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#EECCFA — Pale Vivid Purple

#EECCFA 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 #EECCFA 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.

#EECCFA 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 #D8FACC; it also sits naturally between #D7CCFA and #FACCEF. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EECCFA · RGB 238, 204, 250

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Color values

HEX#EECCFA
RGB238, 204, 250
HSL284°, 82%, 89%
HSV284°, 18%, 98%
CMYK5%, 18%, 0%, 2%
XYZ74.11, 68.27, 99.71
Yxy68.27, 0.3061, 0.2820
CIE-Lab86.14, 19.95, -18.12
Hunter Lab82.62, 20.24, -18.92

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 80% · Blue 98%

Cyan 5% · Magenta 18% · Yellow 0% · Key 2%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #EECCFA

.text { color: #EECCFA; }
.background { background-color: #EECCFA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EECCFA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(238, 204, 250); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(284, 82%, 89%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EECCFA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(238, 204, 250, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EECCFA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(238, 204, 250, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #EECCFA

#E1A7F6#D37DF2#C658EE#B82EEA#A616DA#8611B0#6A0E8B#4A0A61#2E063C#0E0213

Tints of #EECCFA

#EFD1FA#EFD1FA#F1D5FB#F2DAFB#F4DFFC#F4DFFC#F6E3FC#F7E8FD#F7E8FD#F9ECFD

Tones of #EECCFA

#ECCFF7#EBD2F3#E9D6F0#E8D9ED#E6DCE9#E5E0E6

Color harmonies

Complementary — #D8FACC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.43:1 Fails
Against black text14.65:1 AAA

Best text color on #EECCFA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EECCFA

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 #EECCFA: ·

How #EECCFA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #DFDFEFDeuteranopia · #E1E4ECTritanopia · #ECE6E4

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 · #F8F9FAMaterial Grey 500 · #9E9E9ETailwind fuchsia 500 · #D946EF

Palettes with a similar color

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

Cosmic Ruby Orchard
#EECCF5 · #BC44D5 · #A632BE · #912BA6
Dusty Ruby Breeze
#F3CCF5 · #EC9EEF · #D84FDE · #BF1FC6
Palette Cdf0ea
#CDF0EA · #F9F9F9 · #ECC5FB · #FAF4B7
Palette 2e073f
#2E073F · #7A1CAC · #AD49E1 · #EBD3F8
Palette 1b4ef5
#1B4EF5 · #3874FF · #5996FF · #F4CEFF
Palette Ffe7c1
#FFE7C1 · #F3CCF3 · #E9A8F2 · #DC84F3

Similar colors

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

#EECCF5#F3CCF5#ECC5FB#EBD3F8#F4CEFF#F3CCF3#EDCBF1#E5CFF7#E5D1FA#E8D3FF#EBD6FB#F3D1F1

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EECCF9  ·  #EECCFB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EECCFA?

#EECCFA is Pale Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 238, 204, 250). Its closest standard named color is Lavender.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EECCFA?

#EECCFA is RGB 238, 204, 250 — HSL 284°, 82%, 89% — CMYK 5%, 18%, 0%, 2%.

What colors go with #EECCFA?

Its complement is #D8FACC; analogous partners are #D7CCFA and #FACCEF. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EECCFA for text?

Black text on #EECCFA has a contrast ratio of 14.65:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.43:1.