ColorXprez

#EFCFEA

Thistle · very light warm pink

About #EFCFEA

#EFCFEA is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 94% red, 81% green and 92% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 13% magenta, 2% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Thistle (ΔE 6.9); Lavender comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #CFEFD4 — a pale mint tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EFCFEA for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 14.78:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

Colour codes

HEX
RGB
HSL
HSV / HSB
CMYK
CIELAB
Decimal
CSS
Red239
Green207
Blue234

Closest named colours

Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 6.9
Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 13.2
Bubblegum
#FFC1CC · ΔE 14.9

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

Text on #EFCFEA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on thistle #EFCFEA.
1.42:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on thistle #EFCFEA.
14.78:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#EFCFEA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#CED6EB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D5DAE9
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F2D1D8

Shades, tints & matching colours

Tints and shades

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split complementary

Tetradic

Similar colours

Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EFCFEA?

#EFCFEA is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 94% red, 81% green and 92% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 13% magenta, 2% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #EFCFEA?

Use black text. Black on #EFCFEA has a contrast ratio of 14.78:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EFCFEA?

Its complementary colour is #CFEFD4, and analogous partners are #E4CFEF and #EFCFDA.