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#D2D7ED

Lavender · very light cool blue

About #D2D7ED

#D2D7ED is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 82% red, 84% green and 93% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 11% cyan, 9% magenta, 0% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Lavender (ΔE 6.0); Ice Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #EDE8D2 — a eggshell tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #D2D7ED for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 14.68:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red210
Green215
Blue237

Closest named colours

Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 6.0
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 10.0
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 11.7

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

Text on #D2D7ED

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on lavender #D2D7ED.
1.43:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on lavender #D2D7ED.
14.68:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D2D7ED appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D2D7ED
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D1D9EE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D0D7EC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CCDBDE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D2D7ED?

#D2D7ED is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 82% red, 84% green and 93% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 11% cyan, 9% magenta, 0% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #D2D7ED?

Use black text. Black on #D2D7ED has a contrast ratio of 14.68:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D2D7ED?

Its complementary colour is #EDE8D2, and analogous partners are #D2E5ED and #DBD2ED.