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#EEDBF6

Lavender · very light cool purple

About #EEDBF6

#EEDBF6 is a very light, muted purple colour. Digitally that works out to 93% red, 86% green and 96% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 3% cyan, 11% magenta, 0% yellow and 4% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is very close to Lavender (ΔE 8.0), with Thistle the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #E3F6DB (beige), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 16.10:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red238
Green219
Blue246

Closest named colours

Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 8.0
Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 9.9
Periwinkle
#CCCCFF · ΔE 15.4

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

Text on #EEDBF6

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on lavender #EEDBF6.
1.30:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on lavender #EEDBF6.
16.10:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EEDBF6 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EEDBF6
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D8E0F7
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DCE2F5
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#EEDEE4

Shades, tints & matching colours

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EEDBF6?

#EEDBF6 is a very light, muted purple colour. Digitally that works out to 93% red, 86% green and 96% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 3% cyan, 11% magenta, 0% yellow and 4% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #EEDBF6?

Use black text. Black on #EEDBF6 has a contrast ratio of 16.10:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EEDBF6?

Its complementary colour is #E3F6DB, and analogous partners are #E0DBF6 and #F6DBF1.