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#EDE4EC

Lavender · very light neutral

About #EDE4EC

#EDE4EC is a near-neutral, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 89% green and 93% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 4% magenta, 0% yellow and 7% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Lavender (ΔE 6.9); Snow comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #E4EDE5 — a off white tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EDE4EC for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 16.91:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red237
Green228
Blue236

Closest named colours

Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 6.9
Snow
#FFFAFA · ΔE 8.4
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 8.7

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

Text on #EDE4EC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on lavender #EDE4EC.
1.24:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on lavender #EDE4EC.
16.91:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EDE4EC appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EDE4EC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E4E6EC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E6E7EC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#EEE4E7

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EDE4EC?

#EDE4EC is a near-neutral, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 89% green and 93% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 4% magenta, 0% yellow and 7% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.

›What text colour should I use on #EDE4EC?

Use black text. Black on #EDE4EC has a contrast ratio of 16.91:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EDE4EC?

Its complementary colour is #E4EDE5, and analogous partners are #EAE4ED and #EDE4E8.