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#ECCEDF

Thistle · very light warm pink

About #ECCEDF

#ECCEDF is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 81% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 13% magenta, 6% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

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 #CEECDB — a pale mint tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #ECCEDF for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 14.46:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red236
Green206
Blue223

Closest named colours

Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 7.3
Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 12.5
Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 12.5

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

Text on #ECCEDF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on thistle #ECCEDF.
1.45:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on thistle #ECCEDF.
14.46:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#ECCEDF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#CFD3E0
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D6D8DE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F0CED4

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ECCEDF?

#ECCEDF is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 81% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 13% magenta, 6% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #ECCEDF?

Use black text. Black on #ECCEDF has a contrast ratio of 14.46:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ECCEDF?

Its complementary colour is #CEECDB, and analogous partners are #EACEEC and #ECCED0.