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#ECD8EA

Lavender · very light warm pink

About #ECD8EA

#ECD8EA is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 85% green and 92% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 8% magenta, 1% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Lavender (ΔE 7.9); Thistle comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #D8ECDA — a pale mint tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #ECD8EA for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 15.58:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red236
Green216
Blue234

Closest named colours

Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 7.9
Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 9.4
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 12.4

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

Text on #ECD8EA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on lavender #ECD8EA.
1.35:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on lavender #ECD8EA.
15.58:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #ECD8EA appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#ECD8EA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D7DCEB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DBDFE9
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#EED9DE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ECD8EA?

#ECD8EA is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 85% green and 92% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 8% magenta, 1% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #ECD8EA?

Use black text. Black on #ECD8EA has a contrast ratio of 15.58:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ECD8EA?

Its complementary colour is #D8ECDA, and analogous partners are #E4D8EC and #ECD8E0.