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#EDD0EE

Thistle · very light cool pink

About #EDD0EE

#EDD0EE is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 82% green and 93% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 13% magenta, 0% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Thistle (ΔE 7.1); Lavender comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #D1EED0 — a pale mint tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EDD0EE for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 14.86:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red237
Green208
Blue238

Closest named colours

Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 7.1
Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 12.7
Periwinkle
#CCCCFF · ΔE 15.1

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

Text on #EDD0EE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on thistle #EDD0EE.
1.41:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on thistle #EDD0EE.
14.86:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EDD0EE appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EDD0EE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#CED7EF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D4DAED
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#EFD2DA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EDD0EE?

#EDD0EE is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 82% green and 93% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 13% magenta, 0% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #EDD0EE?

Use black text. Black on #EDD0EE has a contrast ratio of 14.86:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EDD0EE?

Its complementary colour is #D1EED0, and analogous partners are #DED0EE and #EED0E0.