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#EDDCE8

Lavender · very light warm pink

About #EDDCE8

#EDDCE8 is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 86% green and 91% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 7% magenta, 2% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Lavender (ΔE 7.6); Light Gray comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #DCEDE1 — a off white tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EDDCE8 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 16.00:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red237
Green220
Blue232

Closest named colours

Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 7.6
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 10.0
Snow
#FFFAFA · ΔE 12.0

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

Text on #EDDCE8

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on lavender #EDDCE8.
1.31:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on lavender #EDDCE8.
16.00:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EDDCE8 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EDDCE8
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DCDFE9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E0E2E7
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#EFDCE0

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EDDCE8?

#EDDCE8 is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 86% green and 91% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 7% magenta, 2% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #EDDCE8?

Use black text. Black on #EDDCE8 has a contrast ratio of 16.00:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EDDCE8?

Its complementary colour is #DCEDE1, and analogous partners are #EADCED and #EDDCDF.