#DCDFEA
Lavender · very light neutral
About #DCDFEA
#DCDFEA is a near-neutral, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 86% red, 87% green and 92% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 6% cyan, 5% magenta, 0% yellow and 8% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.
Of the common colour names it is very close to Lavender (ΔE 5.6); Ice Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #EAE7DC — a linen tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use very light tones like #DCDFEA for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 15.79:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
Text on #DCDFEA
WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.
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How #DCDFEA appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #DCDFEA?
#DCDFEA is a near-neutral, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 86% red, 87% green and 92% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 6% cyan, 5% magenta, 0% yellow and 8% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.
›What text colour should I use on #DCDFEA?
Use black text. Black on #DCDFEA has a contrast ratio of 15.79:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #DCDFEA?
Its complementary colour is #EAE7DC, and analogous partners are #DCE6EA and #E0DCEA.