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#EDCFDD

Thistle · very light warm pink

About #EDCFDD

#EDCFDD is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 81% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 13% magenta, 7% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Thistle (ΔE 8.5); Baby Pink comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #CFEDDF — a pale mint tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EDCFDD for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 14.57:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red237
Green207
Blue221

Closest named colours

Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 8.5
Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 11.5
Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 12.7

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

Text on #EDCFDD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on thistle #EDCFDD.
1.44:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on thistle #EDCFDD.
14.57:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#EDCFDD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D1D4DE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D8D9DC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F2CFD4

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EDCFDD?

#EDCFDD is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 81% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 13% magenta, 7% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #EDCFDD?

Use black text. Black on #EDCFDD has a contrast ratio of 14.57:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EDCFDD?

Its complementary colour is #CFEDDF, and analogous partners are #EDCFEC and #EDD0CF.