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#EBBCFF — Pale Vivid Purple

#EBBCFF 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 #EBBCFF 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.

#EBBCFF 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 #D1FFBD; it also sits naturally between #CABDFF and #FFBDF2. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EBBCFF · RGB 235, 188, 255

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Color values

HEX#EBBCFF
RGB235, 188, 255
HSL282°, 100%, 87%
HSV282°, 26%, 100%
CMYK8%, 26%, 0%, 0%
XYZ70.29, 60.85, 102.65
Yxy60.85, 0.3007, 0.2603
CIE-Lab82.30, 28.47, -26.63
Hunter Lab78.01, 28.96, -28.73

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 74% · Blue 100%

Cyan 8% · Magenta 26% · Yellow 0% · Key 0%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #EBBCFF

.text { color: #EBBCFF; }
.background { background-color: #EBBCFF; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EBBCFF; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(235, 188, 255); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(282, 100%, 87%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EBBCFF; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(235, 188, 255, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EBBCFF; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(235, 188, 255, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #EBBCFF

#DF94FF#D166FF#C53DFF#B914FF#A400EB#8400BD#680094#4B006B#2B003D#0E0014

Tints of #EBBCFF

#EDC2FF#EEC7FF#F0CCFF#F1D1FF#F3D6FF#F3D6FF#F4DBFF#F6E0FF#F7E5FF#F9EBFF

Tones of #EBBCFF

#E9C1FA#E7C6F5#E5CBF1#E4D0EC#E2D4E7#E0D9E2

Color harmonies

Complementary — #D1FFBD:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.59:1 Fails
Against black text13.17:1 AAA

Best text color on #EBBCFF: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EBBCFF

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 #EBBCFF: ·

How #EBBCFF looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D7D6EFDeuteranopia · #D9DDEBTritanopia · #E9E2DF

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 · #F8F9FATailwind fuchsia 500 · #D946EFTailwind purple 500 · #A855F7

Palettes with a similar color

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

Palette Cdf0ea
#CDF0EA · #F9F9F9 · #ECC5FB · #FAF4B7
Palette 3b0270
#3B0270 · #6F00FF · #E9B3FB · #FFF1F1
Palette 481380
#481380 · #742DD2 · #EFB1FF · #FFE2FF
Palette 2d033b
#2D033B · #810CA8 · #C147E9 · #E5B8F4
Burning Ruby Canyon
#36AE0F · #51EE3F · #C94EEF · #E2B9F4
Gentle Ember
#E6BCF1 · #9A1FB7 · #84219B · #330B3D

Similar colors

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

#ECC5FB#E9B3FB#EFB1FF#E5B8F4#E2B9F4#E6BCF1#DCBFFF#E4C7F6#E5B7F1#E0C5F7#F1B6F1#E1AEFF

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EBBCFE  ·  #EBBD00 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EBBCFF?

#EBBCFF is Pale Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 235, 188, 255). Its closest standard named color is Lavender.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EBBCFF?

#EBBCFF is RGB 235, 188, 255 — HSL 282°, 100%, 87% — CMYK 8%, 26%, 0%, 0%.

What colors go with #EBBCFF?

Its complement is #D1FFBD; analogous partners are #CABDFF and #FFBDF2. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EBBCFF for text?

Black text on #EBBCFF has a contrast ratio of 13.17:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.59:1.