#ECD2ED
Thistle · very light cool pink
About #ECD2ED
#ECD2ED is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 82% green and 93% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 11% magenta, 0% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is very close to Thistle (ΔE 7.0); Lavender comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #D3EDD2 — a pale mint tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use very light tones like #ECD2ED for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 15.01:1, a WCAG AAA pass.
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
Text on #ECD2ED
WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.
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How #ECD2ED appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #ECD2ED?
#ECD2ED is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 82% green and 93% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 11% magenta, 0% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #ECD2ED?
Use black text. Black on #ECD2ED has a contrast ratio of 15.01:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #ECD2ED?
Its complementary colour is #D3EDD2, and analogous partners are #DFD2ED and #EDD2E0.