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#F2EAFC

Lavender · very light cool white

About #F2EAFC

#F2EAFC is a muted, very light shade in the white family. On screen it is built from 95% red, 92% green and 99% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 4% cyan, 7% magenta, 0% yellow and 1% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Lavender (ΔE 3.5); Ice Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #F4FCEA — a ivory tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #F2EAFC for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 17.95:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red242
Green234
Blue252

Closest named colours

Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 3.5
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 9.8
Snow
#FFFAFA · ΔE 10.5

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

Text on #F2EAFC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on lavender #F2EAFC.
1.17:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on lavender #F2EAFC.
17.95:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #F2EAFC appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#F2EAFC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E7EDFD
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E9EDFB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F1ECF0

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #F2EAFC?

#F2EAFC is a muted, very light shade in the white family. On screen it is built from 95% red, 92% green and 99% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 4% cyan, 7% magenta, 0% yellow and 1% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #F2EAFC?

Use black text. Black on #F2EAFC has a contrast ratio of 17.95:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #F2EAFC?

Its complementary colour is #F4FCEA, and analogous partners are #EAEBFC and #FBEAFC.