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#CAABBB

Thistle · light warm pink

About #CAABBB

#CAABBB is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 79% red, 67% green and 73% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 15% magenta, 7% yellow and 21% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Thistle (ΔE 8.8); Lilac comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #ABCABA — a light sage tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #CAABBB for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 10.05:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red202
Green171
Blue187

Closest named colours

Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 8.8
Lilac
#C8A2C8 · ΔE 12.3
Dusty Rose
#C9A29B · ΔE 13.5

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

Text on #CAABBB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on thistle #CAABBB.
2.09:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on thistle #CAABBB.
10.05:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#CAABBB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#ADB1BC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#B4B5BA
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CFABB0

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CAABBB?

#CAABBB is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 79% red, 67% green and 73% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 15% magenta, 7% yellow and 21% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #CAABBB?

Use black text. Black on #CAABBB has a contrast ratio of 10.05:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CAABBB?

Its complementary colour is #ABCABA, and analogous partners are #C9ABCA and #CAABAB.