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#EBCDED

Thistle · very light cool pink

About #EBCDED

#EBCDED 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 6.8); Lavender comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #CFEDCD — a pale mint tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EBCDED for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 14.49:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red235
Green205
Blue237

Closest named colours

Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 6.8
Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 13.9
Periwinkle
#CCCCFF · ΔE 14.4

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

Text on #EBCDED

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on thistle #EBCDED.
1.45:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on thistle #EBCDED.
14.49:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#EBCDED
Protanopia (no red cones)
#CBD4EE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D1D8EC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#EDD0D8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EBCDED?

#EBCDED 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 #EBCDED?

Use black text. Black on #EBCDED has a contrast ratio of 14.49:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EBCDED?

Its complementary colour is #CFEDCD, and analogous partners are #DBCDED and #EDCDDF.