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#EAD1ED

Thistle · very light cool pink

About #EAD1ED

#EAD1ED is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 92% red, 82% green and 93% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 1% cyan, 12% magenta, 0% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

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 #D4EDD1 — a pale mint tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EAD1ED for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 14.84:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red234
Green209
Blue237

Closest named colours

Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 6.7
Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 11.2
Periwinkle
#CCCCFF · ΔE 15.0

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

Text on #EAD1ED

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on thistle #EAD1ED.
1.41:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on thistle #EAD1ED.
14.84:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EAD1ED appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EAD1ED
Protanopia (no red cones)
#CFD7EE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D4DAEC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#EBD3DA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EAD1ED?

#EAD1ED is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 92% red, 82% green and 93% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 1% cyan, 12% magenta, 0% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #EAD1ED?

Use black text. Black on #EAD1ED has a contrast ratio of 14.84:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EAD1ED?

Its complementary colour is #D4EDD1, and analogous partners are #DCD1ED and #EDD1E2.