#E5CDED
Thistle · very light cool purple
About #E5CDED
#E5CDED is a muted, very light shade in the purple family. On screen it is built from 90% red, 80% green and 93% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 3% cyan, 14% magenta, 0% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is very close to Thistle (ΔE 6.2); Lavender comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #D5EDCD — a pale mint tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use very light tones like #E5CDED for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 14.29:1, a WCAG AAA pass.
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #E5CDED?
#E5CDED is a muted, very light shade in the purple family. On screen it is built from 90% red, 80% green and 93% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 3% cyan, 14% magenta, 0% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #E5CDED?
Use black text. Black on #E5CDED has a contrast ratio of 14.29:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #E5CDED?
Its complementary colour is #D5EDCD, and analogous partners are #D5CDED and #EDCDE5.