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violet · neutral

#ebc2f4

a pale, vivid violet · neutral · closest name: Thistle

Token name suggestion: Whisper Thistle

RGB
235, 194, 244
HSL
289°, 69%, 86%
CMYK
4, 21, 0, 4
Luminance
0.6278

#ebc2f4 is a pale vivid violet, 289° on the wheel and 56/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (13.56:1). As text it scores 1.55:1 on white — use #BC34DA instead. Nearest name is Thistle, nearest Tailwind family is fuchsia.

hsl(289 69% 86%)rgb(235 194 244)Base step 200AAA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #ebc2f4 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#ebc2f4
Hue
289°
violet
Saturation
69%
vivid
Lightness
86%
pale
Brightness
96%
HSV value
Perceived
84%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.6278
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
56/100 cool
Color family
Violet
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
13.56:1
Closest name
Thistle
ΔE2000 7.6
Chroma
30.1
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.865
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
fuchsia
500 · ΔE 26.3
Web-safe
#FFCCFF
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue289° of 360°
Saturation69%
Lightness86%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #ebc2f4.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool56% cool

Reads neutral. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red28%
Green61%
Blue10%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#ebc2f4
HEX (8-digit)#ebc2f4ff
RGBrgb(235, 194, 244)
RGBArgba(235, 194, 244, 1)
HSLhsl(289, 69%, 86%)
HSV / HSBhsv(289, 20%, 96%)
HWBhwb(289 76% 4%)
CMYKcmyk(4%, 21%, 0%, 4%)
LABlab(83.3 23.1 -19.2)
LCHlch(83.3 30.1 320.3)
OKLCHoklch(0.865 0.081 320.2)
XYZ (D65)xyz(69.88, 62.78, 94.01)
Decimal15450868
Display P3color(display-p3 0.922 0.761 0.957)
Web-safe#FFCCFF

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #ebc2f4;
background-color: #ebc2f4;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #ebc2f4;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#ebc2f4] bg-[#ebc2f4]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #ebc2f4;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.922, green: 0.761, blue: 0.957)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.922, green: 0.761, blue: 0.957, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#EBC2F4</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFEBC2F4)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFEBC2F4)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(244, 194, 235)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(235, 194, 244)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(235, 194, 244)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 235, 194, 244)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9216f, 0.7608f, 0.9569f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{235,194,244}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #ebc2f4 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #ebc2f4 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#5C146C, #E9D3EE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #ebc2f4 h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #FAF3FB;
  --brand-100: #F5E7F8;
  --brand-200: #ebc2f4;
  --brand-300: #E0A0EE;
  --brand-400: #D070E5;
  --brand-500: #C141DD;
  --brand-600: #B125CF;
  --brand-700: #931FAD;
  --brand-800: #76198A;
  --brand-900: #561664;
  --brand-950: #360E3F;
  --brand: #ebc2f4;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F9F4FA;
  --brand-border: #E5C0ED;
  --brand-hover: #E1A4EF;
  --brand-pressed: #D786E9;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #211424;
    --brand-ink: #E9D3EE;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FAF3FB',
        100: '#F5E7F8',
        200: '#ebc2f4',
        300: '#E0A0EE',
        400: '#D070E5',
        500: '#C141DD',
        600: '#B125CF',
        700: '#931FAD',
        800: '#76198A',
        900: '#561664',
        950: '#360E3F',
        DEFAULT: '#ebc2f4',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FAF3FB,
  '100': #F5E7F8,
  '200': #ebc2f4,
  '300': #E0A0EE,
  '400': #D070E5,
  '500': #C141DD,
  '600': #B125CF,
  '700': #931FAD,
  '800': #76198A,
  '900': #561664,
  '950': #360E3F,
);
$brand-base: #ebc2f4;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FAF3FB", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F5E7F8", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#ebc2f4", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#E0A0EE", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#D070E5", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#C141DD", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#B125CF", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#931FAD", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#76198A", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#561664", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#360E3F", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #ebc2f4 · 13.56:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.55:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 13.56:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #ebc2f4 as text scores 1.55:1 on white and 13.56:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #5C146C at 7.65:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#BC34DA · 4.52:1
AA on white−33% L
#BC34DA
The quick fox
#8F1EA8 · 7.19:1
AAA on white−47% L
#8F1EA8
The quick fox
#ebc2f4 · 13.56:1
AA on blackalready passes
#ebc2f4
The quick fox
#ebc2f4 · 13.56:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#ebc2f4

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #CF6CE4 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#ebc2f4 on white: 1.55:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#ebc2f4 on black: 13.56:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #ebc2f4 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #ebc2f4.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.55:1AaAa
Slate 501.48:1AaAa
Slate 1001.41:1AaAa
Slate 2001.26:1AaAa
Slate 3001.04:1AaAa
Slate 4001.66:1AaAa
Slate 5003.07:1AaAa
Slate 6004.89:1AaAa
Slate 7006.68:1AaAa
Slate 8009.44:1AaAa
Slate 90011.52:1AaAa
Black13.56:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #BDCDF6
deuteranopia · #C6D1F2
tritanopia · #ECC7D3

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #ebc2f4 is pinned to step 200; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#FAF3FB
#F5E7F8
#ebc2f4
#E0A0EE
#D070E5
#C141DD
#B125CF
#931FAD
#76198A
#561664
#360E3F
Base = 200Lightest = 50 · #FAF3FBDarkest = 950 · #360E3FText step on white = 600
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.020 320.2);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.032 320.2);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.048 320.2);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.063 320.2);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.074 320.2);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.081 320.2);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.081 320.2);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.076 320.2);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.068 320.2);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.057 320.2);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.044 320.2);
}

Colors that work with #ebc2f4

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#F9F4FA
Tinted page background
Border#E5C0ED
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#8C4B9B
Captions on the surface
Accent#5BB01C
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#5C146C
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F8E9FB
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#211424
Dark-mode background
Hover#E1A4EF
One step down in lightness
Pressed#D786E9
Two steps down
Disabled#F6F3F7
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#F2D1FA
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #ebc2f4

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • White text placed on it
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #5C146C
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #CF6CE4

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

creativepremiummodernimaginative

Violet sits between the warmth of red and the calm of blue, so it reads as inventive without reading as risky. Current shorthand for software craft.

