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#F4E1FC — Pale Vivid Purple

#F4E1FC 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 #F4E1FC 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.

#F4E1FC 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 #EBFCE3; it also sits naturally between #E8E3FC and #FCE3F7. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#F4E1FC · RGB 244, 225, 252

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Color values

HEX#F4E1FC
RGB244, 225, 252
HSL282°, 82%, 94%
HSV282°, 11%, 99%
CMYK3%, 11%, 0%, 1%
XYZ81.80, 80.11, 103.25
Yxy80.11, 0.3085, 0.3021
CIE-Lab91.74, 11.23, -10.74
Hunter Lab89.51, 11.47, -11.02

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 96% · Green 88% · Blue 99%

Cyan 3% · Magenta 11% · Yellow 0% · Key 1%

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

Previews

Sample text in #F4E1FC on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #F4E1FC on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #F4E1FC

.text { color: #F4E1FC; }
.background { background-color: #F4E1FC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #F4E1FC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(244, 225, 252); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(282, 82%, 94%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #F4E1FC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(244, 225, 252, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #F4E1FC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(244, 225, 252, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#F4E1FC">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#F4E1FC">Div content here</div>

Shades of #F4E1FC

#E5B9F8#D690F4#C666F0#B73CEC#A616E3#8712BA#690E90#4B0A66#2C063C#0E0213

Tints of #F4E1FC

#F5E3FC#F5E3FC#F6E8FD#F6E8FD#F6E8FD#F6E8FD#F6E8FD#F8ECFD#F8ECFD#F8ECFD

Tones of #F4E1FC

#F4E5FA#F3E7F9#F3E9F7#F2EAF5#F1ECF3#F0EEF2

Color harmonies

Complementary — #EBFCE3:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.23:1 Fails
Against black text17.02:1 AAA

Best text color on #F4E1FC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #F4E1FC

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 #F4E1FC: ·

How #F4E1FC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #ECECF5Deuteranopia · #EDEEF4Tritanopia · #F3F0EF

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 #F4E1FC rather than the exact color:

Palette Cff6cf
#CFF6CF · #CFE5CF · #E5CFE5 · #F6DEF6
Palette 89375f
#89375F · #CE5959 · #BACDDB · #F3E8FF
Palette F6e5f5
#F6E5F5 · #FBF4F9 · #F6E7E6 · #B9CCED
Palette F5f5f5
#F5F5F5 · #F8E7F6 · #DD88CF · #4B164C
Palette F3f1f5
#F3F1F5 · #F0D9FF · #BFA2DB · #7F7C82
Palette F7e8f6
#F7E8F6 · #F1C6E7 · #E5B0EA · #BD83CE

Similar colors

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

#F6DEF6#F3E8FF#F6E5F5#F8E7F6#F0D9FF#F7E8F6#F1EAFF#F1D9F6#FEDEFF#FFE3FE#FFE1FF#FFE2FF

Browse neighbouring colors

← #F4E1FB  ·  #F4E1FD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #F4E1FC?

#F4E1FC is Pale Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 244, 225, 252). Its closest standard named color is Lavender.

What is the RGB and HSL of #F4E1FC?

#F4E1FC is RGB 244, 225, 252 — HSL 282°, 82%, 94% — CMYK 3%, 11%, 0%, 1%.

What colors go with #F4E1FC?

Its complement is #EBFCE3; analogous partners are #E8E3FC and #FCE3F7. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #F4E1FC for text?

Black text on #F4E1FC has a contrast ratio of 17.02:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.23:1.