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#EECCFC — Pale Vivid Purple

#EECCFC 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 #EECCFC 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.

#EECCFC 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 #D8FCCA; it also sits naturally between #D5CAFC and #FCCAF1. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EECCFC · RGB 238, 204, 252

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Color values

HEX#EECCFC
RGB238, 204, 252
HSL283°, 89%, 89%
HSV283°, 19%, 99%
CMYK6%, 19%, 0%, 1%
XYZ74.42, 68.39, 101.37
Yxy68.39, 0.3048, 0.2801
CIE-Lab86.20, 20.33, -19.08
Hunter Lab82.70, 20.65, -20.03

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 93% · Green 80% · Blue 99%

Cyan 6% · Magenta 19% · Yellow 0% · Key 1%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #EECCFC

.text { color: #EECCFC; }
.background { background-color: #EECCFC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EECCFC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(238, 204, 252); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(283, 89%, 89%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EECCFC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(238, 204, 252, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EECCFC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(238, 204, 252, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #EECCFC

#E1A3FA#D378F7#C751F5#B926F2#A60DE3#860BB7#6A0891#4A0665#2E043F#0E0113

Tints of #EECCFC

#EFCFFC#EFCFFC#F1D4FC#F2D8FD#F4DDFD#F4DDFD#F6E2FD#F7E7FE#F7E7FE#F9ECFE

Tones of #EECCFC

#ECCEF8#EBD1F5#E9D5F1#E8D8EE#E6DCEA#E5DFE7

Color harmonies

Complementary — #D8FCCA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.43:1 Fails
Against black text14.68:1 AAA

Best text color on #EECCFC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EECCFC

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 #EECCFC: ·

How #EECCFC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #DFDFF0Deuteranopia · #E1E4EETritanopia · #ECE7E5

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 #EECCFC rather than the exact color:

Cosmic Ruby Orchard
#EECCF5 · #BC44D5 · #A632BE · #912BA6
Palette 1b4ef5
#1B4EF5 · #3874FF · #5996FF · #F4CEFF
Palette Cdf0ea
#CDF0EA · #F9F9F9 · #ECC5FB · #FAF4B7
Dusty Ruby Breeze
#F3CCF5 · #EC9EEF · #D84FDE · #BF1FC6
Palette 2e073f
#2E073F · #7A1CAC · #AD49E1 · #EBD3F8
Palette F3f8ff
#F3F8FF · #DEECFF · #C6CFFF · #E8D3FF

Similar colors

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

#EECCF5#F4CEFF#ECC5FB#F3CCF5#EBD3F8#E8D3FF#F3CCF3#E5D1FA#EBD6FB#E5CFF7#EDCBF1#E5D4FF

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EECCFB  ·  #EECCFD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EECCFC?

#EECCFC is Pale Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 238, 204, 252). Its closest standard named color is Lavender.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EECCFC?

#EECCFC is RGB 238, 204, 252 — HSL 283°, 89%, 89% — CMYK 6%, 19%, 0%, 1%.

What colors go with #EECCFC?

Its complement is #D8FCCA; analogous partners are #D5CAFC and #FCCAF1. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EECCFC for text?

Black text on #EECCFC has a contrast ratio of 14.68:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.43:1.