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#CBB0BF

Thistle · light warm pink

About #CBB0BF

With the hex code #CBB0BF, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 80% red, 69% green and 75% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 13% magenta, 6% yellow and 20% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Thistle — a ΔE of 7.7 — followed by Silver. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #B0CBBC, 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 — 10.50:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red203
Green176
Blue191

Closest named colours

Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 7.7
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 13.3
Lilac
#C8A2C8 · ΔE 13.5

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

Text on #CBB0BF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on thistle #CBB0BF.
2.00:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on thistle #CBB0BF.
10.50:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CBB0BF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CBB0BF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#B1B5C0
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#B7B9BE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CFB0B5

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CBB0BF?

With the hex code #CBB0BF, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 80% red, 69% green and 75% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 13% magenta, 6% yellow and 20% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #CBB0BF?

Use black text. Black on #CBB0BF has a contrast ratio of 10.50:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CBB0BF?

Its complementary colour is #B0CBBC, and analogous partners are #C9B0CB and #CBB0B2.