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#EADFF4

Lavender · very light cool purple

About #EADFF4

#EADFF4 is a muted, very light shade in the purple family. On screen it is built from 92% red, 87% green and 96% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 4% 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 4.2); Thistle comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #E9F4DF — a beige tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EADFF4 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 16.36:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red234
Green223
Blue244

Closest named colours

Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 4.2
Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 11.7
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 11.8

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

Text on #EADFF4

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on lavender #EADFF4.
1.28:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on lavender #EADFF4.
16.36:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EADFF4 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EADFF4
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DCE2F5
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DEE3F3
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E9E1E6

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EADFF4?

#EADFF4 is a muted, very light shade in the purple family. On screen it is built from 92% red, 87% green and 96% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 4% cyan, 9% magenta, 0% yellow and 4% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #EADFF4?

Use black text. Black on #EADFF4 has a contrast ratio of 16.36:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EADFF4?

Its complementary colour is #E9F4DF, and analogous partners are #DFDFF4 and #F4DFF4.