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#FDDDEC

Lavender · very light warm white

About #FDDDEC

#FDDDEC is a muted, very light shade in the white family. On screen it is built from 99% red, 87% green and 93% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 13% magenta, 7% yellow and 1% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Lavender (ΔE 11.7); Thistle comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #DDFDEE — a pale mint tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #FDDDEC for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 16.73:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red253
Green221
Blue236

Closest named colours

Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 11.7
Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 12.5
Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 13.8

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

Text on #FDDDEC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on lavender #FDDDEC.
1.26:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on lavender #FDDDEC.
16.73:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#FDDDEC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DFE2ED
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E6E7EB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FFDDE2

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FDDDEC?

#FDDDEC is a muted, very light shade in the white family. On screen it is built from 99% red, 87% green and 93% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 13% magenta, 7% yellow and 1% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #FDDDEC?

Use black text. Black on #FDDDEC has a contrast ratio of 16.73:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FDDDEC?

Its complementary colour is #DDFDEE, and analogous partners are #FDDDFC and #FDDEDD.