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#EADDE8

Lavender · very light neutral

About #EADDE8

With the hex code #EADDE8, this is a very light pink with a near-neutral character. Its RGB recipe is 92% red, 87% green and 91% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 6% magenta, 1% yellow and 8% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Lavender — a ΔE of 6.9 — followed by Light Gray. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #DDEADF, a off white shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 16.01:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red234
Green221
Blue232

Closest named colours

Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 6.9
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 8.8
Snow
#FFFAFA · ΔE 11.2

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

Text on #EADDE8

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on lavender #EADDE8.
1.31:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on lavender #EADDE8.
16.01:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EADDE8 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EADDE8
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DDE0E9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DFE1E8
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#EBDEE0

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EADDE8?

With the hex code #EADDE8, this is a very light pink with a near-neutral character. Its RGB recipe is 92% red, 87% green and 91% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 6% magenta, 1% yellow and 8% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.

›What text colour should I use on #EADDE8?

Use black text. Black on #EADDE8 has a contrast ratio of 16.01:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EADDE8?

Its complementary colour is #DDEADF, and analogous partners are #E5DDEA and #EADDE2.