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#ECD3E6

Thistle · very light warm pink

About #ECD3E6

#ECD3E6 is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 83% green and 90% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 11% magenta, 3% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Thistle (ΔE 7.7); Lavender comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #D3ECD9 — a pale mint tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #ECD3E6 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 15.03:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

Colour codes

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Red236
Green211
Blue230

Closest named colours

Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 7.7
Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 10.1
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 13.6

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

Text on #ECD3E6

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on thistle #ECD3E6.
1.40:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on thistle #ECD3E6.
15.03:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #ECD3E6 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#ECD3E6
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D3D8E7
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D8DBE5
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#EFD4D9

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ECD3E6?

#ECD3E6 is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 83% green and 90% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 11% magenta, 3% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #ECD3E6?

Use black text. Black on #ECD3E6 has a contrast ratio of 15.03:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ECD3E6?

Its complementary colour is #D3ECD9, and analogous partners are #E6D3EC and #ECD3D9.