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#EEDEE8

Lavender · very light neutral

About #EEDEE8

#EEDEE8 is a near-neutral, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 87% green and 91% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 7% magenta, 3% yellow and 7% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Lavender (ΔE 7.8); Light Gray comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #DEEEE4 — a off white tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EEDEE8 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 16.25:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red238
Green222
Blue232

Closest named colours

Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 7.8
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 9.5
Snow
#FFFAFA · ΔE 10.9

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

Text on #EEDEE8

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on lavender #EEDEE8.
1.29:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on lavender #EEDEE8.
16.25:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EEDEE8 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EEDEE8
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DEE1E8
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E2E3E8
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F0DEE1

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EEDEE8?

#EEDEE8 is a near-neutral, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 87% green and 91% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 7% magenta, 3% yellow and 7% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.

›What text colour should I use on #EEDEE8?

Use black text. Black on #EEDEE8 has a contrast ratio of 16.25:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EEDEE8?

Its complementary colour is #DEEEE4, and analogous partners are #ECDEEE and #EEDEE0.