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#EBCFF1

Thistle · very light cool purple

About #EBCFF1

#EBCFF1 is a muted, very light shade in the purple family. On screen it is built from 92% red, 81% green and 95% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 2% cyan, 14% magenta, 0% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Thistle (ΔE 7.7); Periwinkle comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #D5F1CF — a pale mint tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EBCFF1 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 14.73:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red235
Green207
Blue241

Closest named colours

Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 7.7
Periwinkle
#CCCCFF · ΔE 13.3
Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 13.6

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

Text on #EBCFF1

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on thistle #EBCFF1.
1.43:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on thistle #EBCFF1.
14.73:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EBCFF1 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EBCFF1
Protanopia (no red cones)
#CCD6F3
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D2D9F0
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#ECD2DA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EBCFF1?

#EBCFF1 is a muted, very light shade in the purple family. On screen it is built from 92% red, 81% green and 95% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 2% cyan, 14% magenta, 0% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #EBCFF1?

Use black text. Black on #EBCFF1 has a contrast ratio of 14.73:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EBCFF1?

Its complementary colour is #D5F1CF, and analogous partners are #DACFF1 and #F1CFE6.