#BDACBE
Thistle · light cool pink
About #BDACBE
#BDACBE is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 74% red, 67% green and 75% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 1% cyan, 9% magenta, 0% yellow and 25% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is similar to Thistle (ΔE 9.0); Silver comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #ADBEAC — a light sage tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use light tones like #BDACBE for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 9.81:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
Text on #BDACBE
WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.
Colour-blindness preview
How #BDACBE appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #BDACBE?
#BDACBE is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 74% red, 67% green and 75% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 1% cyan, 9% magenta, 0% yellow and 25% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #BDACBE?
Use black text. Black on #BDACBE has a contrast ratio of 9.81:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #BDACBE?
Its complementary colour is #ADBEAC, and analogous partners are #B4ACBE and #BEACB6.