Pale Lilac #E4CBFF

About this color

#E4CBFF is a light, moderately saturated purple. In OKLCH its lightness is 88%, its chroma 0.075 and its hue 307°. Its hue sits between the warm and cool halves of the wheel. It is the named color Pale Lilac. Black text reads best on it, at 14.28:1.

Colors that go with Pale Lilac

Matches found by rotating Pale Lilac around the OKLCH hue wheel, each labelled with the closest name in our list.

Color palettes with Pale Lilac

Curated color palettes that contain a color within ΔE 0.06 (OKLab) of Pale Lilac, closest first.

• Taffy Swirl
• Lavender and Violet
• Lavender Evening
• Thistle Garden
• Bamboo and Eucalyptus
• Sherbet Daydream
• Dandelion and Sorrel
• Sorbet Shelf

Similar named colors

The eight named colors closest to Pale Lilac, with their ΔE distance.

• Light Lilac #EDC8FF ΔE 0.014
• Light Lavender #DFC5FE ΔE 0.017
• Pale Lavender #EECFFE ΔE 0.019
• Very Light Purple #F6CEFC ΔE 0.028
• Light Lavendar #EFC0FE ΔE 0.030
• Pale Mauve #FED0FC ΔE 0.041
• Light Periwinkle #C1C6FC ΔE 0.051
• Thistle #D8BFD8 ΔE 0.059

More about Pale Lilac

• Shades of purple
• What purple means

How to make Pale Lilac

A starting recipe from common paint colors, found with a spectral paint model (the color mixer’s paint mode). Real pigments vary, so mix a small test batch and adjust.

• 4 parts white
• 1 part purple

Recipe result: #EACDF2, a difference of ΔE 0.022 from Pale Lilac. That is very close: most people will not see the difference.

What colors make purple? | Color mixing chart

Codes for Pale Lilac in every format

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Shades and tints of Pale Lilac

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 200.

1. Step 50

   50

   #F8F3FC

   oklch(97.1% 0.013 310.5)

2. Step 100

   100

   #EFE5F9

   oklch(93.6% 0.029 308.1)

3. Step 200

   200 (this color)

   #E4CBFF

   oklch(88% 0.075 306.7)

4. Step 300

   300

   #D1B0F2

   oklch(80.8% 0.098 307.1)

5. Step 400

   400

   #BA84EB

   oklch(70.7% 0.155 307)

6. Step 500

   500

   #A961E5

   oklch(63.2% 0.197 306.8)

7. Step 600

   600

   #9442D3

   oklch(55.6% 0.214 306.5)

8. Step 700

   700

   #7E32B7

   oklch(49.1% 0.2 306.4)

9. Step 800

   800

   #672B94

   oklch(42.7% 0.166 306.8)

10. Step 900

    900

    #532976

    oklch(37.7% 0.129 306.3)

11. Step 950

    950

    #311945

    oklch(27% 0.082 306.9)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

Pale Lilac with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.