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#EED0DE

Thistle · very light warm pink

About #EED0DE

#EED0DE is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 82% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 13% magenta, 7% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Thistle (ΔE 8.8); Baby Pink comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #D0EEE0 — a pale mint tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EED0DE for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 14.71:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red238
Green208
Blue222

Closest named colours

Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 8.8
Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 11.6
Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 12.5

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

Text on #EED0DE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on thistle #EED0DE.
1.43:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on thistle #EED0DE.
14.71:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EED0DE appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EED0DE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D2D5DF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D9DADD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F3D0D5

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EED0DE?

#EED0DE is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 82% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 13% magenta, 7% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #EED0DE?

Use black text. Black on #EED0DE has a contrast ratio of 14.71:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EED0DE?

Its complementary colour is #D0EEE0, and analogous partners are #EED0ED and #EED1D0.