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#FDDDE9

Lavender · very light warm white

About #FDDDE9

#FDDDE9 is a muted, very light shade in the white family. On screen it is built from 99% red, 87% green and 91% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 13% magenta, 8% yellow and 1% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Lavender (ΔE 12.2); Baby Pink comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #DDFDF1 — a pale mint tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #FDDDE9 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 16.70:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red253
Green221
Blue233

Closest named colours

Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 12.2
Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 12.9
Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 13.2

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

Text on #FDDDE9

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on lavender #FDDDE9.
1.26:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on lavender #FDDDE9.
16.70:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #FDDDE9 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#FDDDE9
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E0E2E9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E7E7E8
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FFDCE1

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FDDDE9?

#FDDDE9 is a muted, very light shade in the white family. On screen it is built from 99% red, 87% green and 91% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 13% magenta, 8% yellow and 1% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #FDDDE9?

Use black text. Black on #FDDDE9 has a contrast ratio of 16.70:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FDDDE9?

Its complementary colour is #DDFDF1, and analogous partners are #FDDDF9 and #FDE1DD.