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#E0CEED

Thistle · very light cool purple

About #E0CEED

#E0CEED is a very light, muted purple colour. Digitally that works out to 88% red, 81% green and 93% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 5% cyan, 13% magenta, 0% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is very close to Thistle (ΔE 6.4), with Lavender the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #DBEDCE (beige), 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 — 14.22:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red224
Green206
Blue237

Closest named colours

Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 6.4
Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 11.1
Periwinkle
#CCCCFF · ΔE 12.1

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

Text on #E0CEED

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on thistle #E0CEED.
1.48:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on thistle #E0CEED.
14.22:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E0CEED appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E0CEED
Protanopia (no red cones)
#CAD3EE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#CDD5EC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#DFD2D8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E0CEED?

#E0CEED is a very light, muted purple colour. Digitally that works out to 88% red, 81% green and 93% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 5% cyan, 13% magenta, 0% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #E0CEED?

Use black text. Black on #E0CEED has a contrast ratio of 14.22:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E0CEED?

Its complementary colour is #DBEDCE, and analogous partners are #D0CEED and #EDCEEB.