, -12.71
Hunter Lab88.34, 10.67, -13.12

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 87% · Blue 99%

Cyan 6% · Magenta 12% · Yellow 0% · Key 1%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #EEDFFD

.text { color: #EEDFFD; }
.background { background-color: #EEDFFD; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EEDFFD; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(238, 223, 253); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(270, 88%, 93%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EEDFFD; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(238, 223, 253, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EEDFFD; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(238, 223, 253, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #EEDFFD

#D6B2FA#BF87F7#A85CF5#9131F2#7D0FEB#660CC0#4F0995#380769#21043E#0A0113

Tints of #EEDFFD

#EDDDFD#F0E2FD#F0E2FD#F0E2FD#F2E7FD#F2E7FD#F2E7FD#F2E7FD#F5ECFE#F5ECFE

Tones of #EEDFFD

#EDE0FB#EDE2F8#EDE4F6#EDE6F4#EDE9F2#EDEBEF

Color harmonies

Complementary — #EDFDDD:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.26:1 Fails
Against black text16.61:1 AAA

Best text color on #EEDFFD: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EEDFFD

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 #EEDFFD: ·

How #EEDFFD looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E8E7F6Deuteranopia · #E8EAF4Tritanopia · #EDF0EF

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 purple 500 · #A855F7

Palettes with a similar color

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

Palette F3f1f5
#F3F1F5 · #F0D9FF · #BFA2DB · #7F7C82
Palette 7286d3
#7286D3 · #8EA7E9 · #E5E0FF · #FFF2F2
Palette Fcd8cd
#FCD8CD · #FEEBF6 · #EBD6FB · #687FE5
Electric Ruby Cinder
#CFEAF2 · #B2B1EB · #F1D9F6 · #EDC4D4
Palette 89375f
#89375F · #CE5959 · #BACDDB · #F3E8FF
Palette Cff6cf
#CFF6CF · #CFE5CF · #E5CFE5 · #F6DEF6

Similar colors

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

#F0D9FF#E5E0FF#EBD6FB#F1D9F6#F3E8FF#F6DEF6#E3DFFD#F1EAFF#EBEAFF#F6E5F5#EBD3F8#E8D3FF

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EEDFFC  ·  #EEDFFE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EEDFFD?

#EEDFFD is Pale Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 238, 223, 253). Its closest standard named color is Lavender.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EEDFFD?

#EEDFFD is RGB 238, 223, 253 — HSL 270°, 88%, 93% — CMYK 6%, 12%, 0%, 1%.

What colors go with #EEDFFD?

Its complement is #EDFDDD; analogous partners are #DDDDFD and #FDDDFD. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EEDFFD for text?

Black text on #EEDFFD has a contrast ratio of 16.61:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.26:1.