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#F2E9FB

Lavender · very light cool white

About #F2E9FB

With the hex code #F2E9FB, this is a very light white with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 95% red, 91% green and 98% blue, while a printer would mix 4% cyan, 7% magenta, 0% yellow and 2% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Lavender — a ΔE of 3.7 — followed by Ice Blue. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #F2FBE9, a ivory shade.

In design, a very light colour like this works best for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 17.82:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red242
Green233
Blue251

Closest named colours

Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 3.7
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 10.2
Snow
#FFFAFA · ΔE 10.7

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

Text on #F2E9FB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on lavender #F2E9FB.
1.18:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on lavender #F2E9FB.
17.82:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #F2E9FB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#F2E9FB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E7ECFC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E8ECFA
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F1EBEF

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #F2E9FB?

With the hex code #F2E9FB, this is a very light white with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 95% red, 91% green and 98% blue, while a printer would mix 4% cyan, 7% magenta, 0% yellow and 2% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #F2E9FB?

Use black text. Black on #F2E9FB has a contrast ratio of 17.82:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #F2E9FB?

Its complementary colour is #F2FBE9, and analogous partners are #E9E9FB and #FBE9FB.