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#BDABB7

Thistle · light warm pink

About #BDABB7

With the hex code #BDABB7, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 74% red, 67% green and 72% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 10% magenta, 3% yellow and 26% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Thistle — a ΔE of 10.9 — followed by Silver. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #ABBDB1, a light sage shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 9.67:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red189
Green171
Blue183

Closest named colours

Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 10.9
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 11.1
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 13.4

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

Text on #BDABB7

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on thistle #BDABB7.
2.17:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on thistle #BDABB7.
9.67:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BDABB7 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BDABB7
Protanopia (no red cones)
#ABAEB8
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#AFB1B6
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#BFABAF

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BDABB7?

With the hex code #BDABB7, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 74% red, 67% green and 72% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 10% magenta, 3% yellow and 26% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #BDABB7?

Use black text. Black on #BDABB7 has a contrast ratio of 9.67:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BDABB7?

Its complementary colour is #ABBDB1, and analogous partners are #BAABBD and #BDABAE.