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#E2CCFE — Pale Vivid Purple

#E2CCFE 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 #E2CCFE 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.

#E2CCFE 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 #E9FECD; it also sits naturally between #CDD0FE and #FBCDFE. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#E2CCFE · RGB 226, 204, 254

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Color values

HEX#E2CCFE
RGB226, 204, 254
HSL266°, 96%, 90%
HSV266°, 20%, 100%
CMYK11%, 20%, 0%, 0%
XYZ70.85, 66.51, 102.87
Yxy66.51, 0.2949, 0.2769
CIE-Lab85.26, 16.90, -21.67
Hunter Lab81.55, 16.97, -22.99

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 89% · Green 80% · Blue 100%

Cyan 11% · Magenta 20% · Yellow 0% · Key 0%

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

Previews

Sample text in #E2CCFE on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #E2CCFE on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #E2CCFE

.text { color: #E2CCFE; }
.background { background-color: #E2CCFE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #E2CCFE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(226, 204, 254); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(266, 96%, 90%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #E2CCFE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(226, 204, 254, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #E2CCFE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(226, 204, 254, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#E2CCFE">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#E2CCFE">Div content here</div>

Shades of #E2CCFE

#C8A0FD#B178FC#974BFB#8023FB#6905EB#5404BE#430396#2F0269#1D0141#090014

Tints of #E2CCFE

#E5D2FE#E5D2FE#E8D7FE#E8D7FE#EBDCFE#EEE1FE#EEE1FE#F1E6FE#F1E6FE#F3EBFF

Tones of #E2CCFE

#E3D1FA#E3D4F7#E4D7F4#E4DBF0#E5DFEC#E5E2E9

Color harmonies

Complementary — #E9FECD:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.47:1 Fails
Against black text14.30:1 AAA

Best text color on #E2CCFE: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #E2CCFE

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 #E2CCFE: ·

How #E2CCFE looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D8D8F2Deuteranopia · #DADBEFTritanopia · #E1E8E6

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 #E2CCFE rather than the exact color:

Palette Fff3da
#FFF3DA · #DFCCFB · #D0BFFF · #BEADFA
Palette Beadfa
#BEADFA · #D0BFFF · #DFCCFB · #FFF8C9
Palette Ecf2ff
#ECF2FF · #E3DFFD · #E5D1FA · #FFF4D2
Palette 5b0888
#5B0888 · #713ABE · #9D76C1 · #E5CFF7
Palette F1eaff
#F1EAFF · #E5D4FF · #DCBFFF · #D0A2F7
Palette F3f8ff
#F3F8FF · #DEECFF · #C6CFFF · #E8D3FF

Similar colors

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

#DFCCFB#E5D1FA#E5CFF7#E5D4FF#E8D3FF#E4C7F6#DAD2FF#E0C5F7#DDC8F6#DFC7F4#ECC5FB#DCCEF3

Browse neighbouring colors

← #E2CCFD  ·  #E2CCFF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #E2CCFE?

#E2CCFE is Pale Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 226, 204, 254). Its closest standard named color is Lavender.

What is the RGB and HSL of #E2CCFE?

#E2CCFE is RGB 226, 204, 254 — HSL 266°, 96%, 90% — CMYK 11%, 20%, 0%, 0%.

What colors go with #E2CCFE?

Its complement is #E9FECD; analogous partners are #CDD0FE and #FBCDFE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #E2CCFE for text?

Black text on #E2CCFE has a contrast ratio of 14.30:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.47:1.