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#CCB6BB

Silver · light warm pink

About #CCB6BB

With the hex code #CCB6BB, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 80% red, 71% green and 73% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 11% magenta, 8% yellow and 20% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Silver — a ΔE of 8.9 — followed by Greige. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #B6CCC7, a silver shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 10.98:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red204
Green182
Blue187

Closest named colours

Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 8.9
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 11.1
Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 11.3

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

Text on #CCB6BB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on silver #CCB6BB.
1.91:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on silver #CCB6BB.
10.98:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CCB6BB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CCB6BB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#B9B9BB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#BDBDBB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D0B5B8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CCB6BB?

With the hex code #CCB6BB, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 80% red, 71% green and 73% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 11% magenta, 8% yellow and 20% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #CCB6BB?

Use black text. Black on #CCB6BB has a contrast ratio of 10.98:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CCB6BB?

Its complementary colour is #B6CCC7, and analogous partners are #CCB6C6 and #CCBCB6.