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#F3DFEB

Lavender · very light warm pink

About #F3DFEB

#F3DFEB is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 95% red, 87% green and 92% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 8% magenta, 3% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Lavender (ΔE 8.2); Light Gray comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #DFF3E7 — a off white tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #F3DFEB for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 16.57:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red243
Green223
Blue235

Closest named colours

Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 8.2
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 11.3
Snow
#FFFAFA · ΔE 11.4

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

Text on #F3DFEB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on lavender #F3DFEB.
1.27:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on lavender #F3DFEB.
16.57:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #F3DFEB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#F3DFEB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E0E3EC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E4E5EA
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F6DFE3

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #F3DFEB?

#F3DFEB is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 95% red, 87% green and 92% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 8% magenta, 3% yellow and 5% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #F3DFEB?

Use black text. Black on #F3DFEB has a contrast ratio of 16.57:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #F3DFEB?

Its complementary colour is #DFF3E7, and analogous partners are #F1DFF3 and #F3DFE1.