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#DAD4EB

Lavender · very light cool purple

About #DAD4EB

#DAD4EB is a muted, very light shade in the purple family. On screen it is built from 85% red, 83% green and 92% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 7% cyan, 10% magenta, 0% yellow and 8% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Lavender (ΔE 6.4); Thistle comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #E5EBD4 — a beige tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #DAD4EB for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 14.60:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red218
Green212
Blue235

Closest named colours

Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 6.4
Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 9.2
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 12.4

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

Text on #DAD4EB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on lavender #DAD4EB.
1.44:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on lavender #DAD4EB.
14.60:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DAD4EB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DAD4EB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D0D7EC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D1D7EA
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D7D7DB

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DAD4EB?

#DAD4EB is a muted, very light shade in the purple family. On screen it is built from 85% red, 83% green and 92% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 7% cyan, 10% magenta, 0% yellow and 8% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #DAD4EB?

Use black text. Black on #DAD4EB has a contrast ratio of 14.60:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DAD4EB?

Its complementary colour is #E5EBD4, and analogous partners are #D4DAEB and #E6D4EB.