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#CBA5BB

Lilac · light warm pink

About #CBA5BB

With the hex code #CBA5BB, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 80% red, 65% green and 73% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 19% magenta, 8% yellow and 20% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Lilac — a ΔE of 8.7 — followed by Thistle. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #A5CBB5, 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 — 9.64:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red203
Green165
Blue187

Closest named colours

Lilac
#C8A2C8 · ΔE 8.7
Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 10.0
Dusty Rose
#C9A29B · ΔE 15.8

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

Text on #CBA5BB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on lilac #CBA5BB.
2.18:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on lilac #CBA5BB.
9.64:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CBA5BB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CBA5BB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#A7ACBC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#AFB2BA
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D0A5AC

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CBA5BB?

With the hex code #CBA5BB, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 80% red, 65% green and 73% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 19% magenta, 8% yellow and 20% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #CBA5BB?

Use black text. Black on #CBA5BB has a contrast ratio of 9.64:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CBA5BB?

Its complementary colour is #A5CBB5, and analogous partners are #C8A5CB and #CBA5A8.