#DCDFED
Lavender · very light neutral
About #DCDFED
#DCDFED is a near-neutral, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 86% red, 87% green and 93% blue; for print, its CMYK mix 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.
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 #EDEADC — a eggshell tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use very light tones like #DCDFED for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 15.82:1, a WCAG AAA pass.
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
Text on #DCDFED
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How #DCDFED appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #DCDFED?
#DCDFED is a near-neutral, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 86% red, 87% green and 93% blue; for print, its CMYK mix 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 #DCDFED?
Use black text. Black on #DCDFED has a contrast ratio of 15.82:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #DCDFED?
Its complementary colour is #EDEADC, and analogous partners are #DCE7ED and #E2DCED.