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#EECDE4

Thistle · very light warm pink

About #EECDE4

#EECDE4 is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 80% green and 89% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 14% magenta, 4% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Thistle (ΔE 6.4); Bubblegum comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #CDEED7 — a pale mint tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EECDE4 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 14.49:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red238
Green205
Blue228

Closest named colours

Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 6.4
Bubblegum
#FFC1CC · ΔE 13.3
Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 13.4

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

Text on #EECDE4

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on thistle #EECDE4.
1.45:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on thistle #EECDE4.
14.49:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EECDE4 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EECDE4
Protanopia (no red cones)
#CED4E5
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D5D8E3
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F2CED5

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EECDE4?

#EECDE4 is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 80% green and 89% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 14% magenta, 4% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #EECDE4?

Use black text. Black on #EECDE4 has a contrast ratio of 14.49:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EECDE4?

Its complementary colour is #CDEED7, and analogous partners are #E8CDEE and #EECDD3.