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#EBE2FB — Pale Purple

#EBE2FB is a purple color we call Pale 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 #EBE2FB 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.

#EBE2FB 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 #F3FBE4; it also sits naturally between #E4E7FB and #F8E4FB. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EBE2FB · RGB 235, 226, 251

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Color values

HEX#EBE2FB
RGB235, 226, 251
HSL262°, 76%, 94%
HSV262°, 10%, 98%
CMYK6%, 10%, 0%, 2%
XYZ78.87, 79.02, 102.36
Yxy79.02, 0.3031, 0.3036
CIE-Lab91.24, 7.60, -11.02
Hunter Lab88.89, 7.68, -11.31

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 89% · Blue 98%

Cyan 6% · Magenta 10% · Yellow 0% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EBE2FB on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EBE2FB on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EBE2FB

.text { color: #EBE2FB; }
.background { background-color: #EBE2FB; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EBE2FB; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(235, 226, 251); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(262, 76%, 94%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EBE2FB; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(235, 226, 251, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EBE2FB; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(235, 226, 251, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EBE2FB">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EBE2FB">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EBE2FB

#D1BCF6#B593F0#9A6BEB#7E43E5#641EDC#5118B4#3F138B#2D0D63#1A083A#080212

Tints of #EBE2FB

#EDE4FB#EDE4FB#F0E9FC#F0E9FC#F0E9FC#F0E9FC#F0E9FC#F3EDFD#F3EDFD#F3EDFD

Tones of #EBE2FB

#EDE6FA#EDE7F8#EEE9F6#EEEBF5#EFECF3#EFEEF1

Color harmonies

Complementary — #F3FBE4:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.25:1 Fails
Against black text16.80:1 AAA

Best text color on #EBE2FB: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EBE2FB

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 #EBE2FB: ·

How #EBE2FB looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E7E7F5Deuteranopia · #E8E8F4Tritanopia · #EBF0EF

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 #EBE2FB rather than the exact color:

Palette 7286d3
#7286D3 · #8EA7E9 · #E5E0FF · #FFF2F2
Palette Ecf2ff
#ECF2FF · #E3DFFD · #E5D1FA · #FFF4D2
Palette Ebeaff
#EBEAFF · #9694FF · #3D3BF3 · #FF2929
Palette F1eaff
#F1EAFF · #E5D4FF · #DCBFFF · #D0A2F7
Palette 89375f
#89375F · #CE5959 · #BACDDB · #F3E8FF
Palette F3f1f5
#F3F1F5 · #F0D9FF · #BFA2DB · #7F7C82

Similar colors

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

#E5E0FF#E3DFFD#EBEAFF#F1EAFF#F3E8FF#F0D9FF#F1D9F6#EBD6FB#E0DEF6#F6DEF6#EDEEF7#F6E5F5

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EBE2FA  ·  #EBE2FC →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EBE2FB?

#EBE2FB is Pale Purple, a purple color (RGB 235, 226, 251). Its closest standard named color is Lavender.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EBE2FB?

#EBE2FB is RGB 235, 226, 251 — HSL 262°, 76%, 94% — CMYK 6%, 10%, 0%, 2%.

What colors go with #EBE2FB?

Its complement is #F3FBE4; analogous partners are #E4E7FB and #F8E4FB. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EBE2FB for text?

Black text on #EBE2FB has a contrast ratio of 16.80:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.25:1.