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#DEDDF6

Lavender · very light cool blue

About #DEDDF6

#DEDDF6 is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 87% red, 87% green and 96% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 10% cyan, 10% magenta, 0% yellow and 4% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Lavender (ΔE 4.0); Ice Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #F5F6DD — a beige tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #DEDDF6 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 15.78:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red222
Green221
Blue246

Closest named colours

Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 4.0
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 10.7
Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 12.3

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

Text on #DEDDF6

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on lavender #DEDDF6.
1.33:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on lavender #DEDDF6.
15.78:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DEDDF6 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DEDDF6
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D8E0F7
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D7DFF5
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D9E1E5

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DEDDF6?

#DEDDF6 is a muted, very light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 87% red, 87% green and 96% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 10% cyan, 10% magenta, 0% yellow and 4% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #DEDDF6?

Use black text. Black on #DEDDF6 has a contrast ratio of 15.78:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DEDDF6?

Its complementary colour is #F5F6DD, and analogous partners are #DDE9F6 and #EBDDF6.