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#EDDBEF

Lavender · very light cool pink

About #EDDBEF

#EDDBEF is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 86% green and 94% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 1% cyan, 8% magenta, 0% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Lavender (ΔE 6.8); Thistle comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #DDEFDB — a beige tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EDDBEF for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 15.98:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red237
Green219
Blue239

Closest named colours

Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 6.8
Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 10.1
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 13.2

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

Text on #EDDBEF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on lavender #EDDBEF.
1.31:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on lavender #EDDBEF.
15.98:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#EDDBEF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DADFF0
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DDE1EE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#EEDDE1

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EDDBEF?

#EDDBEF is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 86% green and 94% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 1% cyan, 8% magenta, 0% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #EDDBEF?

Use black text. Black on #EDDBEF has a contrast ratio of 15.98:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EDDBEF?

Its complementary colour is #DDEFDB, and analogous partners are #E3DBEF and #EFDBE7.