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#F5E2FB

Lavender · very light cool white

About #F5E2FB

#F5E2FB is a muted, very light shade in the white family. On screen it is built from 96% red, 89% green and 98% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 2% cyan, 10% magenta, 0% yellow and 2% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Lavender (ΔE 7.1); Thistle comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #E8FBE2 — a beige tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #F5E2FB for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 17.15:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red245
Green226
Blue251

Closest named colours

Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 7.1
Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 12.2
Ice Blue
#DBEEFA · ΔE 14.9

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

Text on #F5E2FB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on lavender #F5E2FB.
1.22:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on lavender #F5E2FB.
17.15:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #F5E2FB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#F5E2FB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E0E7FC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E3E9FA
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F5E4EA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #F5E2FB?

#F5E2FB is a muted, very light shade in the white family. On screen it is built from 96% red, 89% green and 98% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 2% cyan, 10% magenta, 0% yellow and 2% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #F5E2FB?

Use black text. Black on #F5E2FB has a contrast ratio of 17.15:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #F5E2FB?

Its complementary colour is #E8FBE2, and analogous partners are #E9E2FB and #FBE2F4.