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#EFEAFC — Pale Purple

#EFEAFC 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 #EFEAFC 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.

#EFEAFC 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 #F6FCE9; it also sits naturally between #E9EDFC and #F8E9FC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EFEAFC · RGB 239, 234, 252

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Color values

HEX#EFEAFC
RGB239, 234, 252
HSL257°, 75%, 95%
HSV257°, 7%, 99%
CMYK5%, 7%, 0%, 1%
XYZ82.59, 84.22, 104.00
Yxy84.22, 0.3050, 0.3110
CIE-Lab93.55, 4.94, -8.09
Hunter Lab91.77, 5.01, -8.25

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 94% · Green 92% · Blue 99%

Cyan 5% · Magenta 7% · Yellow 0% · Key 1%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #EFEAFC

.text { color: #EFEAFC; }
.background { background-color: #EFEAFC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EFEAFC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(239, 234, 252); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(257, 75%, 95%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EFEAFC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(239, 234, 252, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EFEAFC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(239, 234, 252, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #EFEAFC

#D0C1F6#B198F0#9370EB#7448E5#5620DF#4519B3#35148A#260E62#16083A#070312

Tints of #EFEAFC

#EEE9FC#EEE9FC#EEE9FC#EEE9FC#F1EDFC#F1EDFC#F1EDFC#F1EDFC#F1EDFC#F1EDFC

Tones of #EFEAFC

#EFEAFA#EFEBF9#F0EDF8#F0EEF6#F1F0F5#F2F1F4

Color harmonies

Complementary — #F6FCE9:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.18:1 Fails
Against black text17.84:1 AAA

Best text color on #EFEAFC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EFEAFC

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 #EFEAFC: ·

How #EFEAFC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #EDEDF8Deuteranopia · #EDEEF7Tritanopia · #EFF4F3

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 #EFEAFC rather than the exact color:

Palette F1eaff
#F1EAFF · #E5D4FF · #DCBFFF · #D0A2F7
Palette Ebeaff
#EBEAFF · #9694FF · #3D3BF3 · #FF2929
Palette 89375f
#89375F · #CE5959 · #BACDDB · #F3E8FF
Palette E4fbff
#E4FBFF · #B8B5FF · #7868E6 · #EDEEF7
Palette F4eeff
#F4EEFF · #DCD6F7 · #A6B1E1 · #424874
Palette B1b2ff
#B1B2FF · #AAC4FF · #D2DAFF · #EEF1FF

Similar colors

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

#F1EAFF#EBEAFF#F3E8FF#EDEEF7#F4EEFF#EEF1FF#F5EFFF#ECF2F9#ECF2FF#F1F1F6#F0F3FF#F8EDFF

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EFEAFB  ·  #EFEAFD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EFEAFC?

#EFEAFC is Pale Purple, a purple color (RGB 239, 234, 252). Its closest standard named color is Lavender.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EFEAFC?

#EFEAFC is RGB 239, 234, 252 — HSL 257°, 75%, 95% — CMYK 5%, 7%, 0%, 1%.

What colors go with #EFEAFC?

Its complement is #F6FCE9; analogous partners are #E9EDFC and #F8E9FC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EFEAFC for text?

Black text on #EFEAFC has a contrast ratio of 17.84:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.18:1.