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#FEDEF9

Lavender · very light warm white

About #FEDEF9

#FEDEF9 is a muted, very light shade in the white family. On screen it is built from 100% red, 87% green and 98% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 13% magenta, 2% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Lavender (ΔE 11.9); Thistle comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #DEFEE3 — a pale mint tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #FEDEF9 for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 17.03:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red254
Green222
Blue249

Closest named colours

Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 11.9
Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 11.9
Bubblegum
#FFC1CC · ΔE 16.7

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

Text on #FEDEF9

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on lavender #FEDEF9.
1.23:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on lavender #FEDEF9.
17.03:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #FEDEF9 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#FEDEF9
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DDE5FA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E4E9F8
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#FFE0E7

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #FEDEF9?

#FEDEF9 is a muted, very light shade in the white family. On screen it is built from 100% red, 87% green and 98% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 13% magenta, 2% yellow and 0% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #FEDEF9?

Use black text. Black on #FEDEF9 has a contrast ratio of 17.03:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #FEDEF9?

Its complementary colour is #DEFEE3, and analogous partners are #F3DEFE and #FEDEE9.