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#EEDEED

Lavender · very light warm pink

About #EEDEED

#EEDEED is a very light, muted pink colour. Digitally that works out to 93% red, 87% green and 93% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 7% magenta, 0% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is very close to Lavender (ΔE 6.4), with Light Gray the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #DEEEDF (eggshell), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 16.31:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red238
Green222
Blue237

Closest named colours

Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 6.4
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 11.2
Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 11.9

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

Text on #EEDEED

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on lavender #EEDEED.
1.29:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on lavender #EEDEED.
16.31:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#EEDEED
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DDE1EE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E1E3EC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#EFDFE3

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EEDEED?

#EEDEED is a very light, muted pink colour. Digitally that works out to 93% red, 87% green and 93% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 7% magenta, 0% yellow and 7% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #EEDEED?

Use black text. Black on #EEDEED has a contrast ratio of 16.31:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EEDEED?

Its complementary colour is #DEEEDF, and analogous partners are #E7DEEE and #EEDEE5.