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#CB9CBB

Lilac · light warm pink

About #CB9CBB

With the hex code #CB9CBB, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 80% red, 61% green and 73% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 23% magenta, 8% yellow and 20% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Lilac — a ΔE of 5.5 — followed by Thistle. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #9CCBAC, 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 — 9.01:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red203
Green156
Blue187

Closest named colours

Lilac
#C8A2C8 · ΔE 5.5
Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 14.1
Wisteria
#C9A0DC · ΔE 15.9

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

Text on #CB9CBB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on lilac #CB9CBB.
2.33:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on lilac #CB9CBB.
9.01:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CB9CBB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CB9CBB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#9DA6BC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#A8ACBA
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D19DA6

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CB9CBB?

With the hex code #CB9CBB, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 80% red, 61% green and 73% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 23% magenta, 8% yellow and 20% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #CB9CBB?

Use black text. Black on #CB9CBB has a contrast ratio of 9.01:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CB9CBB?

Its complementary colour is #9CCBAC, and analogous partners are #C39CCB and #CB9CA3.