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#EEC0FA — Pale Vivid Purple

#EEC0FA 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 #EEC0FA 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.

#EEC0FA 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 #CDFAC2; it also sits naturally between #D3C2FA and #FAC2E9. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EEC0FA · RGB 238, 192, 250

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Color values

HEX#EEC0FA
RGB238, 192, 250
HSL288°, 85%, 87%
HSV288°, 23%, 98%
CMYK5%, 23%, 0%, 2%
XYZ71.36, 62.78, 98.80
Yxy62.78, 0.3064, 0.2695
CIE-Lab83.33, 26.32, -22.37
Hunter Lab79.23, 26.77, -23.66

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 75% · Blue 98%

Cyan 5% · Magenta 23% · Yellow 0% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EEC0FA on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EEC0FA on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EEC0FA

.text { color: #EEC0FA; }
.background { background-color: #EEC0FA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EEC0FA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(238, 192, 250); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(288, 85%, 87%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EEC0FA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(238, 192, 250, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EEC0FA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(238, 192, 250, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EEC0FA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EEC0FA">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EEC0FA

#E59CF7#DA71F4#D04CF0#C626ED#B112D9#8E0EAF#700B89#510863#2E0539#0F0213

Tints of #EEC0FA

#F0C6FA#F1CBFB#F3D0FB#F4D5FC#F5D9FC#F5D9FC#F6DEFC#F8E3FD#F9E7FD#FAECFD

Tones of #EEC0FA

#ECC6F6#EACAF2#E8CEEE#E5D2EA#E3D6E6#E0DAE2

Color harmonies

Complementary — #CDFAC2:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.55:1 Fails
Against black text13.56:1 AAA

Best text color on #EEC0FA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EEC0FA

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 #EEC0FA: ·

How #EEC0FA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #DADAECDeuteranopia · #DDE0E9Tritanopia · #ECE1DE

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 #EEC0FA rather than the exact color:

Palette Cdf0ea
#CDF0EA · #F9F9F9 · #ECC5FB · #FAF4B7
Gentle Ember
#E6BCF1 · #9A1FB7 · #84219B · #330B3D
Honey Ruby Ember
#37B911 · #A9F16A · #BF27EB · #E4C7F6
Cosmic Ruby Orchard
#EECCF5 · #BC44D5 · #A632BE · #912BA6
Smoky Whisper
#29AB22 · #84E57E · #BC27C3 · #EDBFED
Royal Ember
#F2C4EE · #ECAFAC · #F4F4DF · #BDF1BB

Similar colors

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

#ECC5FB#E6BCF1#E4C7F6#EECCF5#EDBFED#F2C4EE#E5B8F4#EEC8EF#F1B6F1#F3CCF5#E9B3FB#F2C6EE

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EEC0F9  ·  #EEC0FB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EEC0FA?

#EEC0FA is Pale Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 238, 192, 250). Its closest standard named color is Lavender.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EEC0FA?

#EEC0FA is RGB 238, 192, 250 — HSL 288°, 85%, 87% — CMYK 5%, 23%, 0%, 2%.

What colors go with #EEC0FA?

Its complement is #CDFAC2; analogous partners are #D3C2FA and #FAC2E9. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EEC0FA for text?

Black text on #EEC0FA has a contrast ratio of 13.56:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.55:1.