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#BFABB8

Thistle · light warm pink

About #BFABB8

With the hex code #BFABB8, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 75% red, 67% green and 72% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 10% magenta, 4% yellow and 25% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Thistle — a ΔE of 10.3 — followed by Silver. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #ABBFB2, a light sage shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 9.73:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red191
Green171
Blue184

Closest named colours

Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 10.3
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 11.8
Dusty Rose
#C9A29B · ΔE 13.8

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

Text on #BFABB8

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on thistle #BFABB8.
2.16:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on thistle #BFABB8.
9.73:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BFABB8 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BFABB8
Protanopia (no red cones)
#ABAFB9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#B0B2B7
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C2ABAF

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BFABB8?

With the hex code #BFABB8, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 75% red, 67% green and 72% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 10% magenta, 4% yellow and 25% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #BFABB8?

Use black text. Black on #BFABB8 has a contrast ratio of 9.73:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BFABB8?

Its complementary colour is #ABBFB2, and analogous partners are #BCABBF and #BFABAE.