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#EEDFDB

Linen · very light neutral

About #EEDFDB

#EEDFDB is a near-neutral, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 87% green and 86% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 6% magenta, 8% yellow and 7% black. It is close to neutral, so it sits comfortably next to both warm and cool colours.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Linen (ΔE 6.5); Bone comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #DBEAEE — a ice blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EEDFDB for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 16.21:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red238
Green223
Blue219

Closest named colours

Linen
#FAF0E6 · ΔE 6.5
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 7.5
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 7.9

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

Text on #EEDFDB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on linen #EEDFDB.
1.30:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on linen #EEDFDB.
16.21:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#EEDFDB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E2E0DB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E6E3DB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F2DDDE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EEDFDB?

#EEDFDB is a near-neutral, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 93% red, 87% green and 86% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 6% magenta, 8% yellow and 7% black. It is close to neutral, so it sits comfortably next to both warm and cool colours.

›What text colour should I use on #EEDFDB?

Use black text. Black on #EEDFDB has a contrast ratio of 16.21:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EEDFDB?

Its complementary colour is #DBEAEE, and analogous partners are #EEDBE0 and #EEE9DB.