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#ECBDFC — Pale Vivid Purple

#ECBDFC is a purple color we call Pale Vivid Purple, closest to the named color Thistle (#D8BFD8). It belongs to the purple family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: thistle (#D8BFD8) — not an exact match. CSS thistle gives you #D8BFD8, a different color; use #ECBDFC 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.

#ECBDFC 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 #CBFCBB; it also sits naturally between #CBBBFC and #FCBBEC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#ECBDFC · RGB 236, 189, 252

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Color values

HEX#ECBDFC
RGB236, 189, 252
HSL285°, 91%, 86%
HSV285°, 25%, 99%
CMYK6%, 25%, 0%, 1%
XYZ70.36, 61.26, 100.21
Yxy61.26, 0.3035, 0.2642
CIE-Lab82.52, 27.67, -24.69
Hunter Lab78.27, 28.12, -26.36

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 74% · Blue 99%

Cyan 6% · Magenta 25% · Yellow 0% · Key 1%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #ECBDFC

.text { color: #ECBDFC; }
.background { background-color: #ECBDFC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #ECBDFC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(236, 189, 252); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(285, 91%, 86%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #ECBDFC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(236, 189, 252, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #ECBDFC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(236, 189, 252, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #ECBDFC

#E094FA#D56DF8#C941F6#BE1AF4#A70ADB#8908B4#6C078D#4A0561#2D033A#0F0113

Tints of #ECBDFC

#EDC0FC#EEC5FC#F0C9FC#F1CEFD#F2D3FD#F4D8FD#F5DDFD#F7E2FE#F8E7FE#F9ECFE

Tones of #ECBDFC

#E9BFF7#E7C4F3#E5C9EE#E2CDE9#E0D2E5#DED7E0

Color harmonies

Complementary — #CBFCBB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.58:1 Fails
Against black text13.25:1 AAA

Best text color on #ECBDFC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #ECBDFC

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 #ECBDFC: ·

How #ECBDFC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D8D7EDDeuteranopia · #DADEE9Tritanopia · #EAE1DE

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 #ECBDFC rather than the exact color:

Palette Cdf0ea
#CDF0EA · #F9F9F9 · #ECC5FB · #FAF4B7
Palette 3b0270
#3B0270 · #6F00FF · #E9B3FB · #FFF1F1
Palette 2d033b
#2D033B · #810CA8 · #C147E9 · #E5B8F4
Gentle Ember
#E6BCF1 · #9A1FB7 · #84219B · #330B3D
Palette 481380
#481380 · #742DD2 · #EFB1FF · #FFE2FF
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:

#ECC5FB#E9B3FB#E5B8F4#E6BCF1#EFB1FF#E2B9F4#F1B6F1#E4C7F6#E5B7F1#EDBFED#E0C5F7#EDB7ED

Browse neighbouring colors

← #ECBDFB  ·  #ECBDFD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #ECBDFC?

#ECBDFC is Pale Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 236, 189, 252). Its closest standard named color is Thistle.

What is the RGB and HSL of #ECBDFC?

#ECBDFC is RGB 236, 189, 252 — HSL 285°, 91%, 86% — CMYK 6%, 25%, 0%, 1%.

What colors go with #ECBDFC?

Its complement is #CBFCBB; analogous partners are #CBBBFC and #FCBBEC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #ECBDFC for text?

Black text on #ECBDFC has a contrast ratio of 13.25:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.58:1.