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#EADAEC

Lavender · very light cool pink

About #EADAEC

#EADAEC is a very light, muted pink colour. Digitally that works out to 92% red, 85% green and 93% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 1% cyan, 8% magenta, 0% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is very close to Lavender (ΔE 6.5), with Thistle the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #DCECDA (beige), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 15.74:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red234
Green218
Blue236

Closest named colours

Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 6.5
Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 10.1
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 11.8

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

Text on #EADAEC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on lavender #EADAEC.
1.33:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on lavender #EADAEC.
15.74:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#EADAEC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D9DEED
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DCE0EB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#EBDBE0

Shades, tints & matching colours

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EADAEC?

#EADAEC is a very light, muted pink colour. Digitally that works out to 92% red, 85% green and 93% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 1% cyan, 8% magenta, 0% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #EADAEC?

Use black text. Black on #EADAEC has a contrast ratio of 15.74:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EADAEC?

Its complementary colour is #DCECDA, and analogous partners are #E1DAEC and #ECDAE5.