#DECADF
Thistle · very light cool pink
About #DECADF
#DECADF is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 87% red, 79% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 9% magenta, 0% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is very close to Thistle (ΔE 4.5); Lavender comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #CBDFCA — a light sage tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use very light tones like #DECADF for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 13.62:1, a WCAG AAA pass.
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
Text on #DECADF
WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.
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How #DECADF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #DECADF?
#DECADF is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 87% red, 79% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 9% magenta, 0% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #DECADF?
Use black text. Black on #DECADF has a contrast ratio of 13.62:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #DECADF?
Its complementary colour is #CBDFCA, and analogous partners are #D3CADF and #DFCAD6.