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#E2CCFB — Pale Vivid Purple

#E2CCFB 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 #E2CCFB 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.

#E2CCFB 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 #E5FBCB; it also sits naturally between #CBCDFB and #F9CBFB. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#E2CCFB · RGB 226, 204, 251

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Color values

HEX#E2CCFB
RGB226, 204, 251
HSL268°, 85%, 89%
HSV268°, 19%, 98%
CMYK10%, 19%, 0%, 2%
XYZ70.37, 66.32, 100.36
Yxy66.32, 0.2969, 0.2798
CIE-Lab85.16, 16.30, -20.23
Hunter Lab81.44, 16.33, -21.28

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 89% · Green 80% · Blue 98%

Cyan 10% · Magenta 19% · Yellow 0% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #E2CCFB on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #E2CCFB on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #E2CCFB

.text { color: #E2CCFB; }
.background { background-color: #E2CCFB; }
.border { border: 3px solid #E2CCFB; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(226, 204, 251); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(268, 85%, 89%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #E2CCFB; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(226, 204, 251, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #E2CCFB; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(226, 204, 251, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#E2CCFB">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#E2CCFB">Div content here</div>

Shades of #E2CCFB

#CCA5F8#B47BF4#9E55F1#862BEE#7112DE#5B0FB3#480B8E#330863#1F053D#0A0213

Tints of #E2CCFB

#E4D0FB#E4D0FB#E7D5FC#E9D9FC#ECDEFC#ECDEFC#EFE3FD#F2E7FD#F2E7FD#F4ECFD

Tones of #E2CCFB

#E2CEF7#E2D2F4#E2D5F1#E2D9ED#E3DCEA#E3E0E6

Color harmonies

Complementary — #E5FBCB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.47:1 Fails
Against black text14.26:1 AAA

Best text color on #E2CCFB: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #E2CCFB

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 #E2CCFB: ·

How #E2CCFB looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D8D8F0Deuteranopia · #DADBEDTritanopia · #E1E7E5

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 purple 500 · #A855F7

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #E2CCFB rather than the exact color:

Palette Fff3da
#FFF3DA · #DFCCFB · #D0BFFF · #BEADFA
Palette Beadfa
#BEADFA · #D0BFFF · #DFCCFB · #FFF8C9
Palette 5b0888
#5B0888 · #713ABE · #9D76C1 · #E5CFF7
Palette Ecf2ff
#ECF2FF · #E3DFFD · #E5D1FA · #FFF4D2
Honey Ruby Ember
#37B911 · #A9F16A · #BF27EB · #E4C7F6
Burning Ruby Ember
#3E840C · #A9EE43 · #A642EE · #DDC8F6

Similar colors

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

#DFCCFB#E5CFF7#E5D1FA#E4C7F6#DDC8F6#E0C5F7#DFC7F4#E5D4FF#E8D3FF#DCCEF3#E4CAF1#E0CAF1

Browse neighbouring colors

← #E2CCFA  ·  #E2CCFC →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #E2CCFB?

#E2CCFB is Pale Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 226, 204, 251). Its closest standard named color is Lavender.

What is the RGB and HSL of #E2CCFB?

#E2CCFB is RGB 226, 204, 251 — HSL 268°, 85%, 89% — CMYK 10%, 19%, 0%, 2%.

What colors go with #E2CCFB?

Its complement is #E5FBCB; analogous partners are #CBCDFB and #F9CBFB. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #E2CCFB for text?

Black text on #E2CCFB has a contrast ratio of 14.26:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.47:1.