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#EFE6FB — Pale Purple

#EFE6FB 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 #EFE6FB 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.

#EFE6FB 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 #F1FBE5; it also sits naturally between #E5E6FB and #F9E5FB. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EFE6FB · RGB 239, 230, 251

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Color values

HEX#EFE6FB
RGB239, 230, 251
HSL266°, 72%, 94%
HSV266°, 8%, 98%
CMYK5%, 8%, 0%, 2%
XYZ81.31, 81.91, 102.79
Yxy81.91, 0.3057, 0.3079
CIE-Lab92.53, 6.82, -9.07
Hunter Lab90.50, 6.92, -9.26

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 94% · Green 90% · Blue 98%

Cyan 5% · Magenta 8% · Yellow 0% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EFE6FB on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EFE6FB on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EFE6FB

.text { color: #EFE6FB; }
.background { background-color: #EFE6FB; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EFE6FB; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(239, 230, 251); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(266, 72%, 94%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EFE6FB; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(239, 230, 251, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EFE6FB; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(239, 230, 251, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EFE6FB">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EFE6FB">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EFE6FB

#D5BDF4#BC96EE#A36EE7#8A47E1#7123D7#5C1DAF#471688#331060#1E0939#090312

Tints of #EFE6FB

#EEE5FB#EEE5FB#F1E9FB#F1E9FB#F1E9FB#F1E9FB#F1E9FB#F4EDFC#F4EDFC#F4EDFC

Tones of #EFE6FB

#EEE6F9#EFE8F8#EFE9F6#EFEBF4#EFECF3#EFEEF1

Color harmonies

Complementary — #F1FBE5:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.21:1 Fails
Against black text17.38:1 AAA

Best text color on #EFE6FB: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EFE6FB

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 #EFE6FB: ·

How #EFE6FB looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #EBEBF6Deuteranopia · #ECECF5Tritanopia · #EFF2F1

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 #EFE6FB rather than the exact color:

Palette F1eaff
#F1EAFF · #E5D4FF · #DCBFFF · #D0A2F7
Palette 89375f
#89375F · #CE5959 · #BACDDB · #F3E8FF
Palette Ebeaff
#EBEAFF · #9694FF · #3D3BF3 · #FF2929
Palette E4fbff
#E4FBFF · #B8B5FF · #7868E6 · #EDEEF7
Palette F6e5f5
#F6E5F5 · #FBF4F9 · #F6E7E6 · #B9CCED
Palette F7e8f6
#F7E8F6 · #F1C6E7 · #E5B0EA · #BD83CE

Similar colors

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

#F1EAFF#F3E8FF#EBEAFF#EDEEF7#F6E5F5#F7E8F6#F4EEFF#F8E7F6#F5EFFF#EEF1FF#F6DEF6#F8EDFF

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EFE6FA  ·  #EFE6FC →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EFE6FB?

#EFE6FB is Pale Purple, a purple color (RGB 239, 230, 251). Its closest standard named color is Lavender.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EFE6FB?

#EFE6FB is RGB 239, 230, 251 — HSL 266°, 72%, 94% — CMYK 5%, 8%, 0%, 2%.

What colors go with #EFE6FB?

Its complement is #F1FBE5; analogous partners are #E5E6FB and #F9E5FB. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EFE6FB for text?

Black text on #EFE6FB has a contrast ratio of 17.38:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.21:1.