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violet · cool

#eadcf3

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

Token name suggestion: Mist Iris

RGB
234, 220, 243
HSL
277°, 49%, 91%
CMYK
4, 10, 0, 5
Luminance
0.7515

#eadcf3 is a pale vivid violet, 277° on the wheel and 63/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (16.03:1). As text it scores 1.31:1 on white — use #9A57C5 instead. Nearest name is Lavender, nearest Tailwind family is pink.

hsl(277 49% 91%)rgb(234 220 243)Base step 100AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #eadcf3 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#eadcf3
Hue
277°
violet
Saturation
49%
vivid
Lightness
91%
pale
Brightness
95%
HSV value
Perceived
89%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.7515
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
63/100 cool
Color family
Violet
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
16.03:1
Closest name
Lavender
ΔE2000 6
Chroma
13.0
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.912
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
pink
500 · ΔE 33.3
Web-safe
#FFCCFF
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue277° of 360°
Saturation49%
Lightness91%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #eadcf3.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool63% 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
Red23%
Green68%
Blue9%

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

Every format

HEX#eadcf3
HEX (8-digit)#eadcf3ff
RGBrgb(234, 220, 243)
RGBArgba(234, 220, 243, 1)
HSLhsl(277, 49%, 91%)
HSV / HSBhsv(277, 9%, 95%)
HWBhwb(277 86% 5%)
CMYKcmyk(4%, 10%, 0%, 5%)
LABlab(89.5 8.9 -9.5)
LCHlch(89.5 13.0 313.2)
OKLCHoklch(0.912 0.034 312.4)
XYZ (D65)xyz(75.70, 75.15, 95.29)
Decimal15391987
Display P3color(display-p3 0.918 0.863 0.953)
Web-safe#FFCCFF

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #eadcf3;
background-color: #eadcf3;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #eadcf3;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#eadcf3] bg-[#eadcf3]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #eadcf3;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.918, green: 0.863, blue: 0.953)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.918, green: 0.863, blue: 0.953, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#EADCF3</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFEADCF3)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFEADCF3)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(243, 220, 234)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(234, 220, 243)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(234, 220, 243)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 234, 220, 243)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9176f, 0.8627f, 0.9529f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{234,220,243}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #eadcf3 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #eadcf3 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#47215F, #E3D3EE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #eadcf3 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: #F8F4FA;
  --brand-100: #eadcf3;
  --brand-200: #E1D0EC;
  --brand-300: #CDABE2;
  --brand-400: #B482D4;
  --brand-500: #9B58C6;
  --brand-600: #873FB6;
  --brand-700: #713498;
  --brand-800: #5A2A7A;
  --brand-900: #432259;
  --brand-950: #2A1537;
  --brand: #eadcf3;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F8F4FA;
  --brand-border: #DBC2EA;
  --brand-hover: #DAC1EA;
  --brand-pressed: #CAA7E1;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #1E1424;
    --brand-ink: #E3D3EE;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F8F4FA',
        100: '#eadcf3',
        200: '#E1D0EC',
        300: '#CDABE2',
        400: '#B482D4',
        500: '#9B58C6',
        600: '#873FB6',
        700: '#713498',
        800: '#5A2A7A',
        900: '#432259',
        950: '#2A1537',
        DEFAULT: '#eadcf3',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F8F4FA,
  '100': #eadcf3,
  '200': #E1D0EC,
  '300': #CDABE2,
  '400': #B482D4,
  '500': #9B58C6,
  '600': #873FB6,
  '700': #713498,
  '800': #5A2A7A,
  '900': #432259,
  '950': #2A1537,
);
$brand-base: #eadcf3;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F8F4FA", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#eadcf3", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#E1D0EC", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#CDABE2", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#B482D4", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#9B58C6", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#873FB6", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#713498", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#5A2A7A", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#432259", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#2A1537", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #eadcf3 · 16.03:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.31:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 16.03:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #eadcf3 as text scores 1.31:1 on white and 16.03:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #47215F at 9.71:1.

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
#9A57C5 · 4.62:1
AA on white−35% L
#9A57C5
The quick fox
#7C39A6 · 7.02:1
AAA on white−47% L
#7C39A6
The quick fox
#eadcf3 · 16.03:1
AA on blackalready passes
#eadcf3
The quick fox
#eadcf3 · 16.03:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#eadcf3

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #B381D4 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
#eadcf3 on white: 1.31:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#eadcf3 on black: 16.03:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #eadcf3 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #eadcf3.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.31:1AaAa
Slate 501.25:1AaAa
Slate 1001.20:1AaAa
Slate 2001.06:1AaAa
Slate 3001.13:1AaAa
Slate 4001.96:1AaAa
Slate 5003.63:1AaAa
Slate 6005.78:1AaAa
Slate 7007.90:1AaAa
Slate 80011.17:1AaAa
Slate 90013.63:1AaAa
Black16.03:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #D9E0F4
deuteranopia · #DCE1F2
tritanopia · #E9DEE3

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. #eadcf3 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.

