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#EDD8EC

Lavender · very light warm pink

About #EDD8EC

#EDD8EC is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 85% 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 Lavender (ΔE 8.1); Thistle comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #D8EDD9 — a pale mint tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EDD8EC for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 15.63:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red237
Green216
Blue236

Closest named colours

Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 8.1
Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 9.1
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 13.5

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

Text on #EDD8EC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on lavender #EDD8EC.
1.34:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on lavender #EDD8EC.
15.63:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EDD8EC appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EDD8EC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D7DDED
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DBDFEB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#EFD9DE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EDD8EC?

#EDD8EC is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 85% 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 #EDD8EC?

Use black text. Black on #EDD8EC has a contrast ratio of 15.63:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EDD8EC?

Its complementary colour is #D8EDD9, and analogous partners are #E4D8ED and #EDD8E1.