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#EEDCF6

Lavender · very light cool purple

About #EEDCF6

#EEDCF6 is a muted, very light shade in the purple family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 86% green and 96% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 3% cyan, 11% magenta, 0% yellow and 4% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Lavender (ΔE 7.4); Thistle comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #E4F6DC — a beige tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EEDCF6 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 16.20:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

Colour codes

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Red238
Green220
Blue246

Closest named colours

Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 7.4
Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 10.2
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 15.2

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

Text on #EEDCF6

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on lavender #EEDCF6.
1.30:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on lavender #EEDCF6.
16.20:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EEDCF6 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EEDCF6
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D9E1F7
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DDE3F5
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#EEDFE4

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EEDCF6?

#EEDCF6 is a muted, very light shade in the purple family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 86% green and 96% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 3% cyan, 11% magenta, 0% yellow and 4% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #EEDCF6?

Use black text. Black on #EEDCF6 has a contrast ratio of 16.20:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EEDCF6?

Its complementary colour is #E4F6DC, and analogous partners are #E1DCF6 and #F6DCF1.