#CECBDC
Light Gray · very light cool purple
About #CECBDC
#CECBDC is a muted, very light shade in the purple family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 80% green and 86% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 6% cyan, 8% magenta, 0% yellow and 14% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is similar to Light Gray (ΔE 9.3); Thistle comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #D9DCCB — a bone tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use very light tones like #CECBDC for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 13.20:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
Text on #CECBDC
WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.
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How #CECBDC appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #CECBDC?
#CECBDC is a muted, very light shade in the purple family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 80% green and 86% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 6% cyan, 8% magenta, 0% yellow and 14% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #CECBDC?
Use black text. Black on #CECBDC has a contrast ratio of 13.20:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #CECBDC?
Its complementary colour is #D9DCCB, and analogous partners are #CBD0DC and #D7CBDC.