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#EEC5FC — Pale Vivid Purple

#EEC5FC 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 #EEC5FC 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.

#EEC5FC 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 #D3FCC5; it also sits naturally between #D3C5FC and #FCC5EE. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EEC5FC · RGB 238, 197, 252

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Color values

HEX#EEC5FC
RGB238, 197, 252
HSL285°, 90%, 88%
HSV285°, 22%, 99%
CMYK6%, 22%, 0%, 1%
XYZ72.80, 65.14, 100.83
Yxy65.14, 0.3049, 0.2728
CIE-Lab84.55, 24.04, -21.57
Hunter Lab80.71, 24.46, -22.82

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 77% · Blue 99%

Cyan 6% · Magenta 22% · Yellow 0% · Key 1%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EEC5FC on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EEC5FC on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EEC5FC

.text { color: #EEC5FC; }
.background { background-color: #EEC5FC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EEC5FC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(238, 197, 252); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(285, 90%, 88%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EEC5FC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(238, 197, 252, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EEC5FC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(238, 197, 252, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EEC5FC">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EEC5FC">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EEC5FC

#E39EFA#D672F8#CB4CF6#BE20F3#AA0CDF#8D0AB8#6B078D#4E0566#2C033A#0F0113

Tints of #EEC5FC

#F0CAFC#F1CFFC#F1CFFC#F2D3FD#F4D8FD#F5DDFD#F7E2FD#F7E2FD#F8E7FE#F9ECFE

Tones of #EEC5FC

#ECC9F8#EACDF4#E8D1F0#E6D4EC#E4D8E8#E2DCE4

Color harmonies

Complementary — #D3FCC5:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.50:1 Fails
Against black text14.03:1 AAA

Best text color on #EEC5FC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EEC5FC

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 #EEC5FC: ·

How #EEC5FC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #DCDCEFDeuteranopia · #DFE2EBTritanopia · #ECE4E2

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 #EEC5FC rather than the exact color:

Palette Cdf0ea
#CDF0EA · #F9F9F9 · #ECC5FB · #FAF4B7
Cosmic Ruby Orchard
#EECCF5 · #BC44D5 · #A632BE · #912BA6
Dusty Ruby Breeze
#F3CCF5 · #EC9EEF · #D84FDE · #BF1FC6
Palette 1b4ef5
#1B4EF5 · #3874FF · #5996FF · #F4CEFF
Honey Ruby Ember
#37B911 · #A9F16A · #BF27EB · #E4C7F6
Palette Ffe7c1
#FFE7C1 · #F3CCF3 · #E9A8F2 · #DC84F3

Similar colors

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

#ECC5FB#EECCF5#F3CCF5#F4CEFF#E4C7F6#F3CCF3#EDCBF1#EEC8EF#FCC6FF#E5CFF7#F2C6EE#F2C4EE

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EEC5FB  ·  #EEC5FD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EEC5FC?

#EEC5FC is Pale Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 238, 197, 252). Its closest standard named color is Lavender.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EEC5FC?

#EEC5FC is RGB 238, 197, 252 — HSL 285°, 90%, 88% — CMYK 6%, 22%, 0%, 1%.

What colors go with #EEC5FC?

Its complement is #D3FCC5; analogous partners are #D3C5FC and #FCC5EE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EEC5FC for text?

Black text on #EEC5FC has a contrast ratio of 14.03:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.50:1.