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#EFDDFD

Lavender · very light cool white

About #EFDDFD

#EFDDFD is a muted, very light shade in the white family. On screen it is built from 94% red, 87% green and 99% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 6% cyan, 13% magenta, 0% yellow and 1% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Lavender (ΔE 9.1); Thistle comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #EBFDDD — a beige tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EFDDFD for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 16.43:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red239
Green221
Blue253

Closest named colours

Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 9.1
Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 11.2
Periwinkle
#CCCCFF · ΔE 13.6

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

Text on #EFDDFD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on lavender #EFDDFD.
1.28:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on lavender #EFDDFD.
16.43:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#EFDDFD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D9E3FE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DCE4FC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#EEE1E7

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EFDDFD?

#EFDDFD is a muted, very light shade in the white family. On screen it is built from 94% red, 87% green and 99% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 6% cyan, 13% magenta, 0% yellow and 1% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #EFDDFD?

Use black text. Black on #EFDDFD has a contrast ratio of 16.43:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EFDDFD?

Its complementary colour is #EBFDDD, and analogous partners are #DFDDFD and #FDDDFB.