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#eae2f2

a pale, soft violet · cool · closest name: Lavender

Token name suggestion: Chalk Thistle

RGB
234, 226, 242
HSL
270°, 38%, 92%
CMYK
3, 7, 0, 5
Luminance
0.7830

#eae2f2 is a pale soft violet, 270° on the wheel and 67/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (16.66:1). As text it scores 1.26:1 on white — use #8E63B9 instead. Nearest name is Lavender, nearest Tailwind family is zinc.

hsl(270 38% 92%)rgb(234 226 242)Base step 100AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #eae2f2 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#eae2f2
Hue
270°
violet
Saturation
38%
soft
Lightness
92%
pale
Brightness
95%
HSV value
Perceived
90%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.7830
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
67/100 cool
Color family
Violet
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
16.66:1
Closest name
Lavender
ΔE2000 3.6
Chroma
8.8
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.924
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
zinc
500 · ΔE 33.8
Web-safe
#FFCCFF
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue270° of 360°
Saturation38%
Lightness92%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #eae2f2.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool67% cool

Reads cool. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red22%
Green69%
Blue8%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#eae2f2
HEX (8-digit)#eae2f2ff
RGBrgb(234, 226, 242)
RGBArgba(234, 226, 242, 1)
HSLhsl(270, 38%, 92%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270, 7%, 95%)
HWBhwb(270 89% 5%)
CMYKcmyk(3%, 7%, 0%, 5%)
LABlab(90.9 5.6 -6.8)
LCHlch(90.9 8.8 309.4)
OKLCHoklch(0.924 0.023 308.2)
XYZ (D65)xyz(77.15, 78.30, 95.04)
Decimal15393522
Display P3color(display-p3 0.918 0.886 0.949)
Web-safe#FFCCFF

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #eae2f2;
background-color: #eae2f2;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #eae2f2;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#eae2f2] bg-[#eae2f2]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #eae2f2;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.918, green: 0.886, blue: 0.949)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.918, green: 0.886, blue: 0.949, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#EAE2F2</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFEAE2F2)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFEAE2F2)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(242, 226, 234)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(234, 226, 242)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(234, 226, 242)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 234, 226, 242)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9176f, 0.8863f, 0.9490f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{234,226,242}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #eae2f2 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #eae2f2 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#402758, #E0D5EC);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #eae2f2 h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F7F5FA;
  --brand-100: #eae2f2;
  --brand-200: #DED3E9;
  --brand-300: #C7B2DC;
  --brand-400: #AB8BCB;
  --brand-500: #8F64BA;
  --brand-600: #7A4CA9;
  --brand-700: #663F8D;
  --brand-800: #523371;
  --brand-900: #3D2853;
  --brand-950: #261934;
  --brand: #eae2f2;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F7F4FA;
  --brand-border: #D6C7E6;
  --brand-hover: #D8C9E7;
  --brand-pressed: #C6B1DC;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #1C1424;
    --brand-ink: #E0D5EC;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F7F5FA',
        100: '#eae2f2',
        200: '#DED3E9',
        300: '#C7B2DC',
        400: '#AB8BCB',
        500: '#8F64BA',
        600: '#7A4CA9',
        700: '#663F8D',
        800: '#523371',
        900: '#3D2853',
        950: '#261934',
        DEFAULT: '#eae2f2',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F7F5FA,
  '100': #eae2f2,
  '200': #DED3E9,
  '300': #C7B2DC,
  '400': #AB8BCB,
  '500': #8F64BA,
  '600': #7A4CA9,
  '700': #663F8D,
  '800': #523371,
  '900': #3D2853,
  '950': #261934,
);
$brand-base: #eae2f2;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F7F5FA", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#eae2f2", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#DED3E9", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#C7B2DC", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#AB8BCB", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#8F64BA", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#7A4CA9", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#663F8D", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#523371", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#3D2853", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#261934", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #eae2f2 · 16.66:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.26:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 16.66:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #eae2f2 as text scores 1.26:1 on white and 16.66:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #402758 at 10.10:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#8E63B9 · 4.53:1
AA on white−36% L
#8E63B9
The quick fox
#6D4497 · 7.18:1
AAA on white−49% L
#6D4497
The quick fox
#eae2f2 · 16.66:1
AA on blackalready passes
#eae2f2
The quick fox
#eae2f2 · 16.66:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#eae2f2

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #A887C9 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#eae2f2 on white: 1.26:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#eae2f2 on black: 16.66:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #eae2f2 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #eae2f2.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.26:1AaAa
Slate 501.20:1AaAa
Slate 1001.15:1AaAa
Slate 2001.02:1AaAa
Slate 3001.18:1AaAa
Slate 4002.03:1AaAa
Slate 5003.78:1AaAa
Slate 6006.01:1AaAa
Slate 7008.21:1AaAa
Slate 80011.60:1AaAa
Slate 90014.16:1AaAa
Black16.66:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #E0E5F3
deuteranopia · #E1E5F1
tritanopia · #E9E4E7

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #eae2f2 is pinned to step 100; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F7F5FA
#eae2f2
#DED3E9
#C7B2DC
#AB8BCB
#8F64BA
#7A4CA9
#663F8D
#523371
#3D2853
#261934
Base = 100Lightest = 50 · #F7F5FADarkest = 950 · #261934Text step on white = 600
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.006 308.2);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.009 308.2);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.014 308.2);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.018 308.2);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.021 308.2);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.023 308.2);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.023 308.2);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.022 308.2);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.019 308.2);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.016 308.2);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.013 308.2);
}

Colors that work with #eae2f2

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#F7F4FA
Tinted page background
Border#D6C7E6
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#734B9B
Captions on the surface
Accent#79923A
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#402758
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F2EDF7
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#1C1424
Dark-mode background
Hover#D8C9E7
One step down in lightness
Pressed#C6B1DC
Two steps down
Disabled#F5F3F7
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#EBE1F4
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #eae2f2

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Charts, tags and secondary surfaces
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • White text placed on it
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #402758
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #A887C9

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

creativepremiummodernimaginative

Violet sits between the warmth of red and the calm of blue, so it reads as inventive without reading as risky. Current shorthand for software craft.

