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#EFDFF5

Lavender · very light cool purple

About #EFDFF5

#EFDFF5 is a muted, very light shade in the purple family. On screen it is built from 94% red, 87% green and 96% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 2% cyan, 9% magenta, 0% yellow and 4% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Lavender (ΔE 5.8); Thistle comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #E5F5DF — a beige tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EFDFF5 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 16.54:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red239
Green223
Blue245

Closest named colours

Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 5.8
Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 11.3
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 13.5

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

Text on #EFDFF5

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on lavender #EFDFF5.
1.27:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on lavender #EFDFF5.
16.54:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EFDFF5 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EFDFF5
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DDE3F6
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E0E5F4
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#EFE1E6

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EFDFF5?

#EFDFF5 is a muted, very light shade in the purple family. On screen it is built from 94% red, 87% green and 96% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 2% cyan, 9% magenta, 0% yellow and 4% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #EFDFF5?

Use black text. Black on #EFDFF5 has a contrast ratio of 16.54:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EFDFF5?

Its complementary colour is #E5F5DF, and analogous partners are #E4DFF5 and #F5DFF0.