#F8F4FA
#eadcf3
#E1D0EC
#CDABE2
#B482D4
#9B58C6
#873FB6
#713498
#5A2A7A
#432259
#2A1537
Base = 100Lightest = 50 · #F8F4FADarkest = 950 · #2A1537Text step on white = 500
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 0.009 312.4);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.014 312.4);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.021 312.4);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.027 312.4);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.032 312.4);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.034 312.4);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.034 312.4);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.032 312.4);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.029 312.4);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.024 312.4);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.019 312.4);
}

Colors that work with #eadcf3

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#F8F4FA
Tinted page background
Border#DBC2EA
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#7B4B9B
Captions on the surface
Accent#759C30
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#47215F
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F4ECF8
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#1E1424
Dark-mode background
Hover#DAC1EA
One step down in lightness
Pressed#CAA7E1
Two steps down
Disabled#F5F3F7
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#EDDFF7
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
Your export is ready

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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #eadcf3

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

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • 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 #47215F
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #B381D4

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.

This is a confident chroma: strong enough to lead a brand, restrained enough to live in an interface all day. 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-high
  • Weight9/100
  • TemperatureCool
  • ApproachabilityBalanced

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#E5F3DC
Analogous left#DFDCF3
Analogous right#F3DCF1
Split-complement 1#F1F3DC
Split-complement 2#DCF3DF
Triadic 1#F3EADC
Triadic 2#DCF3EA
Tetradic#F3DFDC
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°277°

#eadcf3 sits at 277°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red91.8%
Green86.3%
Blue95.3%
R · 0–255
234
0xea
G · 0–255
220
0xdc
B · 0–255
243
0xf3

CMYK percentages

Cyan3.7%
Magenta9.5%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)4.7%

Total ink coverage is 18%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#eadcf3 text on a black background

contrast 16.03:1

Card sample

#eadcf3 text on a white background

contrast 1.31:1

Card sample

#eadcf3 on grey

1.20:1

#eadcf3 on its own surface

1.20:1

#eadcf3 on its dark surface

13.58:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #eadcf3;
Background color
Panel with #eadcf3 background
background-color: #eadcf3;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #eadcf3;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(234, 220, 243, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(234, 220, 243, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #eadcf3;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eadcf3, #F3DCED);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #eadcf3, #F3DCE7);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #eadcf3;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #eadcf3;
caret-color: #eadcf3;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #eadcf3;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F4ECF8;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #eadcf3;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#eadcf3 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #eadcf3 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, 220, 243, 0.5)
rgb(234 220 243 / 50%)
#eadcf380
hsl(277 49% 91% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #eadcf3 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#eadcf31a#FDFCFE
20%#eadcf333#FBF8FD
40%#eadcf366#F7F1FA
60%#eadcf399#F2EAF8
80%#eadcf3cc#EEE3F5

Gradients from #eadcf3

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, #F6F0FA, #eadcf3 45%, #47215F);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #eadcf3, #EBC5DE);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #eadcf3, #E5F3DC);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F8F4FB 0%, #eadcf3 45%, #47215F 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F8F4FA, #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%, #FBF3F9 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #47215F 0%, transparent 65%), #eadcf3;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #eadcf3

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.

#eadcf3 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 16.03:1.

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.

#eadcf3, answered

What color is #eadcf3?

#eadcf3 is a pale vivid violet, closest to Lavender (ΔE2000 6). It sits at 277° on the hue wheel with 49% saturation and 91% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #eadcf3?

rgb(234, 220, 243) — 234 red, 220 green and 243 blue out of 255, or 91.8% / 86.3% / 95.3% by channel.

What is #eadcf3 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(277, 49%, 91%) and hsv(277, 9%, 95%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #eadcf3 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.7515 and perceived brightness is 89%, so black text on it reaches 16.03:1.

Should I use black or white text on #eadcf3?

Black. It scores 16.03:1 against #eadcf3, versus 1.31:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #eadcf3 accessible on a white background?

#eadcf3 on white scores 1.31:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #9A57C5 to reach 4.5:1, or #7C39A6 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #eadcf3?

#E5F3DC sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #F1F3DC and #DCF3DF, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #eadcf3?

For interface work: #F8F4FA as the surface, #DBC2EA for borders, #7B4B9B for secondary text, #759C30 as an accent and #47215F for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #DFDCF3 and #F3DCF1 stays calm, while #E5F3DC is the loudest partner.

What is #eadcf3 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(4%, 10%, 0%, 5%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #eadcf3 warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 63 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #F2DCF3; nudged cooler, #E1DCF3.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #eadcf3?

The pink family — its 500 step is #ec4899, ΔE2000 33.3 away. That is a visible difference, so define #eadcf3 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #eadcf3 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#eadcf3] or text-[#eadcf3], 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 #eadcf3 with 50% opacity?

rgba(234, 220, 243, 0.5), or #eadcf380 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #F5EEF9; over black, #756E7A.

Is #eadcf3 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FFCCFF, ΔE2000 10.9 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #eadcf3 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 chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #eadcf3?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #F6F0FA, #eadcf3 45%, #47215F). For more colour, a short hue run to #EBC5DE keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #eadcf3 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #eadcf3 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.