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#E6CEDF

Thistle · very light warm pink

About #E6CEDF

#E6CEDF is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 90% red, 81% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 10% magenta, 3% yellow and 10% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Thistle (ΔE 6.7); Lavender comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #CEE6D5 — a pale mint tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #E6CEDF for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 14.26:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red230
Green206
Blue223

Closest named colours

Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 6.7
Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 11.0
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 12.5

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

Text on #E6CEDF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on thistle #E6CEDF.
1.47:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on thistle #E6CEDF.
14.26:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E6CEDF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E6CEDF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#CED3E0
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D3D6DE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E9CFD3

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E6CEDF?

#E6CEDF is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 90% red, 81% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 10% magenta, 3% yellow and 10% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #E6CEDF?

Use black text. Black on #E6CEDF has a contrast ratio of 14.26:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E6CEDF?

Its complementary colour is #CEE6D5, and analogous partners are #E1CEE6 and #E6CED3.