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#E7CFDA

Thistle · very light warm pink

About #E7CFDA

#E7CFDA is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 91% red, 81% green and 85% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 10% magenta, 6% yellow and 9% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Thistle (ΔE 9.1); Light Gray comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #CFE7DC — a pale mint tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #E7CFDA for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 14.34:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red231
Green207
Blue218

Closest named colours

Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 9.1
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 10.5
Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 11.7

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

Text on #E7CFDA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on thistle #E7CFDA.
1.46:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on thistle #E7CFDA.
14.34:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E7CFDA appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E7CFDA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D1D3DA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D6D7D9
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#EBCFD3

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E7CFDA?

#E7CFDA is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 91% red, 81% green and 85% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 10% magenta, 6% yellow and 9% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #E7CFDA?

Use black text. Black on #E7CFDA has a contrast ratio of 14.34:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E7CFDA?

Its complementary colour is #CFE7DC, and analogous partners are #E7CFE6 and #E7D0CF.