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#EBCEFD — Pale Vivid Purple

#EBCEFD 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 #EBCEFD 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.

#EBCEFD 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 #E0FDCE; it also sits naturally between #D4CEFD and #FDCEF7. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EBCEFD · RGB 235, 206, 253

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Color values

HEX#EBCEFD
RGB235, 206, 253
HSL277°, 92%, 90%
HSV277°, 19%, 99%
CMYK7%, 19%, 0%, 1%
XYZ74.06, 68.90, 102.32
Yxy68.90, 0.3019, 0.2809
CIE-Lab86.45, 18.50, -19.26
Hunter Lab83.00, 18.74, -20.26

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 81% · Blue 99%

Cyan 7% · Magenta 19% · Yellow 0% · Key 1%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #EBCEFD

.text { color: #EBCEFD; }
.background { background-color: #EBCEFD; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EBCEFD; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(235, 206, 253); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(277, 92%, 90%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EBCEFD; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(235, 206, 253, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EBCEFD; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(235, 206, 253, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #EBCEFD

#D9A2FB#C97BF9#B74FF8#A728F6#920AE6#7608BA#5D0693#410467#280340#0C0114

Tints of #EBCEFD

#EDD3FD#EDD3FD#EFD8FD#EFD8FD#F1DDFE#F3E2FE#F3E2FE#F5E7FE#F5E7FE#F7EBFE

Tones of #EBCEFD

#EAD1FA#E9D5F6#E9D8F3#E8DCEF#E7DFEC#E6E2E9

Color harmonies

Complementary — #E0FDCE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.42:1 Fails
Against black text14.78:1 AAA

Best text color on #EBCEFD: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EBCEFD

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 #EBCEFD: ·

How #EBCEFD looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #DEDEF2Deuteranopia · #E0E2EFTritanopia · #EAE9E7

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 fuchsia 500 · #D946EF

Palettes with a similar color

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

Palette F3f8ff
#F3F8FF · #DEECFF · #C6CFFF · #E8D3FF
Palette 2e073f
#2E073F · #7A1CAC · #AD49E1 · #EBD3F8
Palette Ecf2ff
#ECF2FF · #E3DFFD · #E5D1FA · #FFF4D2
Palette Fcd8cd
#FCD8CD · #FEEBF6 · #EBD6FB · #687FE5
Palette 5b0888
#5B0888 · #713ABE · #9D76C1 · #E5CFF7
Palette F1eaff
#F1EAFF · #E5D4FF · #DCBFFF · #D0A2F7

Similar colors

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

#E8D3FF#EBD3F8#E5D1FA#EBD6FB#E5CFF7#E5D4FF#EECCF5#F4CEFF#ECC5FB#F3CCF5#E4C7F6#F0D9FF

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EBCEFC  ·  #EBCEFE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EBCEFD?

#EBCEFD is Pale Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 235, 206, 253). Its closest standard named color is Lavender.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EBCEFD?

#EBCEFD is RGB 235, 206, 253 — HSL 277°, 92%, 90% — CMYK 7%, 19%, 0%, 1%.

What colors go with #EBCEFD?

Its complement is #E0FDCE; analogous partners are #D4CEFD and #FDCEF7. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EBCEFD for text?

Black text on #EBCEFD has a contrast ratio of 14.78:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.42:1.