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#EFBEFD — Pale Vivid Purple

#EFBEFD is a purple color we call Pale Vivid Purple, closest to the named color Lavender (#E6E6FA). It belongs to the purple family.

#EFBEFD 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 #CCFDBF; it also sits naturally between #D0BFFD and #FDBFEB. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EFBEFD · RGB 239, 190, 253

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Color values

HEX#EFBEFD
RGB239, 190, 253
HSL287°, 94%, 87%
HSV287°, 25%, 99%
CMYK6%, 25%, 0%, 1%
XYZ71.74, 62.27, 101.17
Yxy62.27, 0.3050, 0.2648
CIE-Lab83.06, 28.28, -24.37
Hunter Lab78.91, 28.85, -26.03

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 94% · Green 75% · 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 #EFBEFD on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EFBEFD on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EFBEFD

.text { color: #EFBEFD; }
.background { background-color: #EFBEFD; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EFBEFD; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(239, 190, 253); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(287, 94%, 87%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EFBEFD; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(239, 190, 253, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EFBEFD; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(239, 190, 253, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #EFBEFD

#E697FC#DB6BFA#D243F9#C81BF8#B407E4#9106B7#71048F#520368#2F023B#100114

Tints of #EFBEFD

#F1C4FD#F2C9FD#F3CEFD#F4D2FE#F5D7FE#F5D7FE#F7DCFE#F8E1FE#F9E6FE#FAEBFE

Tones of #EFBEFD

#EDC3F9#EAC8F4#E8CCF0#E5D1EB#E3D5E7#E0DAE2

Color harmonies

Complementary — #CCFDBF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.56:1 Fails
Against black text13.45:1 AAA

Best text color on #EFBEFD: #000000.

How #EFBEFD looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #DAD9EEDeuteranopia · #DDE0EATritanopia · #EDE2DF

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 #EFBEFD rather than the exact color:

Palette Cdf0ea
#CDF0EA · #F9F9F9 · #ECC5FB · #FAF4B7
Palette 3b0270
#3B0270 · #6F00FF · #E9B3FB · #FFF1F1
Palette 481380
#481380 · #742DD2 · #EFB1FF · #FFE2FF
Wild Ruby Cinder
#17BC17 · #34E65E · #E73CE7 · #F1B6F1
Palette 2d033b
#2D033B · #810CA8 · #C147E9 · #E5B8F4
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#F1B6F1#E5B8F4#E6BCF1#FCC6FF#E4C7F6#FFBEFB#EDBFED#EECCF5#F2C4EE

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EFBEFC  ·  #EFBEFE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EFBEFD?

#EFBEFD is Pale Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 239, 190, 253). Its closest standard named color is Lavender.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EFBEFD?

#EFBEFD is RGB 239, 190, 253 — HSL 287°, 94%, 87% — CMYK 6%, 25%, 0%, 1%.

What colors go with #EFBEFD?

Its complement is #CCFDBF; analogous partners are #D0BFFD and #FDBFEB. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EFBEFD for text?

Black text on #EFBEFD has a contrast ratio of 13.45:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.56:1.