#DCDEED
Lavender · very light neutral
About #DCDEED
#DCDEED is a very light, near-neutral blue colour. Digitally that works out to 86% red, 87% green and 93% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 7% cyan, 6% magenta, 0% yellow and 7% black. It is close to neutral, so it sits comfortably next to both warm and cool colours.
Visually it is very close to Lavender (ΔE 4.1), with Ice Blue the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #EDEBDC (eggshell), its complementary partner.
Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 15.71:1, a WCAG AAA pass.
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
Text on #DCDEED
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How #DCDEED appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #DCDEED?
#DCDEED is a very light, near-neutral blue colour. Digitally that works out to 86% red, 87% green and 93% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 7% cyan, 6% magenta, 0% yellow and 7% black. It is close to neutral, so it sits comfortably next to both warm and cool colours.
›What text colour should I use on #DCDEED?
Use black text. Black on #DCDEED has a contrast ratio of 15.71:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #DCDEED?
Its complementary colour is #EDEBDC, and analogous partners are #DCE7ED and #E3DCED.