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#DADCEC

Lavender · very light cool blue

About #DADCEC

#DADCEC is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 85% red, 86% green and 93% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 8% cyan, 7% magenta, 0% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Lavender (ΔE 4.3); Ice Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #ECEADA — a eggshell tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #DADCEC for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 15.43:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

Colour codes

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Red218
Green220
Blue236

Closest named colours

Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 4.3
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 8.0
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 9.1

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

Text on #DADCEC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on lavender #DADCEC.
1.36:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on lavender #DADCEC.
15.43:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#DADCEC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D8DDED
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D7DCEC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D6DFE1

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DADCEC?

#DADCEC is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 85% red, 86% green and 93% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 8% cyan, 7% magenta, 0% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #DADCEC?

Use black text. Black on #DADCEC has a contrast ratio of 15.43:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DADCEC?

Its complementary colour is #ECEADA, and analogous partners are #DAE5EC and #E1DAEC.