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#E0DCED

Lavender · very light cool purple

About #E0DCED

With the hex code #E0DCED, this is a very light purple with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 88% red, 86% green and 93% blue, while a printer would mix 5% cyan, 7% magenta, 0% yellow and 7% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Lavender — a ΔE of 3.9 — followed by Ice Blue. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #E9EDDC, a eggshell shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 15.63:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red224
Green220
Blue237

Closest named colours

Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 3.9
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 9.5
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 9.8

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

Text on #E0DCED

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on lavender #E0DCED.
1.34:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on lavender #E0DCED.
15.63:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E0DCED appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E0DCED
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D9DEEE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D9DEEC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#DEDEE1

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E0DCED?

With the hex code #E0DCED, this is a very light purple with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 88% red, 86% green and 93% blue, while a printer would mix 5% cyan, 7% magenta, 0% yellow and 7% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #E0DCED?

Use black text. Black on #E0DCED has a contrast ratio of 15.63:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E0DCED?

Its complementary colour is #E9EDDC, and analogous partners are #DCE1ED and #E8DCED.