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#C8A7BF

Lilac · light warm pink

About #C8A7BF

With the hex code #C8A7BF, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 78% red, 65% green and 75% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 16% magenta, 4% 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 7.8 — followed by Thistle. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #A7C8B0, 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 — 9.74:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red200
Green167
Blue191

Closest named colours

Lilac
#C8A2C8 · ΔE 7.8
Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 8.7
Dusty Rose
#C9A29B · ΔE 17.2

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

Text on #C8A7BF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on lilac #C8A7BF.
2.16:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on lilac #C8A7BF.
9.74:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #C8A7BF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#C8A7BF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#A7AEC0
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#AEB2BE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CCA8AF

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #C8A7BF?

With the hex code #C8A7BF, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 78% red, 65% green and 75% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 16% magenta, 4% yellow and 22% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #C8A7BF?

Use black text. Black on #C8A7BF has a contrast ratio of 9.74:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #C8A7BF?

Its complementary colour is #A7C8B0, and analogous partners are #C0A7C8 and #C8A7AE.