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#F2EBFB

Lavender · very light cool white

About #F2EBFB

#F2EBFB is a muted, very light shade in the white family. On screen it is built from 95% red, 92% green and 98% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 4% cyan, 6% magenta, 0% yellow and 2% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Lavender (ΔE 3.8); Ice Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #F4FBEB — a ivory tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #F2EBFB for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 18.05:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red242
Green235
Blue251

Closest named colours

Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 3.8
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 9.2
Snow
#FFFAFA · ΔE 9.5

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

Text on #F2EBFB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on lavender #F2EBFB.
1.16:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on lavender #F2EBFB.
18.05:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #F2EBFB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#F2EBFB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E9EDFC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#EAEEFA
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F1EDF0

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #F2EBFB?

#F2EBFB is a muted, very light shade in the white family. On screen it is built from 95% red, 92% green and 98% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 4% cyan, 6% magenta, 0% yellow and 2% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #F2EBFB?

Use black text. Black on #F2EBFB has a contrast ratio of 18.05:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #F2EBFB?

Its complementary colour is #F4FBEB, and analogous partners are #EBECFB and #FAEBFB.