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#EDBBED

Wisteria · light warm pink

About #EDBBED

#EDBBED is a light, moderately saturated pink colour. Digitally that works out to 93% red, 73% green and 93% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 21% magenta, 0% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is similar to Wisteria (ΔE 12.3), with Lilac the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #BBEDBB (seafoam), its complementary partner.

Because it is light, it is most useful for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 12.93:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red237
Green187
Blue237

Closest named colours

Wisteria
#C9A0DC · ΔE 12.3
Lilac
#C8A2C8 · ΔE 12.6
Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 15.7

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

Text on #EDBBED

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on wisteria #EDBBED.
1.62:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on wisteria #EDBBED.
12.93:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#EDBBED
Protanopia (no red cones)
#B8C7EF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C3CDEB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F0BFCC

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EDBBED?

#EDBBED is a light, moderately saturated pink colour. Digitally that works out to 93% red, 73% green and 93% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 21% magenta, 0% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #EDBBED?

Use black text. Black on #EDBBED has a contrast ratio of 12.93:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EDBBED?

Its complementary colour is #BBEDBB, and analogous partners are #D4BBED and #EDBBD4.