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#F4E8FB — Pale Purple

#F4E8FB 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 #F4E8FB 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.

#F4E8FB 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 #F0FBE9; it also sits naturally between #ECE9FB and #FBE9F9. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#F4E8FB · RGB 244, 232, 251

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Color values

HEX#F4E8FB
RGB244, 232, 251
HSL278°, 70%, 95%
HSV278°, 8%, 98%
CMYK3%, 8%, 0%, 2%
XYZ83.58, 83.91, 103.06
Yxy83.91, 0.3089, 0.3102
CIE-Lab93.41, 7.42, -7.73
Hunter Lab91.60, 7.57, -7.86

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 96% · Green 91% · Blue 98%

Cyan 3% · Magenta 8% · Yellow 0% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #F4E8FB on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #F4E8FB on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #F4E8FB

.text { color: #F4E8FB; }
.background { background-color: #F4E8FB; }
.border { border: 3px solid #F4E8FB; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(244, 232, 251); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(278, 70%, 95%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #F4E8FB; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(244, 232, 251, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #F4E8FB; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(244, 232, 251, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#F4E8FB">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#F4E8FB">Div content here</div>

Shades of #F4E8FB

#E2C2F4#CF9BED#BD74E7#AA4DE0#9726D9#791FAD#5E1886#43115F#270A38#0C0311

Tints of #F4E8FB

#F5E9FB#F5E9FB#F5E9FB#F5E9FB#F7EEFC#F7EEFC#F7EEFC#F7EEFC#F7EEFC#F7EEFC

Tones of #F4E8FB

#F4EBFA#F4ECF9#F4EDF7#F3EEF6#F3F0F5#F3F1F4

Color harmonies

Complementary — #F0FBE9:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.18:1 Fails
Against black text17.78:1 AAA

Best text color on #F4E8FB: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #F4E8FB

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 #F4E8FB: ·

How #F4E8FB looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #EFEFF6Deuteranopia · #F0F0F5Tritanopia · #F3F3F2

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 #F4E8FB rather than the exact color:

Palette 89375f
#89375F · #CE5959 · #BACDDB · #F3E8FF
Palette F1eaff
#F1EAFF · #E5D4FF · #DCBFFF · #D0A2F7
Palette F7e8f6
#F7E8F6 · #F1C6E7 · #E5B0EA · #BD83CE
Palette F5f5f5
#F5F5F5 · #F8E7F6 · #DD88CF · #4B164C
Palette F6e5f5
#F6E5F5 · #FBF4F9 · #F6E7E6 · #B9CCED
Palette F4eeff
#F4EEFF · #DCD6F7 · #A6B1E1 · #424874

Similar colors

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

#F3E8FF#F1EAFF#F7E8F6#F8E7F6#F6E5F5#F4EEFF#F8EDFF#F5EFFF#F6F1F8#EDEEF7#EBEAFF#FAE7F3

Browse neighbouring colors

← #F4E8FA  ·  #F4E8FC →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #F4E8FB?

#F4E8FB is Pale Purple, a purple color (RGB 244, 232, 251). Its closest standard named color is Lavender.

What is the RGB and HSL of #F4E8FB?

#F4E8FB is RGB 244, 232, 251 — HSL 278°, 70%, 95% — CMYK 3%, 8%, 0%, 2%.

What colors go with #F4E8FB?

Its complement is #F0FBE9; analogous partners are #ECE9FB and #FBE9F9. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #F4E8FB for text?

Black text on #F4E8FB has a contrast ratio of 17.78:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.18:1.