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#F0BEFF — Pale Vivid Purple

#F0BEFF 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 #F0BEFF 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.

#F0BEFF 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 #CCFFBD; it also sits naturally between #CEBDFF and #FFBDED. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#F0BEFF · RGB 240, 190, 255

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Color values

HEX#F0BEFF
RGB240, 190, 255
HSL286°, 100%, 87%
HSV286°, 25%, 100%
CMYK6%, 25%, 0%, 0%
XYZ72.40, 62.57, 102.87
Yxy62.57, 0.3044, 0.2631
CIE-Lab83.22, 28.97, -25.18
Hunter Lab79.10, 29.63, -27.04

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 94% · Green 75% · Blue 100%

Cyan 6% · Magenta 25% · Yellow 0% · Key 0%

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

Previews

Sample text in #F0BEFF on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #F0BEFF on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #F0BEFF

.text { color: #F0BEFF; }
.background { background-color: #F0BEFF; }
.border { border: 3px solid #F0BEFF; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(240, 190, 255); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(286, 100%, 87%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #F0BEFF; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(240, 190, 255, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #F0BEFF; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(240, 190, 255, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#F0BEFF">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#F0BEFF">Div content here</div>

Shades of #F0BEFF

#E694FF#DB66FF#D23DFF#C814FF#B400EB#9100BD#710094#52006B#2F003D#100014

Tints of #F0BEFF

#F1C2FF#F2C7FF#F3CCFF#F4D1FF#F5D6FF#F5D6FF#F7DBFF#F8E0FF#F9E5FF#FAEBFF

Tones of #F0BEFF

#EDC1FA#EAC6F5#E8CBF1#E5D0EC#E3D4E7#E0D9E2

Color harmonies

Complementary — #CCFFBD:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.55:1 Fails
Against black text13.51:1 AAA

Best text color on #F0BEFF: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #F0BEFF

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 #F0BEFF: ·

How #F0BEFF looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #DADAEFDeuteranopia · #DDE1ECTritanopia · #EEE3E0

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 #F0BEFF rather than the exact color:

Palette Cdf0ea
#CDF0EA · #F9F9F9 · #ECC5FB · #FAF4B7
Palette 481380
#481380 · #742DD2 · #EFB1FF · #FFE2FF
Palette 3b0270
#3B0270 · #6F00FF · #E9B3FB · #FFF1F1
Palette Fcc6ff
#FCC6FF · #FFE6C9 · #FFC785 · #FFA09B
Palette Fff4bf
#FFF4BF · #FFBEFB · #DC95FF · #8C56D4
Wild Ruby Cinder
#17BC17 · #34E65E · #E73CE7 · #F1B6F1

Similar colors

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

#ECC5FB#EFB1FF#E9B3FB#FCC6FF#FFBEFB#F1B6F1#F4CEFF#E5B8F4#FFBDF7#E6BCF1#EECCF5#F3CCF5

Browse neighbouring colors

← #F0BEFE  ·  #F0BF00 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #F0BEFF?

#F0BEFF is Pale Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 240, 190, 255). Its closest standard named color is Lavender.

What is the RGB and HSL of #F0BEFF?

#F0BEFF is RGB 240, 190, 255 — HSL 286°, 100%, 87% — CMYK 6%, 25%, 0%, 0%.

What colors go with #F0BEFF?

Its complement is #CCFFBD; analogous partners are #CEBDFF and #FFBDED. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #F0BEFF for text?

Black text on #F0BEFF has a contrast ratio of 13.51:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.55:1.