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#EFE3FE — Pale Vivid Purple

#EFE3FE 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 #EFE3FE 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.

#EFE3FE 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 #F1FEE1; it also sits naturally between #E1E3FE and #FDE1FE. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EFE3FE · RGB 239, 227, 254

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Color values

HEX#EFE3FE
RGB239, 227, 254
HSL267°, 93%, 94%
HSV267°, 11%, 100%
CMYK6%, 11%, 0%, 0%
XYZ80.96, 80.44, 105.03
Yxy80.44, 0.3039, 0.3019
CIE-Lab91.88, 8.94, -11.60
Hunter Lab89.69, 9.09, -11.97

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 94% · Green 89% · Blue 100%

Cyan 6% · Magenta 11% · Yellow 0% · Key 0%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EFE3FE on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EFE3FE on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EFE3FE

.text { color: #EFE3FE; }
.background { background-color: #EFE3FE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EFE3FE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(239, 227, 254); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(267, 93%, 94%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EFE3FE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(239, 227, 254, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EFE3FE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(239, 227, 254, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EFE3FE">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EFE3FE">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EFE3FE

#D5B5FC#BC89FB#A35DF9#8A30F8#7109F1#5D07C5#480699#33046C#1E0240#090114

Tints of #EFE3FE

#EEE1FE#EEE1FE#F1E6FE#F1E6FE#F1E6FE#F1E6FE#F1E6FE#F4EBFE#F4EBFE#F4EBFE

Tones of #EFE3FE

#EEE3FC#EFE6FA#EFE8F8#EFEAF6#EFECF4#F0EEF2

Color harmonies

Complementary — #F1FEE1:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.23:1 Fails
Against black text17.09:1 AAA

Best text color on #EFE3FE: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EFE3FE

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 #EFE3FE: ·

How #EFE3FE looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #EAEAF7Deuteranopia · #EBEBF6Tritanopia · #EEF2F1

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 #EFE3FE rather than the exact color:

Palette 89375f
#89375F · #CE5959 · #BACDDB · #F3E8FF
Palette F1eaff
#F1EAFF · #E5D4FF · #DCBFFF · #D0A2F7
Palette Ebeaff
#EBEAFF · #9694FF · #3D3BF3 · #FF2929
Palette F3f1f5
#F3F1F5 · #F0D9FF · #BFA2DB · #7F7C82
Palette 7286d3
#7286D3 · #8EA7E9 · #E5E0FF · #FFF2F2
Palette F6e5f5
#F6E5F5 · #FBF4F9 · #F6E7E6 · #B9CCED

Similar colors

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

#F3E8FF#F1EAFF#EBEAFF#F0D9FF#E5E0FF#F6E5F5#F6DEF6#F4EEFF#F7E8F6#E3DFFD#F8E7F6#F1D9F6

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EFE3FD  ·  #EFE3FF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EFE3FE?

#EFE3FE is Pale Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 239, 227, 254). Its closest standard named color is Lavender.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EFE3FE?

#EFE3FE is RGB 239, 227, 254 — HSL 267°, 93%, 94% — CMYK 6%, 11%, 0%, 0%.

What colors go with #EFE3FE?

Its complement is #F1FEE1; analogous partners are #E1E3FE and #FDE1FE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EFE3FE for text?

Black text on #EFE3FE has a contrast ratio of 17.09:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.23:1.