ColorXprez

#CBB4BD

Thistle · light warm pink

About #CBB4BD

#CBB4BD is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 71% green and 74% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 11% magenta, 7% yellow and 20% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Thistle (ΔE 9.6); Silver comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #B4CBC2 — a light sage tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #CBB4BD for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 10.80:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

HEX
RGB
HSL
HSV / HSB
CMYK
CIELAB
Decimal
CSS
Red203
Green180
Blue189

Closest named colours

Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 9.6
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 10.1
Dusty Rose
#C9A29B · ΔE 12.5

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

Text on #CBB4BD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on thistle #CBB4BD.
1.94:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on thistle #CBB4BD.
10.80:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CBB4BD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CBB4BD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#B6B8BD
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#BBBBBC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CFB3B7

Shades, tints & matching colours

Tints and shades

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split complementary

Tetradic

Similar colours

Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CBB4BD?

#CBB4BD is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 71% green and 74% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 11% magenta, 7% yellow and 20% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #CBB4BD?

Use black text. Black on #CBB4BD has a contrast ratio of 10.80:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CBB4BD?

Its complementary colour is #B4CBC2, and analogous partners are #CBB4C9 and #CBB7B4.