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#EEEDFC — Pale Blue

#EEEDFC is a blue color we call Pale Blue, closest to the named color Lavender (#E6E6FA). It belongs to the blue family.

#EEEDFC is a cool blue color associated with trust, calm and professionalism. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #FBFCEE; it also sits naturally between #EEF4FC and #F6EEFC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EEEDFC · RGB 238, 237, 252

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Color values

HEX#EEEDFC
RGB238, 237, 252
HSL244°, 71%, 96%
HSV244°, 6%, 99%
CMYK6%, 6%, 0%, 1%
XYZ83.11, 85.77, 104.27
Yxy85.77, 0.3043, 0.3140
CIE-Lab94.22, 3.07, -7.11
Hunter Lab92.61, 3.11, -7.23

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 93% · Blue 99%

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

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #EEEDFC

.text { color: #EEEDFC; }
.background { background-color: #EEEDFC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EEEDFC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(238, 237, 252); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(244, 71%, 96%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EEEDFC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(238, 237, 252, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EEEDFC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(238, 237, 252, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #EEEDFC

#C9C6F5#A49FEF#7B73E7#564CE1#3125DA#281EB3#1F188C#161060#0D0A39#040311

Tints of #EEEDFC

#EFEEFC#EFEEFC#EFEEFC#EFEEFC#EFEEFC#EFEEFC#EFEEFC#EFEEFC#EFEEFC#EFEEFC

Tones of #EEEDFC

#EFEFFB#F0F0FA#F1F1F9#F2F2F8#F3F3F7#F4F4F6

Color harmonies

Complementary — #FBFCEE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.16:1 Fails
Against black text18.15:1 AAA

Best text color on #EEEDFC: #000000.

How #EEEDFC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #EEEEF8Deuteranopia · #EEEEF7Tritanopia · #EEF6F5

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 #EEEDFC rather than the exact color:

Palette B1b2ff
#B1B2FF · #AAC4FF · #D2DAFF · #EEF1FF
Palette E4fbff
#E4FBFF · #B8B5FF · #7868E6 · #EDEEF7
Palette F1eaff
#F1EAFF · #E5D4FF · #DCBFFF · #D0A2F7
Palette Ebeaff
#EBEAFF · #9694FF · #3D3BF3 · #FF2929
Palette F9ecec
#F9ECEC · #F0D9DA · #C8D9EB · #ECF2F9
Palette Ecf2ff
#ECF2FF · #E3DFFD · #E5D1FA · #FFF4D2

Similar colors

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

#EEF1FF#EDEEF7#F1EAFF#EBEAFF#ECF2F9#ECF2FF#F4EEFF#F0F3FF#F3E8FF#F1F1F6#F1F3F8#F5EFFF

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EEEDFB  ·  #EEEDFD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EEEDFC?

#EEEDFC is Pale Blue, a blue color (RGB 238, 237, 252). Its closest standard named color is Lavender.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EEEDFC?

#EEEDFC is RGB 238, 237, 252 — HSL 244°, 71%, 96% — CMYK 6%, 6%, 0%, 1%.

What colors go with #EEEDFC?

Its complement is #FBFCEE; analogous partners are #EEF4FC and #F6EEFC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EEEDFC for text?

Black text on #EEEDFC has a contrast ratio of 18.15:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.16:1.