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#C8A2BB

Lilac · light warm pink

About #C8A2BB

With the hex code #C8A2BB, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 78% red, 64% green and 73% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 19% magenta, 7% yellow and 22% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Lilac — a ΔE of 7.0 — followed by Thistle. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #A2C8AF, 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 — 9.34:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red200
Green162
Blue187

Closest named colours

Lilac
#C8A2C8 · ΔE 7.0
Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 10.8
Dusty Rose
#C9A29B · ΔE 17.3

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

Text on #C8A2BB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on lilac #C8A2BB.
2.25:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on lilac #C8A2BB.
9.34:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #C8A2BB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#C8A2BB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#A3AABC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#ABAFBA
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CDA3AA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #C8A2BB?

With the hex code #C8A2BB, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 78% red, 64% green and 73% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 19% magenta, 7% yellow and 22% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #C8A2BB?

Use black text. Black on #C8A2BB has a contrast ratio of 9.34:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #C8A2BB?

Its complementary colour is #A2C8AF, and analogous partners are #C2A2C8 and #C8A2A8.