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#E4C3DA

Thistle · very light warm pink

About #E4C3DA

#E4C3DA is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 89% red, 76% green and 85% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 14% magenta, 4% yellow and 11% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Thistle (ΔE 3.8); Bubblegum comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #C3E4CD — a pale mint tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #E4C3DA for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 13.12:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red228
Green195
Blue218

Closest named colours

Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 3.8
Bubblegum
#FFC1CC · ΔE 13.3
Pink
#FFC0CB · ΔE 13.6

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

Text on #E4C3DA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on thistle #E4C3DA.
1.60:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on thistle #E4C3DA.
13.12:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E4C3DA appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E4C3DA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C4CADB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#CBCED9
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E8C4CB

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E4C3DA?

#E4C3DA is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 89% red, 76% green and 85% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 14% magenta, 4% yellow and 11% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #E4C3DA?

Use black text. Black on #E4C3DA has a contrast ratio of 13.12:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E4C3DA?

Its complementary colour is #C3E4CD, and analogous partners are #DEC3E4 and #E4C3C9.