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#EEDCE7

Lavender · very light warm pink

About #EEDCE7

#EEDCE7 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, 8% magenta, 3% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Lavender (ΔE 8.2); Light Gray comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #DCEEE3 — a off white tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EEDCE7 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 16.03:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red238
Green220
Blue231

Closest named colours

Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 8.2
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 9.9
Snow
#FFFAFA · ΔE 11.8

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

Text on #EEDCE7

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on lavender #EEDCE7.
1.31:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on lavender #EEDCE7.
16.03:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EEDCE7 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EEDCE7
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DDDFE7
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E0E2E6
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F1DCE0

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EEDCE7?

#EEDCE7 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, 8% magenta, 3% yellow and 7% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #EEDCE7?

Use black text. Black on #EEDCE7 has a contrast ratio of 16.03:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EEDCE7?

Its complementary colour is #DCEEE3, and analogous partners are #ECDCEE and #EEDCDE.