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#EFC7DD

Thistle · very light warm pink

About #EFC7DD

#EFC7DD is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 94% red, 78% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 17% magenta, 8% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Thistle (ΔE 7.1); Bubblegum comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #C7EFD9 — a pale mint tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EFC7DD for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 13.88:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red239
Green199
Blue221

Closest named colours

Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 7.1
Bubblegum
#FFC1CC · ΔE 10.7
Pink
#FFC0CB · ΔE 11.0

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

Text on #EFC7DD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on thistle #EFC7DD.
1.51:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on thistle #EFC7DD.
13.88:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EFC7DD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EFC7DD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C9CEDE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D2D4DC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F5C7CE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EFC7DD?

#EFC7DD is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 94% red, 78% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 17% magenta, 8% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #EFC7DD?

Use black text. Black on #EFC7DD has a contrast ratio of 13.88:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EFC7DD?

Its complementary colour is #C7EFD9, and analogous partners are #EDC7EF and #EFC7C9.