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#EDDBE6

Lavender · very light warm pink

About #EDDBE6

#EDDBE6 is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 86% green and 90% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 8% magenta, 3% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Lavender (ΔE 8.3); Light Gray comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #DBEDE2 — a off white tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EDDBE6 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 15.88:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red237
Green219
Blue230

Closest named colours

Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 8.3
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 9.8
Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 12.0

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

Text on #EDDBE6

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on lavender #EDDBE6.
1.32:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on lavender #EDDBE6.
15.88:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EDDBE6 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EDDBE6
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DCDEE6
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DFE1E5
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F0DBDF

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EDDBE6?

#EDDBE6 is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 86% green and 90% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 8% magenta, 3% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #EDDBE6?

Use black text. Black on #EDDBE6 has a contrast ratio of 15.88:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EDDBE6?

Its complementary colour is #DBEDE2, and analogous partners are #EBDBED and #EDDBDD.