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#EBD6ED

Thistle · very light cool pink

About #EBD6ED

#EBD6ED is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 92% red, 84% green and 93% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 1% cyan, 10% magenta, 0% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Thistle (ΔE 8.1); Lavender comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #D8EDD6 — a pale mint tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EBD6ED for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 15.37:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red235
Green214
Blue237

Closest named colours

Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 8.1
Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 8.6
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 14.6

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

Text on #EBD6ED

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on thistle #EBD6ED.
1.37:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on thistle #EBD6ED.
15.37:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EBD6ED appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EBD6ED
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D4DBEE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D9DDEC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#ECD8DD

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EBD6ED?

#EBD6ED is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 92% red, 84% green and 93% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 1% cyan, 10% magenta, 0% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #EBD6ED?

Use black text. Black on #EBD6ED has a contrast ratio of 15.37:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EBD6ED?

Its complementary colour is #D8EDD6, and analogous partners are #DFD6ED and #EDD6E4.