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#E7CFEF

Thistle · very light cool purple

About #E7CFEF

#E7CFEF is a muted, very light shade in the purple family. On screen it is built from 91% red, 81% green and 94% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 3% cyan, 13% magenta, 0% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Thistle (ΔE 6.8); Lavender comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #D7EFCF — a pale mint tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #E7CFEF for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 14.57:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red231
Green207
Blue239

Closest named colours

Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 6.8
Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 12.2
Periwinkle
#CCCCFF · ΔE 13.0

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

Text on #E7CFEF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on thistle #E7CFEF.
1.44:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on thistle #E7CFEF.
14.57:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E7CFEF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E7CFEF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#CCD5F0
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D0D8EE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E7D2D9

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E7CFEF?

#E7CFEF is a muted, very light shade in the purple family. On screen it is built from 91% red, 81% green and 94% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 3% cyan, 13% magenta, 0% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #E7CFEF?

Use black text. Black on #E7CFEF has a contrast ratio of 14.57:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E7CFEF?

Its complementary colour is #D7EFCF, and analogous partners are #D7CFEF and #EFCFE7.