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#E2CEFA — Pale Vivid Purple

#E2CEFA 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 #E2CEFA 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.

#E2CEFA 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 #E5FACC; it also sits naturally between #CCCFFA and #F7CCFA. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#E2CEFA · RGB 226, 206, 250

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Color values

HEX#E2CEFA
RGB226, 206, 250
HSL267°, 81%, 89%
HSV267°, 18%, 98%
CMYK10%, 18%, 0%, 2%
XYZ70.69, 67.21, 99.69
Yxy67.21, 0.2975, 0.2829
CIE-Lab85.61, 15.03, -19.01
Hunter Lab81.98, 15.05, -19.91

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 89% · Green 81% · Blue 98%

Cyan 10% · Magenta 18% · Yellow 0% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #E2CEFA on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #E2CEFA on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #E2CEFA

.text { color: #E2CEFA; }
.background { background-color: #E2CEFA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #E2CEFA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(226, 206, 250); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(267, 81%, 89%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #E2CEFA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(226, 206, 250, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #E2CEFA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(226, 206, 250, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#E2CEFA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#E2CEFA">Div content here</div>

Shades of #E2CEFA

#CBA7F6#B27EF1#9C59EE#832FE9#6E17D9#5912AF#460F8A#310A61#1E063C#090212

Tints of #E2CEFA

#E3D1FA#E3D1FA#E6D5FB#E9DAFB#ECDFFC#ECDFFC#EEE3FC#F1E8FD#F1E8FD#F4EDFD

Tones of #E2CEFA

#E1D0F6#E1D3F3#E2D6F0#E2D9ED#E2DCE9#E3E0E6

Color harmonies

Complementary — #E5FACC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.45:1 Fails
Against black text14.44:1 AAA

Best text color on #E2CEFA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #E2CEFA

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 #E2CEFA: ·

How #E2CEFA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D9D9EFDeuteranopia · #DBDCEDTritanopia · #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 #E2CEFA 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
Honey Ruby Ember
#37B911 · #A9F16A · #BF27EB · #E4C7F6
Palette F1eaff
#F1EAFF · #E5D4FF · #DCBFFF · #D0A2F7

Similar colors

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

#DFCCFB#E5D1FA#E5CFF7#E4C7F6#E5D4FF#DDC8F6#DCCEF3#E8D3FF#E0C5F7#DFC7F4#DBCEF3#E4CAF1

Browse neighbouring colors

← #E2CEF9  ·  #E2CEFB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #E2CEFA?

#E2CEFA is Pale Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 226, 206, 250). Its closest standard named color is Lavender.

What is the RGB and HSL of #E2CEFA?

#E2CEFA is RGB 226, 206, 250 — HSL 267°, 81%, 89% — CMYK 10%, 18%, 0%, 2%.

What colors go with #E2CEFA?

Its complement is #E5FACC; analogous partners are #CCCFFA and #F7CCFA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #E2CEFA for text?

Black text on #E2CEFA has a contrast ratio of 14.44:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.45:1.