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#EFDBE7

Lavender · very light warm pink

About #EFDBE7

#EFDBE7 is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 94% red, 86% green and 91% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 8% magenta, 3% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Lavender (ΔE 8.5); Light Gray comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #DBEFE3 — a pale mint tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EFDBE7 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 15.96:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red239
Green219
Blue231

Closest named colours

Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 8.5
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 10.6
Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 11.7

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

Text on #EFDBE7

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on lavender #EFDBE7.
1.32:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on lavender #EFDBE7.
15.96:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EFDBE7 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EFDBE7
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DCDFE8
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E0E1E6
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F2DBDF

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EFDBE7?

#EFDBE7 is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 94% red, 86% green and 91% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 8% magenta, 3% yellow and 6% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #EFDBE7?

Use black text. Black on #EFDBE7 has a contrast ratio of 15.96:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EFDBE7?

Its complementary colour is #DBEFE3, and analogous partners are #EDDBEF and #EFDBDD.