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#D7D4E8

Lavender · very light cool blue

About #D7D4E8

#D7D4E8 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 7% cyan, 9% magenta, 0% yellow and 9% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Lavender (ΔE 6.2); Thistle comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #E5E8D4 — a eggshell tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #D7D4E8 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 14.47:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

Colour codes

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Red215
Green212
Blue232

Closest named colours

Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 6.2
Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 10.2
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 10.6

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

Text on #D7D4E8

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on lavender #D7D4E8.
1.45:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on lavender #D7D4E8.
14.47:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D7D4E8 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D7D4E8
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D0D6E9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D0D6E7
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D4D7DA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D7D4E8?

#D7D4E8 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 7% cyan, 9% magenta, 0% yellow and 9% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #D7D4E8?

Use black text. Black on #D7D4E8 has a contrast ratio of 14.47:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D7D4E8?

Its complementary colour is #E5E8D4, and analogous partners are #D4DBE8 and #E1D4E8.