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#EBCCEE

Thistle · very light cool pink

About #EBCCEE

#EBCCEE is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 92% red, 80% green and 93% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 1% cyan, 14% magenta, 0% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Thistle (ΔE 7.3); Periwinkle comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #CFEECC — a pale mint tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EBCCEE for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 14.40:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red235
Green204
Blue238

Closest named colours

Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 7.3
Periwinkle
#CCCCFF · ΔE 13.9
Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 14.8

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

Text on #EBCCEE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on thistle #EBCCEE.
1.46:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on thistle #EBCCEE.
14.40:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#EBCCEE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C9D3EF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D0D7ED
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#EDCFD7

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EBCCEE?

#EBCCEE is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 92% red, 80% green and 93% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 1% cyan, 14% magenta, 0% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #EBCCEE?

Use black text. Black on #EBCCEE has a contrast ratio of 14.40:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EBCCEE?

Its complementary colour is #CFEECC, and analogous partners are #DACCEE and #EECCE0.