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#ECB7FD — Pale Vivid Purple

#ECB7FD is a purple color we call Pale Vivid Purple, closest to the named color Plum (#DDA0DD). It belongs to the purple family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: plum (#DDA0DD) — not an exact match. CSS plum gives you #DDA0DD, a different color; use #ECB7FD 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.

#ECB7FD 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 #C7FDB4; it also sits naturally between #C7B4FD and #FDB4EB. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#ECB7FD · RGB 236, 183, 253

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Color values

HEX#ECB7FD
RGB236, 183, 253
HSL285°, 95%, 85%
HSV285°, 28%, 99%
CMYK7%, 28%, 0%, 1%
XYZ69.26, 58.79, 100.63
Yxy58.79, 0.3029, 0.2571
CIE-Lab81.18, 31.06, -27.26
Hunter Lab76.68, 31.63, -29.40

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 72% · Blue 99%

Cyan 7% · Magenta 28% · Yellow 0% · Key 1%

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

Previews

Sample text in #ECB7FD on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #ECB7FD on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #ECB7FD

.text { color: #ECB7FD; }
.background { background-color: #ECB7FD; }
.border { border: 3px solid #ECB7FD; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(236, 183, 253); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(285, 95%, 85%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #ECB7FD; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(236, 183, 253, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #ECB7FD; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(236, 183, 253, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#ECB7FD">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#ECB7FD">Div content here</div>

Shades of #ECB7FD

#E08DFC#D565FB#CB3DFA#C015F9#A906E0#8705B3#69048B#4B0363#2D023C#0F0114

Tints of #ECB7FD

#ECB9FD#EEBEFD#EFC3FD#F0C8FE#F3D2FE#F4D7FE#F6DCFE#F7E1FE#F8E6FE#FAEBFE

Tones of #ECB7FD

#E8BAF8#E6BFF3#E3C4ED#E1C9E8#DECEE3#DBD3DE

Color harmonies

Complementary — #C7FDB4:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.65:1 Fails
Against black text12.76:1 AAA

Best text color on #ECB7FD: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #ECB7FD

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 #ECB7FD: ·

How #ECB7FD looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D5D5ECDeuteranopia · #D8DCE8Tritanopia · #E9DFDC

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 #ECB7FD rather than the exact color:

Palette 3b0270
#3B0270 · #6F00FF · #E9B3FB · #FFF1F1
Palette 481380
#481380 · #742DD2 · #EFB1FF · #FFE2FF
Palette 2d033b
#2D033B · #810CA8 · #C147E9 · #E5B8F4
Wild Ruby Cinder
#17BC17 · #34E65E · #E73CE7 · #F1B6F1
Palette 8ef6e4
#8EF6E4 · #9896F1 · #D59BF6 · #EDB1F1
Burning Ruby Canyon
#36AE0F · #51EE3F · #C94EEF · #E2B9F4

Similar colors

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

#E9B3FB#EFB1FF#E5B8F4#F1B6F1#EDB1F1#E2B9F4#E5B7F1#ECC5FB#E6BCF1#E1AEFF#EDB7ED#E4B1F0

Browse neighbouring colors

← #ECB7FC  ·  #ECB7FE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #ECB7FD?

#ECB7FD is Pale Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 236, 183, 253). Its closest standard named color is Plum.

What is the RGB and HSL of #ECB7FD?

#ECB7FD is RGB 236, 183, 253 — HSL 285°, 95%, 85% — CMYK 7%, 28%, 0%, 1%.

What colors go with #ECB7FD?

Its complement is #C7FDB4; analogous partners are #C7B4FD and #FDB4EB. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #ECB7FD for text?

Black text on #ECB7FD has a contrast ratio of 12.76:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.65:1.