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#E4E4F8

Lavender · very light cool white

About #E4E4F8

#E4E4F8 is a muted, very light shade in the white family. On screen it is built from 89% red, 89% green and 97% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 8% cyan, 8% magenta, 0% yellow and 3% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is virtually identical to Lavender (ΔE 0.7); Ice Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #F8F8E4 — a beige tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #E4E4F8 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 16.75:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

Colour codes

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Red228
Green228
Blue248

Closest named colours

Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 0.7
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 8.1
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 12.3

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

Text on #E4E4F8

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on lavender #E4E4F8.
1.25:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on lavender #E4E4F8.
16.75:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E4E4F8 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E4E4F8
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E0E6F9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DFE5F7
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E0E7EA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E4E4F8?

#E4E4F8 is a muted, very light shade in the white family. On screen it is built from 89% red, 89% green and 97% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 8% cyan, 8% magenta, 0% yellow and 3% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #E4E4F8?

Use black text. Black on #E4E4F8 has a contrast ratio of 16.75:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E4E4F8?

Its complementary colour is #F8F8E4, and analogous partners are #E4EEF8 and #EEE4F8.