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#ECD7E5

Lavender · very light warm pink

About #ECD7E5

#ECD7E5 is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 84% green and 90% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 9% magenta, 3% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Lavender (ΔE 8.9); Thistle comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #D7ECDE — a pale mint tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #ECD7E5 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 15.42:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red236
Green215
Blue229

Closest named colours

Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 8.9
Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 10.0
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 11.1

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

Text on #ECD7E5

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on lavender #ECD7E5.
1.36:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on lavender #ECD7E5.
15.42:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #ECD7E5 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#ECD7E5
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D7DBE6
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DCDEE4
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#EFD7DB

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ECD7E5?

#ECD7E5 is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 84% green and 90% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 9% magenta, 3% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #ECD7E5?

Use black text. Black on #ECD7E5 has a contrast ratio of 15.42:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ECD7E5?

Its complementary colour is #D7ECDE, and analogous partners are #E9D7EC and #ECD7DB.