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#EBCEEF

Thistle · very light cool pink

About #EBCEEF

#EBCEEF is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 92% red, 81% green and 94% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 2% cyan, 14% magenta, 0% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Thistle (ΔE 7.3); Lavender comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #D2EFCE — a pale mint tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EBCEEF for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 14.61:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red235
Green206
Blue239

Closest named colours

Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 7.3
Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 13.7
Periwinkle
#CCCCFF · ΔE 13.8

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

Text on #EBCEEF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on thistle #EBCEEF.
1.44:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on thistle #EBCEEF.
14.61:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#EBCEEF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#CBD5F0
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D1D8EE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#ECD1D9

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EBCEEF?

#EBCEEF is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 92% red, 81% green and 94% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 2% cyan, 14% magenta, 0% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #EBCEEF?

Use black text. Black on #EBCEEF has a contrast ratio of 14.61:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EBCEEF?

Its complementary colour is #D2EFCE, and analogous partners are #DBCEEF and #EFCEE3.