#EDE9FE — Tints, Shades & Color Values

#EDE9FE

#EDE9FE is a very light, vivid violet. In Tailwind CSS this exact color is the utility class violet-100 (e.g. bg-violet-100, text-violet-100). Its nearest CSS named color is lavender (#e6e6fa). For readable text on a #EDE9FE background, black text gives the strongest contrast (17.69:1). Because it is so light, #EDE9FE works best as a background or surface color paired with dark text, or as a high-percentage tint in an existing palette.

Want to fine-tune this color interactively? Open #EDE9FE in the tint & shade generator to explore the full lightness, hue, and chroma scales and copy any step.

Color Values

Hex#EDE9FE
RGBrgb(237, 233, 254)
HSLhsl(251, 91%, 95%)
HSV / HSB251°, 8%, 100%
Nearest namedlavender (#e6e6fa)

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#EDE9FE in Tailwind CSS (violet-100)

#EDE9FE ships with Tailwind CSS as violet-100 — use it as bg-violet-100, text-violet-100, or border-violet-100. It sits at step 100 of the violet ramp; every other step links to its own page:

Browse the full Tailwind palette in the color library, or generate in-between steps with the tint & shade generator.

Tints of #EDE9FE (Mixed with White)

Each step blends the base color toward white using new = old + (255 − old) × factor. Click a swatch to open it in the generator.

Shades of #EDE9FE (Mixed with Black)

Each step blends the base color toward black using new = old × (1 − factor).

WCAG Contrast & Accessibility

Contrast ratios for text placed on a #EDE9FE background. WCAG requires 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 3:1 for large text (AA), and 7:1 for normal text (AAA).

Text color White text 1.19:1 — AA normal: Fail · AA large: Fail · AAA: Fail
Black text 17.69:1 — AA normal: Pass · AA large: Pass · AAA: Pass

If neither pure white nor pure black reaches the level you need, pick a darker shade of #EDE9FE from the ramps above as the background instead — small lightness moves change contrast quickly. Test any other pair with the free contrast checker.

More violet colors in the library: #F3E8FF (purple-100), #FAE8FF (fuchsia-100), #FDF4FF (fuchsia-50), #FAF5FF (purple-50), #E9D5FF (purple-200), #F5D0FE (fuchsia-200).

Frequently Asked Questions

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