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#E4CCDA

Thistle · very light warm pink

About #E4CCDA

#E4CCDA is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 89% red, 80% green and 85% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 11% magenta, 4% yellow and 11% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Thistle (ΔE 7.3); Light Gray comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #CCE4D6 — a pale mint tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #E4CCDA for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 13.95:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red228
Green204
Blue218

Closest named colours

Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 7.3
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 11.4
Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 11.8

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

Text on #E4CCDA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on thistle #E4CCDA.
1.51:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on thistle #E4CCDA.
13.95:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E4CCDA appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E4CCDA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#CDD0DB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D2D4D9
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E7CCD1

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E4CCDA?

#E4CCDA is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 89% red, 80% green and 85% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 11% magenta, 4% yellow and 11% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #E4CCDA?

Use black text. Black on #E4CCDA has a contrast ratio of 13.95:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E4CCDA?

Its complementary colour is #CCE4D6, and analogous partners are #E2CCE4 and #E4CCCE.