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#EBDEF6

Lavender · very light cool purple

About #EBDEF6

#EBDEF6 is a very light, muted purple colour. Digitally that works out to 92% red, 87% green and 96% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 4% cyan, 10% magenta, 0% yellow and 4% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is very close to Lavender (ΔE 5.3), with Thistle the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #E9F6DE (beige), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 16.31:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red235
Green222
Blue246

Closest named colours

Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 5.3
Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 11.0
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 13.2

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

Text on #EBDEF6

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on lavender #EBDEF6.
1.29:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on lavender #EBDEF6.
16.31:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EBDEF6 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EBDEF6
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DBE2F7
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DDE3F5
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#EAE1E6

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EBDEF6?

#EBDEF6 is a very light, muted purple colour. Digitally that works out to 92% red, 87% green and 96% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 4% cyan, 10% magenta, 0% yellow and 4% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #EBDEF6?

Use black text. Black on #EBDEF6 has a contrast ratio of 16.31:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EBDEF6?

Its complementary colour is #E9F6DE, and analogous partners are #DFDEF6 and #F6DEF5.