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#FEDEE9

Lavender · very light warm white

About #FEDEE9

#FEDEE9 is a very light, muted white colour. Digitally that works out to 100% red, 87% green and 91% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 13% magenta, 8% yellow and 0% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is similar to Lavender (ΔE 12.4), with Baby Pink the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #DEFEF3 (pale mint), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 16.84:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red254
Green222
Blue233

Closest named colours

Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 12.4
Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 12.8
Snow
#FFFAFA · ΔE 13.5

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

Text on #FEDEE9

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on lavender #FEDEE9.
1.25:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on lavender #FEDEE9.
16.84:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #FEDEE9 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#FEDEE9
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E1E3E9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E8E8E8
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FFDDE2

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FEDEE9?

#FEDEE9 is a very light, muted white colour. Digitally that works out to 100% red, 87% green and 91% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 13% magenta, 8% yellow and 0% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #FEDEE9?

Use black text. Black on #FEDEE9 has a contrast ratio of 16.84:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FEDEE9?

Its complementary colour is #DEFEF3, and analogous partners are #FEDEF9 and #FEE3DE.