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#EDD7ED

Thistle · very light warm pink

About #EDD7ED

#EDD7ED is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 84% green and 93% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 9% magenta, 0% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Thistle (ΔE 8.5); Lavender comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #D7EDD7 — a pale mint tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EDD7ED for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 15.54:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red237
Green215
Blue237

Closest named colours

Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 8.5
Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 8.6
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 14.4

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

Text on #EDD7ED

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on thistle #EDD7ED.
1.35:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on thistle #EDD7ED.
15.54:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EDD7ED appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EDD7ED
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D6DCEE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DADFEC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#EFD9DE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EDD7ED?

#EDD7ED is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 84% green and 93% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 9% magenta, 0% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #EDD7ED?

Use black text. Black on #EDD7ED has a contrast ratio of 15.54:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EDD7ED?

Its complementary colour is #D7EDD7, and analogous partners are #E2D7ED and #EDD7E2.