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#D7D3EC

Lavender · very light cool blue

About #D7D3EC

#D7D3EC is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 84% red, 83% green and 93% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 9% cyan, 11% magenta, 0% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Lavender (ΔE 7.0); Thistle comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #E8ECD3 — a beige tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #D7D3EC for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 14.42:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red215
Green211
Blue236

Closest named colours

Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 7.0
Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 9.4
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 13.1

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

Text on #D7D3EC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on lavender #D7D3EC.
1.46:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on lavender #D7D3EC.
14.42:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D7D3EC appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D7D3EC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#CED6ED
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#CED5EB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D3D7DB

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D7D3EC?

#D7D3EC is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 84% red, 83% green and 93% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 9% cyan, 11% magenta, 0% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #D7D3EC?

Use black text. Black on #D7D3EC has a contrast ratio of 14.42:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D7D3EC?

Its complementary colour is #E8ECD3, and analogous partners are #D3DBEC and #E4D3EC.