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#F4E4EF

Lavender · very light warm white

About #F4E4EF

With the hex code #F4E4EF, this is a very light white with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 96% red, 89% green and 94% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 7% magenta, 2% yellow and 4% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Lavender — a ΔE of 7.3 — followed by Snow. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #E4F4E9, a off white 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 — 17.19:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red244
Green228
Blue239

Closest named colours

Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 7.3
Snow
#FFFAFA · ΔE 9.5
Off White
#F8F6F1 · ΔE 10.8

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

Text on #F4E4EF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on lavender #F4E4EF.
1.22:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on lavender #F4E4EF.
17.19:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #F4E4EF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#F4E4EF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E4E7EF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E8E9EE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F6E4E7

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #F4E4EF?

With the hex code #F4E4EF, this is a very light white with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 96% red, 89% green and 94% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 7% magenta, 2% yellow and 4% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #F4E4EF?

Use black text. Black on #F4E4EF has a contrast ratio of 17.19:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #F4E4EF?

Its complementary colour is #E4F4E9, and analogous partners are #F1E4F4 and #F4E4E7.