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#EDBCD5

Thistle · light warm pink

About #EDBCD5

#EDBCD5 is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 74% green and 84% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 21% magenta, 10% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Thistle (ΔE 9.0); Bubblegum comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #BCEDD4 — a pale mint tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #EDBCD5 for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 12.76:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red237
Green188
Blue213

Closest named colours

Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 9.0
Bubblegum
#FFC1CC · ΔE 9.6
Pink
#FFC0CB · ΔE 9.8

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

Text on #EDBCD5

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on thistle #EDBCD5.
1.65:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on thistle #EDBCD5.
12.76:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EDBCD5 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EDBCD5
Protanopia (no red cones)
#BFC5D6
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#CACCD4
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F4BBC4

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EDBCD5?

#EDBCD5 is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 74% green and 84% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 21% magenta, 10% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #EDBCD5?

Use black text. Black on #EDBCD5 has a contrast ratio of 12.76:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EDBCD5?

Its complementary colour is #BCEDD4, and analogous partners are #ECBCED and #EDBCBD.