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#ECD4DF

Thistle · very light warm pink

About #ECD4DF

#ECD4DF is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 83% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 10% magenta, 6% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Thistle (ΔE 10.3); Light Gray comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #D4ECE1 — a pale mint tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #ECD4DF for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 15.05:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red236
Green212
Blue223

Closest named colours

Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 10.3
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 10.7
Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 10.8

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

Text on #ECD4DF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on thistle #ECD4DF.
1.40:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on thistle #ECD4DF.
15.05:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #ECD4DF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#ECD4DF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D6D8DF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DBDCDE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F0D4D8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ECD4DF?

#ECD4DF is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 83% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 10% magenta, 6% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #ECD4DF?

Use black text. Black on #ECD4DF has a contrast ratio of 15.05:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ECD4DF?

Its complementary colour is #D4ECE1, and analogous partners are #ECD4EB and #ECD5D4.