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#F2E2FA — Pale Purple

#F2E2FA 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 #F2E2FA 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.

#F2E2FA 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 #E9FAE0; it also sits naturally between #E5E0FA and #FAE0F6. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#F2E2FA · RGB 242, 226, 250

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Color values

HEX#F2E2FA
RGB242, 226, 250
HSL280°, 71%, 93%
HSV280°, 10%, 98%
CMYK3%, 10%, 0%, 2%
XYZ81.07, 80.17, 101.64
Yxy80.17, 0.3084, 0.3050
CIE-Lab91.76, 9.69, -9.67
Hunter Lab89.54, 9.86, -9.87

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 95% · Green 89% · Blue 98%

Cyan 3% · Magenta 10% · Yellow 0% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #F2E2FA on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #F2E2FA on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #F2E2FA

.text { color: #F2E2FA; }
.background { background-color: #F2E2FA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #F2E2FA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(242, 226, 250); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(280, 71%, 93%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #F2E2FA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(242, 226, 250, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #F2E2FA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(242, 226, 250, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#F2E2FA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#F2E2FA">Div content here</div>

Shades of #F2E2FA

#E0B9F3#CE92ED#BD6BE6#AB43DF#9B24D6#7E1EAE#621787#451060#290A39#0D0311

Tints of #F2E2FA

#F1E0FA#F3E5FB#F3E5FB#F3E5FB#F5E9FB#F5E9FB#F5E9FB#F5E9FB#F7EEFC#F7EEFC

Tones of #F2E2FA

#F1E2F8#F0E4F6#F0E6F4#EFE8F3#EEEAF1#EEEBEF

Color harmonies

Complementary — #E9FAE0:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.23:1 Fails
Against black text17.03:1 AAA

Best text color on #F2E2FA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #F2E2FA

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 #F2E2FA: ·

How #F2E2FA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #EBEBF4Deuteranopia · #ECEDF3Tritanopia · #F1F0EF

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 #F2E2FA rather than the exact color:

Palette Cff6cf
#CFF6CF · #CFE5CF · #E5CFE5 · #F6DEF6
Palette F6e5f5
#F6E5F5 · #FBF4F9 · #F6E7E6 · #B9CCED
Palette 89375f
#89375F · #CE5959 · #BACDDB · #F3E8FF
Palette F5f5f5
#F5F5F5 · #F8E7F6 · #DD88CF · #4B164C
Palette F7e8f6
#F7E8F6 · #F1C6E7 · #E5B0EA · #BD83CE
Palette F1eaff
#F1EAFF · #E5D4FF · #DCBFFF · #D0A2F7

Similar colors

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

#F6DEF6#F6E5F5#F3E8FF#F8E7F6#F7E8F6#F1EAFF#F1D9F6#F0D9FF#EBEAFF#FAE7F3#FDE2F3#F4EEFF

Browse neighbouring colors

← #F2E2F9  ·  #F2E2FB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #F2E2FA?

#F2E2FA is Pale Purple, a purple color (RGB 242, 226, 250). Its closest standard named color is Lavender.

What is the RGB and HSL of #F2E2FA?

#F2E2FA is RGB 242, 226, 250 — HSL 280°, 71%, 93% — CMYK 3%, 10%, 0%, 2%.

What colors go with #F2E2FA?

Its complement is #E9FAE0; analogous partners are #E5E0FA and #FAE0F6. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #F2E2FA for text?

Black text on #F2E2FA has a contrast ratio of 17.03:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.23:1.