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#C4B2BB

Silver · light warm pink

About #C4B2BB

With the hex code #C4B2BB, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 77% red, 70% green and 73% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 9% magenta, 5% yellow and 23% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Silver — a ΔE of 9.0 — followed by Thistle. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #B2C4BB, a silver shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 10.43:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red196
Green178
Blue187

Closest named colours

Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 9.0
Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 10.5
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 12.0

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

Text on #C4B2BB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on silver #C4B2BB.
2.01:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on silver #C4B2BB.
10.43:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #C4B2BB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#C4B2BB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#B3B5BB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#B7B8BB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C7B2B5

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #C4B2BB?

With the hex code #C4B2BB, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 77% red, 70% green and 73% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 9% magenta, 5% yellow and 23% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #C4B2BB?

Use black text. Black on #C4B2BB has a contrast ratio of 10.43:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #C4B2BB?

Its complementary colour is #B2C4BB, and analogous partners are #C4B2C4 and #C4B2B2.