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#C8B3BC

Silver · light warm pink

About #C8B3BC

With the hex code #C8B3BC, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 78% red, 70% green and 74% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 11% magenta, 6% yellow and 22% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Silver — a ΔE of 9.7 — followed by Thistle. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #B3C8BF, 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 10.63:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red200
Green179
Blue188

Closest named colours

Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 9.7
Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 9.9
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 12.5

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

Text on #C8B3BC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on silver #C8B3BC.
1.98:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on silver #C8B3BC.
10.63:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #C8B3BC appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#C8B3BC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#B5B6BC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#B9BABB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CCB3B6

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #C8B3BC?

With the hex code #C8B3BC, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 78% red, 70% green and 74% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 11% magenta, 6% yellow and 22% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #C8B3BC?

Use black text. Black on #C8B3BC has a contrast ratio of 10.63:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #C8B3BC?

Its complementary colour is #B3C8BF, and analogous partners are #C8B3C7 and #C8B4B3.