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#ECDBED

Lavender · very light cool pink

About #ECDBED

#ECDBED is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 86% green and 93% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 8% magenta, 0% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Lavender (ΔE 6.6); Thistle comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #DCEDDB — a beige tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #ECDBED for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 15.92:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red236
Green219
Blue237

Closest named colours

Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 6.6
Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 10.4
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 12.1

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

Text on #ECDBED

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on lavender #ECDBED.
1.32:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on lavender #ECDBED.
15.92:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#ECDBED
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DADFEE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DDE1EC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#EDDCE1

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ECDBED?

#ECDBED is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 86% green and 93% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 8% magenta, 0% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #ECDBED?

Use black text. Black on #ECDBED has a contrast ratio of 15.92:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ECDBED?

Its complementary colour is #DCEDDB, and analogous partners are #E3DBED and #EDDBE5.