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#CCACBF

Thistle · light warm pink

About #CCACBF

With the hex code #CCACBF, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 80% red, 67% green and 75% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 16% 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 Lilac. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #ACCCB9, 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 — 10.22:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red204
Green172
Blue191

Closest named colours

Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 7.7
Lilac
#C8A2C8 · ΔE 10.8
Dusty Rose
#C9A29B · ΔE 15.0

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

Text on #CCACBF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on thistle #CCACBF.
2.05:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on thistle #CCACBF.
10.22:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#CCACBF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#ADB2C0
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#B4B7BE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D0ACB2

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CCACBF?

With the hex code #CCACBF, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 80% red, 67% green and 75% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 16% magenta, 6% yellow and 20% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #CCACBF?

Use black text. Black on #CCACBF has a contrast ratio of 10.22:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CCACBF?

Its complementary colour is #ACCCB9, and analogous partners are #C9ACCC and #CCACAF.