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#EEDCFC

Lavender · very light cool white

About #EEDCFC

#EEDCFC is a muted, very light shade in the white family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 86% green and 99% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 6% cyan, 13% magenta, 0% yellow and 1% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Lavender (ΔE 9.1); Thistle comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #EAFCDC — a beige tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EEDCFC for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 16.28:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red238
Green220
Blue252

Closest named colours

Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 9.1
Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 10.8
Periwinkle
#CCCCFF · ΔE 13.4

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

Text on #EEDCFC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on lavender #EEDCFC.
1.29:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on lavender #EEDCFC.
16.28:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#EEDCFC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D8E2FD
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DBE3FB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#EDE0E6

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EEDCFC?

#EEDCFC is a muted, very light shade in the white family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 86% green and 99% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 6% cyan, 13% magenta, 0% yellow and 1% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #EEDCFC?

Use black text. Black on #EEDCFC has a contrast ratio of 16.28:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EEDCFC?

Its complementary colour is #EAFCDC, and analogous partners are #DEDCFC and #FCDCFA.