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#EFCFDE

Thistle · very light warm pink

About #EFCFDE

#EFCFDE is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 94% red, 81% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 13% magenta, 7% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Thistle (ΔE 8.5); Baby Pink comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #CFEFE0 — a pale mint tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EFCFDE for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 14.65:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red239
Green207
Blue222

Closest named colours

Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 8.5
Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 11.4
Bubblegum
#FFC1CC · ΔE 12.2

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

Text on #EFCFDE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on thistle #EFCFDE.
1.43:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on thistle #EFCFDE.
14.65:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#EFCFDE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D1D5DF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D8D9DD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F4CFD4

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EFCFDE?

#EFCFDE is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 94% red, 81% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 13% magenta, 7% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #EFCFDE?

Use black text. Black on #EFCFDE has a contrast ratio of 14.65:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EFCFDE?

Its complementary colour is #CFEFE0, and analogous partners are #EFCFEE and #EFD0CF.