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#FEDEEA

Lavender · very light warm white

About #FEDEEA

#FEDEEA is a muted, very light shade in the white family. On screen it is built from 100% red, 87% green and 92% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 13% magenta, 8% yellow and 0% 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 #DEFEF2 — a pale mint tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #FEDEEA for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 16.85:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red254
Green222
Blue234

Closest named colours

Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 12.2
Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 13.1
Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 13.5

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

Text on #FEDEEA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on lavender #FEDEEA.
1.25:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on lavender #FEDEEA.
16.85:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#FEDEEA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E1E3EA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E8E8E9
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FFDDE2

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FEDEEA?

#FEDEEA is a muted, very light shade in the white family. On screen it is built from 100% red, 87% green and 92% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 13% magenta, 8% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #FEDEEA?

Use black text. Black on #FEDEEA has a contrast ratio of 16.85:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FEDEEA?

Its complementary colour is #DEFEF2, and analogous partners are #FEDEFA and #FEE2DE.