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#EFDFF7 — Pale Purple

#EFDFF7 is a purple color we call Pale 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 #EFDFF7 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.

#EFDFF7 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 #E7F7DE; it also sits naturally between #E2DEF7 and #F7DEF3. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EFDFF7 · RGB 239, 223, 247

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Color values

HEX#EFDFF7
RGB239, 223, 247
HSL280°, 60%, 92%
HSV280°, 10%, 97%
CMYK3%, 10%, 0%, 3%
XYZ78.77, 77.84, 98.87
Yxy77.84, 0.3083, 0.3047
CIE-Lab90.71, 9.71, -9.69
Hunter Lab88.23, 9.84, -9.85

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 94% · Green 87% · Blue 97%

Cyan 3% · Magenta 10% · Yellow 0% · Key 3%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EFDFF7 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EFDFF7 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EFDFF7

.text { color: #EFDFF7; }
.background { background-color: #EFDFF7; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EFDFF7; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(239, 223, 247); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(280, 60%, 92%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EFDFF7; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(239, 223, 247, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EFDFF7; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(239, 223, 247, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EFDFF7">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EFDFF7">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EFDFF7

#DCBAEE#CA95E4#BA74DC#A750D3#9331C4#77289F#5C1F7A#43165A#280D35#0C0410

Tints of #EFDFF7

#EFDEF7#F1E2F8#F1E2F8#F3E7F9#F3E7F9#F3E7F9#F5EBFA#F5EBFA#F7EFFB#F7EFFB

Tones of #EFDFF7

#EEE0F5#EEE2F3#EDE4F2#ECE5F0#ECE7EE#EBE9EC

Color harmonies

Complementary — #E7F7DE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.27:1 Fails
Against black text16.57:1 AAA

Best text color on #EFDFF7: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EFDFF7

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 #EFDFF7: ·

How #EFDFF7 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E8E8F1Deuteranopia · #E9EAF0Tritanopia · #EEEDEC

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 #EFDFF7 rather than the exact color:

Electric Ruby Cinder
#CFEAF2 · #B2B1EB · #F1D9F6 · #EDC4D4
Palette Cff6cf
#CFF6CF · #CFE5CF · #E5CFE5 · #F6DEF6
Palette F6e5f5
#F6E5F5 · #FBF4F9 · #F6E7E6 · #B9CCED
Palette F3f1f5
#F3F1F5 · #F0D9FF · #BFA2DB · #7F7C82
Palette Fcd8cd
#FCD8CD · #FEEBF6 · #EBD6FB · #687FE5
Crimson Solace
#F4DCEE · #E7CAC3 · #DFE7B7 · #B7EABE

Similar colors

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

#F1D9F6#F6DEF6#F6E5F5#F0D9FF#EBD6FB#F4DCEE#F7DBF0#E9DDED#F7E8F6#F8E7F6#E5D9F2#EBD3F8

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EFDFF6  ·  #EFDFF8 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EFDFF7?

#EFDFF7 is Pale Purple, a purple color (RGB 239, 223, 247). Its closest standard named color is Lavender.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EFDFF7?

#EFDFF7 is RGB 239, 223, 247 — HSL 280°, 60%, 92% — CMYK 3%, 10%, 0%, 3%.

What colors go with #EFDFF7?

Its complement is #E7F7DE; analogous partners are #E2DEF7 and #F7DEF3. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EFDFF7 for text?

Black text on #EFDFF7 has a contrast ratio of 16.57:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.27:1.