This is a confident chroma: strong enough to lead a brand, restrained enough to live in an interface all day. The high lightness makes it recede — a surface colour rather than a statement.

Worth knowing

Deep violets swallow detail on screens with poor gamma; check it on a cheap laptop panel.

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium-high
  • Weight14/100
  • TemperatureNeutral
  • ApproachabilityBalanced

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#CBF4C2
Analogous left#D2C2F4
Analogous right#F4C2E4
Split-complement 1#E4F4C2
Split-complement 2#C2F4D2
Triadic 1#F4EBC2
Triadic 2#C2F4EB
Tetradic#F4D2C2
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°289°

#ebc2f4 sits at 289°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red92.2%
Green76.1%
Blue95.7%
R · 0–255
235
0xeb
G · 0–255
194
0xc2
B · 0–255
244
0xf4

CMYK percentages

Cyan3.7%
Magenta20.5%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)4.3%

Total ink coverage is 29%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#ebc2f4 text on a black background

contrast 13.56:1

Card sample

#ebc2f4 text on a white background

contrast 1.55:1

Card sample

#ebc2f4 on grey

1.41:1

#ebc2f4 on its own surface

1.43:1

#ebc2f4 on its dark surface

11.39:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #ebc2f4;
Background color
Panel with #ebc2f4 background
background-color: #ebc2f4;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #ebc2f4;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(235, 194, 244, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(235, 194, 244, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #ebc2f4;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ebc2f4, #F4C2DC);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #ebc2f4, #F4C2CF);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #ebc2f4;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #ebc2f4;
caret-color: #ebc2f4;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #ebc2f4;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F8E9FB;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #ebc2f4;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#ebc2f4 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #ebc2f4 over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(235, 194, 244, 0.5)
rgb(235 194 244 / 50%)
#ebc2f480
hsl(289 69% 86% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #ebc2f4 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#ebc2f41a#FDF9FE
20%#ebc2f433#FBF3FD
40%#ebc2f466#F7E7FB
60%#ebc2f499#F3DAF8
80%#ebc2f4cc#EFCEF6

Gradients from #ebc2f4

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #F9EEFC, #ebc2f4 45%, #5C146C);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #ebc2f4, #EFA8C7);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #ebc2f4, #CBF4C2);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #FBF2FD 0%, #ebc2f4 45%, #5C146C 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F9F4FA, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #F1EDFC 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #F9DCED 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #5C146C 0%, transparent 65%), #ebc2f4;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #ebc2f4

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#ebc2f4 in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
Creative toolsFintechBeautyLuxury
Common UI roles
SurfacesBadgesHighlightsEmpty states
Print note

Very light tints can drop out on uncoated stock; check it at 100% size before signing off.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 13.56:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#ebc2f4, answered

What color is #ebc2f4?

#ebc2f4 is a pale vivid violet, closest to Thistle (ΔE2000 7.6). It sits at 289° on the hue wheel with 69% saturation and 86% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #ebc2f4?

rgb(235, 194, 244) — 235 red, 194 green and 244 blue out of 255, or 92.2% / 76.1% / 95.7% by channel.

What is #ebc2f4 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(289, 69%, 86%) and hsv(289, 20%, 96%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #ebc2f4 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.6278 and perceived brightness is 84%, so black text on it reaches 13.56:1.

Should I use black or white text on #ebc2f4?

Black. It scores 13.56:1 against #ebc2f4, versus 1.55:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #ebc2f4 accessible on a white background?

#ebc2f4 on white scores 1.55:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #BC34DA to reach 4.5:1, or #8F1EA8 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #ebc2f4?

#CBF4C2 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #E4F4C2 and #C2F4D2, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #ebc2f4?

For interface work: #F9F4FA as the surface, #E5C0ED for borders, #8C4B9B for secondary text, #5BB01C as an accent and #5C146C for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #D2C2F4 and #F4C2E4 stays calm, while #CBF4C2 is the loudest partner.

What is #ebc2f4 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(4%, 21%, 0%, 4%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #ebc2f4 warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 56 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #F4C2EB; nudged cooler, #D9C1F5.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #ebc2f4?

The fuchsia family — its 500 step is #d946ef, ΔE2000 26.3 away. That is a visible difference, so define #ebc2f4 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #ebc2f4 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#ebc2f4] or text-[#ebc2f4], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #ebc2f4 with 50% opacity?

rgba(235, 194, 244, 0.5), or #ebc2f480 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #F5E1FA; over black, #76617A.

Is #ebc2f4 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FFCCFF, ΔE2000 3.6 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #ebc2f4 mean?

As a violet, it reads creative, premium, modern. Violet sits between the warmth of red and the calm of blue, so it reads as inventive without reading as risky. Current shorthand for software craft. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #ebc2f4?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #F9EEFC, #ebc2f4 45%, #5C146C). For more colour, a short hue run to #EFA8C7 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #ebc2f4 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #ebc2f4 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.