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#EEC6FE — Pale Vivid Purple

#EEC6FE 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 #EEC6FE 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.

#EEC6FE 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 #D7FEC8; it also sits naturally between #D4C8FE and #FEC8F2. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EEC6FE · RGB 238, 198, 254

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Color values

HEX#EEC6FE
RGB238, 198, 254
HSL283°, 97%, 89%
HSV283°, 22%, 100%
CMYK6%, 22%, 0%, 0%
XYZ73.34, 65.72, 102.59
Yxy65.72, 0.3035, 0.2720
CIE-Lab84.85, 23.90, -22.18
Hunter Lab81.07, 24.33, -23.56

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 78% · Blue 100%

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

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

Previews

Sample text in #EEC6FE on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EEC6FE on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EEC6FE

.text { color: #EEC6FE; }
.background { background-color: #EEC6FE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EEC6FE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(238, 198, 254); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(283, 97%, 89%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EEC6FE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(238, 198, 254, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EEC6FE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(238, 198, 254, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EEC6FE">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EEC6FE">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EEC6FE

#E3A0FE#D672FD#CA4AFC#BC1DFC#AA04EC#8A03BF#6D0297#4C0269#2F0141#0E0014

Tints of #EEC6FE

#F0CDFE#F0CDFE#F2D2FE#F3D7FE#F5DCFE#F5DCFE#F6E1FF#F8E6FF#F8E6FF#F9EBFF

Tones of #EEC6FE

#EDCCFA#EBD0F6#EAD4F2#E8D7EF#E6DBEB#E5DFE7

Color harmonies

Complementary — #D7FEC8:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.48:1 Fails
Against black text14.14:1 AAA

Best text color on #EEC6FE: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EEC6FE

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 #EEC6FE: ·

How #EEC6FE looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #DDDCF0Deuteranopia · #DFE2EDTritanopia · #ECE6E3

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 #EEC6FE rather than the exact color:

Palette Cdf0ea
#CDF0EA · #F9F9F9 · #ECC5FB · #FAF4B7
Palette 1b4ef5
#1B4EF5 · #3874FF · #5996FF · #F4CEFF
Cosmic Ruby Orchard
#EECCF5 · #BC44D5 · #A632BE · #912BA6
Dusty Ruby Breeze
#F3CCF5 · #EC9EEF · #D84FDE · #BF1FC6
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#F4CEFF#EECCF5#F3CCF5#E4C7F6#F3CCF3#EDCBF1#FCC6FF#E8D3FF#E5CFF7#EBD3F8#E5D1FA

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EEC6FD  ·  #EEC6FF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EEC6FE?

#EEC6FE is Pale Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 238, 198, 254). Its closest standard named color is Lavender.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EEC6FE?

#EEC6FE is RGB 238, 198, 254 — HSL 283°, 97%, 89% — CMYK 6%, 22%, 0%, 0%.

What colors go with #EEC6FE?

Its complement is #D7FEC8; analogous partners are #D4C8FE and #FEC8F2. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EEC6FE for text?

Black text on #EEC6FE has a contrast ratio of 14.14:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.48:1.