The muted chroma softens the association — it reads considered rather than loud, which suits long-form and data-heavy screens. The high lightness makes it recede — a surface colour rather than a statement.

Worth knowing

Deep violets swallow detail on screens with poor gamma; check it on a cheap laptop panel.

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium
  • Weight8/100
  • TemperatureCool
  • ApproachabilityReserved

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#EAF2E2
Analogous left#E2E2F2
Analogous right#F2E2F2
Split-complement 1#F2F2E2
Split-complement 2#E2F2E2
Triadic 1#F2EAE2
Triadic 2#E2F2EA
Tetradic#F2E2E2
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°270°

#eae2f2 sits at 270°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red91.8%
Green88.6%
Blue94.9%
R · 0–255
234
0xea
G · 0–255
226
0xe2
B · 0–255
242
0xf2

CMYK percentages

Cyan3.3%
Magenta6.6%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)5.1%

Total ink coverage is 15%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#eae2f2 text on a black background

contrast 16.66:1

Card sample

#eae2f2 text on a white background

contrast 1.26:1

Card sample

#eae2f2 on grey

1.15:1

#eae2f2 on its own surface

1.16:1

#eae2f2 on its dark surface

14.18:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #eae2f2;
Background color
Panel with #eae2f2 background
background-color: #eae2f2;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #eae2f2;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(234, 226, 242, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(234, 226, 242, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #eae2f2;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eae2f2, #F2E2EF);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #eae2f2, #F2E2EB);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #eae2f2;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #eae2f2;
caret-color: #eae2f2;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #eae2f2;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F2EDF7;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #eae2f2;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#eae2f2 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #eae2f2 over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(234, 226, 242, 0.5)
rgb(234 226 242 / 50%)
#eae2f280
hsl(270 38% 92% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #eae2f2 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#eae2f21a#FDFCFE
20%#eae2f233#FBF9FC
40%#eae2f266#F7F3FA
60%#eae2f299#F2EEF7
80%#eae2f2cc#EEE8F5

Gradients from #eae2f2

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #F5F1F9, #eae2f2 45%, #402758);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #eae2f2, #E9CDE2);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #eae2f2, #EAF2E2);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F7F4FA 0%, #eae2f2 45%, #402758 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F7F4FA, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #FFFFFF 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #FCF7FB 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #402758 0%, transparent 65%), #eae2f2;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #eae2f2

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#eae2f2 in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
Creative toolsFintechBeautyLuxury
Common UI roles
SurfacesBadgesHighlightsEmpty states
Print note

Very light tints can drop out on uncoated stock; check it at 100% size before signing off.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 16.66:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#eae2f2, answered

What color is #eae2f2?

#eae2f2 is a pale soft violet, closest to Lavender (ΔE2000 3.6). It sits at 270° on the hue wheel with 38% saturation and 92% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #eae2f2?

rgb(234, 226, 242) — 234 red, 226 green and 242 blue out of 255, or 91.8% / 88.6% / 94.9% by channel.

What is #eae2f2 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(270, 38%, 92%) and hsv(270, 7%, 95%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #eae2f2 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.7830 and perceived brightness is 90%, so black text on it reaches 16.66:1.

Should I use black or white text on #eae2f2?

Black. It scores 16.66:1 against #eae2f2, versus 1.26:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #eae2f2 accessible on a white background?

#eae2f2 on white scores 1.26:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #8E63B9 to reach 4.5:1, or #6D4497 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #eae2f2?

#EAF2E2 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #F2F2E2 and #E2F2E2, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #eae2f2?

For interface work: #F7F4FA as the surface, #D6C7E6 for borders, #734B9B for secondary text, #79923A as an accent and #402758 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #E2E2F2 and #F2E2F2 stays calm, while #EAF2E2 is the loudest partner.

What is #eae2f2 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(3%, 7%, 0%, 5%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #eae2f2 warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 67 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #F0E2F2; nudged cooler, #E4E2F2.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #eae2f2?

The zinc family — its 500 step is #71717a, ΔE2000 33.8 away. That is a visible difference, so define #eae2f2 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #eae2f2 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#eae2f2] or text-[#eae2f2], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #eae2f2 with 50% opacity?

rgba(234, 226, 242, 0.5), or #eae2f280 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #F5F1F9; over black, #757179.

Is #eae2f2 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FFCCFF, ΔE2000 14.2 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #eae2f2 mean?

As a violet, it reads creative, premium, modern. Violet sits between the warmth of red and the calm of blue, so it reads as inventive without reading as risky. Current shorthand for software craft. At this moderate chroma the association is present but not shouted.

What gradient works with #eae2f2?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #F5F1F9, #eae2f2 45%, #402758). For more colour, a short hue run to #E9CDE2 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #eae2f2 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #eae2f2 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.