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#E0DAEE

Lavender · very light cool purple

About #E0DAEE

#E0DAEE is a muted, very light shade in the purple family. On screen it is built from 88% red, 85% green and 93% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 6% cyan, 8% magenta, 0% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

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 #E8EEDA — a beige tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #E0DAEE for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 15.43:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red224
Green218
Blue238

Closest named colours

Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 4.3
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 10.9
Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 11.0

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

Text on #E0DAEE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on lavender #E0DAEE.
1.36:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on lavender #E0DAEE.
15.43:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E0DAEE appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E0DAEE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D7DDEF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D7DDED
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#DEDDE0

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E0DAEE?

#E0DAEE is a muted, very light shade in the purple family. On screen it is built from 88% red, 85% green and 93% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 6% cyan, 8% magenta, 0% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #E0DAEE?

Use black text. Black on #E0DAEE has a contrast ratio of 15.43:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E0DAEE?

Its complementary colour is #E8EEDA, and analogous partners are #DADEEE and #EADAEE.