#D2CEDE
Lavender · very light cool purple
About #D2CEDE
#D2CEDE is a muted, very light shade in the purple family. On screen it is built from 82% red, 81% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 5% cyan, 7% magenta, 0% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is similar to Lavender (ΔE 8.6); Light Gray comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #DADECE — a bone tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use very light tones like #D2CEDE for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 13.62:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
Text on #D2CEDE
WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.
Colour-blindness preview
How #D2CEDE appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #D2CEDE?
#D2CEDE is a muted, very light shade in the purple family. On screen it is built from 82% red, 81% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 5% cyan, 7% magenta, 0% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #D2CEDE?
Use black text. Black on #D2CEDE has a contrast ratio of 13.62:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #D2CEDE?
Its complementary colour is #DADECE, and analogous partners are #CED2DE and #DACEDE.