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#ECBEFE — Pale Vivid Purple

#ECBEFE 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 #ECBEFE 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.

#ECBEFE 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 #D0FEBE; it also sits naturally between #CCBEFE and #FEBEF0. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#ECBEFE · RGB 236, 190, 254

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Color values

HEX#ECBEFE
RGB236, 190, 254
HSL283°, 97%, 87%
HSV283°, 25%, 100%
CMYK7%, 25%, 0%, 0%
XYZ70.89, 61.82, 101.96
Yxy61.82, 0.3021, 0.2634
CIE-Lab82.82, 27.52, -25.30
Hunter Lab78.62, 28.00, -27.14

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 75% · Blue 100%

Cyan 7% · Magenta 25% · Yellow 0% · Key 0%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #ECBEFE

.text { color: #ECBEFE; }
.background { background-color: #ECBEFE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #ECBEFE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(236, 190, 254); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(283, 97%, 87%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #ECBEFE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(236, 190, 254, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #ECBEFE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(236, 190, 254, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #ECBEFE

#E096FD#D368FD#C740FC#BB18FB#A704E7#8603BA#690292#4C0269#2B013C#0E0014

Tints of #ECBEFE

#EDC3FE#EFC8FE#F0CDFE#F2D2FE#F3D7FE#F3D7FE#F5DCFE#F6E1FF#F8E6FF#F9EBFF

Tones of #ECBEFE

#EAC2F9#E8C7F5#E6CCF0#E4D0EC#E2D5E7#E0D9E2

Color harmonies

Complementary — #D0FEBE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.57:1 Fails
Against black text13.36:1 AAA

Best text color on #ECBEFE: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #ECBEFE

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 #ECBEFE: ·

How #ECBEFE looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D8D8EFDeuteranopia · #DBDEEBTritanopia · #EAE2E0

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 #ECBEFE 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
Gentle Ember
#E6BCF1 · #9A1FB7 · #84219B · #330B3D
Honey Ruby Ember
#37B911 · #A9F16A · #BF27EB · #E4C7F6

Similar colors

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

#ECC5FB#E9B3FB#EFB1FF#E5B8F4#E6BCF1#E4C7F6#E2B9F4#E0C5F7#DCBFFF#F1B6F1#E5B7F1#EECCF5

Browse neighbouring colors

← #ECBEFD  ·  #ECBEFF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #ECBEFE?

#ECBEFE is Pale Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 236, 190, 254). Its closest standard named color is Lavender.

What is the RGB and HSL of #ECBEFE?

#ECBEFE is RGB 236, 190, 254 — HSL 283°, 97%, 87% — CMYK 7%, 25%, 0%, 0%.

What colors go with #ECBEFE?

Its complement is #D0FEBE; analogous partners are #CCBEFE and #FEBEF0. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #ECBEFE for text?

Black text on #ECBEFE has a contrast ratio of 13.36:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.57:1.