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#D5D4E7

Lavender · very light cool blue

About #D5D4E7

#D5D4E7 is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 84% red, 83% green and 91% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 8% cyan, 8% magenta, 0% yellow and 9% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Lavender (ΔE 6.3); Light Gray comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #E6E7D4 — a eggshell tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #D5D4E7 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 14.40:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red213
Green212
Blue231

Closest named colours

Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 6.3
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 10.0
Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 10.8

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

Text on #D5D4E7

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on lavender #D5D4E7.
1.46:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on lavender #D5D4E7.
14.40:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D5D4E7 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D5D4E7
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D0D6E8
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D0D5E6
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D2D7DA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D5D4E7?

#D5D4E7 is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 84% red, 83% green and 91% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 8% cyan, 8% magenta, 0% yellow and 9% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #D5D4E7?

Use black text. Black on #D5D4E7 has a contrast ratio of 14.40:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D5D4E7?

Its complementary colour is #E6E7D4, and analogous partners are #D4DDE7 and #DFD4E7.