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#CAABC5

Thistle · light warm pink

About #CAABC5

With the hex code #CAABC5, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 79% red, 67% green and 77% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 15% magenta, 2% yellow and 21% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Thistle — a ΔE of 7.2 — followed by Lilac. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #ABCAB0, 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 — 10.14:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red202
Green171
Blue197

Closest named colours

Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 7.2
Lilac
#C8A2C8 · ΔE 7.4
Bubblegum
#FFC1CC · ΔE 18.0

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

Text on #CAABC5

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on thistle #CAABC5.
2.07:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on thistle #CAABC5.
10.14:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CAABC5 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CAABC5
Protanopia (no red cones)
#AAB2C6
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#B1B6C4
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CDACB4

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CAABC5?

With the hex code #CAABC5, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 79% red, 67% green and 77% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 15% magenta, 2% yellow and 21% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #CAABC5?

Use black text. Black on #CAABC5 has a contrast ratio of 10.14:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CAABC5?

Its complementary colour is #ABCAB0, and analogous partners are #BFABCA and #CAABB5.