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#EEC2FC — Pale Vivid Purple

#EEC2FC 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 #EEC2FC 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.

#EEC2FC 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 #CEFCC0; it also sits naturally between #D0C0FC and #FCC0EC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EEC2FC · RGB 238, 194, 252

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Color values

HEX#EEC2FC
RGB238, 194, 252
HSL286°, 91%, 87%
HSV286°, 23%, 99%
CMYK6%, 23%, 0%, 1%
XYZ72.12, 63.79, 100.61
Yxy63.79, 0.3049, 0.2697
CIE-Lab83.86, 25.64, -22.63
Hunter Lab79.87, 26.09, -24.01

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 76% · Blue 99%

Cyan 6% · Magenta 23% · Yellow 0% · Key 1%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EEC2FC on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EEC2FC on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EEC2FC

.text { color: #EEC2FC; }
.background { background-color: #EEC2FC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EEC2FC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(238, 194, 252); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(286, 91%, 87%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EEC2FC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(238, 194, 252, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EEC2FC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(238, 194, 252, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EEC2FC">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EEC2FC">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EEC2FC

#E399FA#D86DF8#CD46F6#C31FF4#AE0BE0#8C08B4#6E078D#500566#2D033A#0F0113

Tints of #EEC2FC

#EFC5FC#F1C9FC#F2CEFD#F3D3FD#F5D8FD#F5D8FD#F6DDFD#F7E2FE#F8E7FE#FAECFE

Tones of #EEC2FC

#ECC4F8#E9C8F3#E7CDEF#E5D1EB#E2D5E6#E0DAE2

Color harmonies

Complementary — #CEFCC0:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.53:1 Fails
Against black text13.76:1 AAA

Best text color on #EEC2FC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EEC2FC

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 #EEC2FC: ·

How #EEC2FC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #DBDBEEDeuteranopia · #DEE1EBTritanopia · #ECE3E0

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 #EEC2FC rather than the exact color:

Palette Cdf0ea
#CDF0EA · #F9F9F9 · #ECC5FB · #FAF4B7
Cosmic Ruby Orchard
#EECCF5 · #BC44D5 · #A632BE · #912BA6
Honey Ruby Ember
#37B911 · #A9F16A · #BF27EB · #E4C7F6
Dusty Ruby Breeze
#F3CCF5 · #EC9EEF · #D84FDE · #BF1FC6
Palette 1b4ef5
#1B4EF5 · #3874FF · #5996FF · #F4CEFF
Honey Ruby Harbor
#EDCBF1 · #D889E1 · #B931C9 · #45114B

Similar colors

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

#ECC5FB#EECCF5#E4C7F6#F3CCF5#F4CEFF#EDCBF1#EEC8EF#F3CCF3#F2C4EE#E6BCF1#FCC6FF#F2C6EE

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EEC2FB  ·  #EEC2FD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EEC2FC?

#EEC2FC is Pale Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 238, 194, 252). Its closest standard named color is Lavender.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EEC2FC?

#EEC2FC is RGB 238, 194, 252 — HSL 286°, 91%, 87% — CMYK 6%, 23%, 0%, 1%.

What colors go with #EEC2FC?

Its complement is #CEFCC0; analogous partners are #D0C0FC and #FCC0EC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EEC2FC for text?

Black text on #EEC2FC has a contrast ratio of 13.76:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.53:1.