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#ECCFFC

Periwinkle · very light cool purple

About #ECCFFC

#ECCFFC is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the purple family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 81% green and 99% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 6% cyan, 18% magenta, 0% yellow and 1% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Periwinkle (ΔE 10.7); Thistle comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #DFFCCF — a cream tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #ECCFFC for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 14.90:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red236
Green207
Blue252

Closest named colours

Periwinkle
#CCCCFF · ΔE 10.7
Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 12.2
Lilac
#C8A2C8 · ΔE 16.4

ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.

Text on #ECCFFC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on periwinkle #ECCFFC.
1.41:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on periwinkle #ECCFFC.
14.90:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #ECCFFC appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#ECCFFC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C9D8FE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#CFDAFA
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#EBD4DE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ECCFFC?

#ECCFFC is a moderately saturated, very light shade in the purple family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 81% green and 99% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 6% cyan, 18% magenta, 0% yellow and 1% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #ECCFFC?

Use black text. Black on #ECCFFC has a contrast ratio of 14.90:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ECCFFC?

Its complementary colour is #DFFCCF, and analogous partners are #D6CFFC and #FCCFF5.