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#ECDAE5

Lavender · very light warm pink

About #ECDAE5

#ECDAE5 is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 85% green and 90% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 8% magenta, 3% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Lavender (ΔE 8.4); Light Gray comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #DAECE1 — a off white tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #ECDAE5 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 15.73:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red236
Green218
Blue229

Closest named colours

Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 8.4
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 9.6
Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 11.8

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

Text on #ECDAE5

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on lavender #ECDAE5.
1.34:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on lavender #ECDAE5.
15.73:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #ECDAE5 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#ECDAE5
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DBDDE5
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DEE0E4
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#EFDADE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ECDAE5?

#ECDAE5 is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 85% green and 90% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 8% magenta, 3% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #ECDAE5?

Use black text. Black on #ECDAE5 has a contrast ratio of 15.73:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ECDAE5?

Its complementary colour is #DAECE1, and analogous partners are #EADAEC and #ECDADC.