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#ECC4FE — Pale Vivid Purple

#ECC4FE 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 #ECC4FE 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.

#ECC4FE 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 #D6FEC3; it also sits naturally between #CEC3FE and #FEC3F3. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#ECC4FE · RGB 236, 196, 254

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Color values

HEX#ECC4FE
RGB236, 196, 254
HSL281°, 97%, 88%
HSV281°, 23%, 100%
CMYK7%, 23%, 0%, 0%
XYZ72.22, 64.47, 102.40
Yxy64.47, 0.3021, 0.2696
CIE-Lab84.21, 24.32, -23.18
Hunter Lab80.29, 24.72, -24.70

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 77% · Blue 100%

Cyan 7% · Magenta 23% · Yellow 0% · Key 0%

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

Previews

Sample text in #ECC4FE on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #ECC4FE on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #ECC4FE

.text { color: #ECC4FE; }
.background { background-color: #ECC4FE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #ECC4FE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(236, 196, 254); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(281, 97%, 88%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #ECC4FE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(236, 196, 254, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #ECC4FE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(236, 196, 254, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#ECC4FE">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#ECC4FE">Div content here</div>

Shades of #ECC4FE

#DE9BFD#CF6DFD#C245FC#B318FB#9F04E7#8303BF#640292#490269#29013C#0E0014

Tints of #ECC4FE

#EDC8FE#EFCDFE#EFCDFE#F0D2FE#F2D7FE#F3DCFE#F5E1FF#F5E1FF#F7E6FF#F8EBFF

Tones of #ECC4FE

#EAC7FA#E8CBF6#E7D0F1#E5D4ED#E4D8E9#E2DCE5

Color harmonies

Complementary — #D6FEC3:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.51:1 Fails
Against black text13.89:1 AAA

Best text color on #ECC4FE: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #ECC4FE

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 #ECC4FE: ·

How #ECC4FE looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #DBDAF0Deuteranopia · #DDE0EDTritanopia · #EAE5E2

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 · #D946EFMaterial Grey 500 · #9E9E9E

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #ECC4FE rather than the exact color:

Palette Cdf0ea
#CDF0EA · #F9F9F9 · #ECC5FB · #FAF4B7
Honey Ruby Ember
#37B911 · #A9F16A · #BF27EB · #E4C7F6
Cosmic Ruby Orchard
#EECCF5 · #BC44D5 · #A632BE · #912BA6
Palette 1b4ef5
#1B4EF5 · #3874FF · #5996FF · #F4CEFF
Dusty Ruby Breeze
#F3CCF5 · #EC9EEF · #D84FDE · #BF1FC6
Cosmic Ruby Garden
#E0C5F7 · #963BE3 · #7420BC · #280A42

Similar colors

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

#ECC5FB#E4C7F6#EECCF5#F4CEFF#F3CCF5#E0C5F7#EDCBF1#E5CFF7#E5D1FA#F3CCF3#DFCCFB#E8D3FF

Browse neighbouring colors

← #ECC4FD  ·  #ECC4FF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #ECC4FE?

#ECC4FE is Pale Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 236, 196, 254). Its closest standard named color is Lavender.

What is the RGB and HSL of #ECC4FE?

#ECC4FE is RGB 236, 196, 254 — HSL 281°, 97%, 88% — CMYK 7%, 23%, 0%, 0%.

What colors go with #ECC4FE?

Its complement is #D6FEC3; analogous partners are #CEC3FE and #FEC3F3. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #ECC4FE for text?

Black text on #ECC4FE has a contrast ratio of 13.89:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.51:1.