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#CAABC4

Thistle · light warm pink

About #CAABC4

#CAABC4 is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 79% red, 67% green and 77% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 15% magenta, 3% yellow and 21% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Thistle (ΔE 7.2); Lilac comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #ABCAB1 — a light sage tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #CAABC4 for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 10.13:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red202
Green171
Blue196

Closest named colours

Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 7.2
Lilac
#C8A2C8 · ΔE 7.8
Bubblegum
#FFC1CC · ΔE 17.7

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

Text on #CAABC4

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on thistle #CAABC4.
2.07:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on thistle #CAABC4.
10.13:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CAABC4 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CAABC4
Protanopia (no red cones)
#ABB2C5
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#B1B6C3
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CDACB3

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CAABC4?

#CAABC4 is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 79% red, 67% green and 77% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 15% magenta, 3% yellow and 21% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #CAABC4?

Use black text. Black on #CAABC4 has a contrast ratio of 10.13:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CAABC4?

Its complementary colour is #ABCAB1, and analogous partners are #C0ABCA and #CAABB5.