Palettes / Colors / #ECCEEE

#ECCEEE — Pale Muted Pink

#ECCEEE is a pink color we call Pale Muted Pink, closest to the named color Lavender (#E6E6FA). It belongs to the pink family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: lavender (#E6E6FA) — not an exact match. CSS lavender gives you #E6E6FA, a different color; use #ECCEEE 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.

#ECCEEE is a cool pink color associated with playfulness, romance and softness. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #D0EECE; it also sits naturally between #DCCEEE and #EECEE0. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 81% · Blue 93%

Cyan 1% · Magenta 13% · Yellow 0% · Key 7%

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

Previews

CSS code for #ECCEEE

.text { color: #ECCEEE; }
.background { background-color: #ECCEEE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #ECCEEE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(236, 206, 238); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(296, 48%, 87%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #ECCEEE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(236, 206, 238, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #ECCEEE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(236, 206, 238, 0.8); }

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

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #D0EECE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #ECCEEE: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #ECCEEE

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:

How #ECCEEE looks with color blindness

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

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:

Palettes with a similar color

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

Similar colors

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #ECCEED  ·  #ECCEEF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #ECCEEE?

#ECCEEE is Pale Muted Pink, a pink color (RGB 236, 206, 238). Its closest standard named color is Lavender.

What is the RGB and HSL of #ECCEEE?

#ECCEEE is RGB 236, 206, 238 — HSL 296°, 48%, 87% — CMYK 1%, 13%, 0%, 7%.

What colors go with #ECCEEE?

Its complement is #D0EECE; analogous partners are #DCCEEE and #EECEE0. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #ECCEEE for text?

Black text on #ECCEEE has a contrast ratio of 14.63:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.44:1.