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#E7DFF4

Lavender · very light cool purple

About #E7DFF4

#E7DFF4 is a muted, very light shade in the purple family. On screen it is built from 91% red, 87% green and 96% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 5% cyan, 9% magenta, 0% yellow and 4% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Lavender (ΔE 3.4); Ice Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #ECF4DF — a beige tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #E7DFF4 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 16.26:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red231
Green223
Blue244

Closest named colours

Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 3.4
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 11.0
Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 12.0

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

Text on #E7DFF4

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on lavender #E7DFF4.
1.29:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on lavender #E7DFF4.
16.26:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E7DFF4 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E7DFF4
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DCE2F5
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DDE2F3
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E5E2E6

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E7DFF4?

#E7DFF4 is a muted, very light shade in the purple family. On screen it is built from 91% red, 87% green and 96% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 5% cyan, 9% magenta, 0% yellow and 4% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #E7DFF4?

Use black text. Black on #E7DFF4 has a contrast ratio of 16.26:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E7DFF4?

Its complementary colour is #ECF4DF, and analogous partners are #DFE2F4 and #F2DFF4.