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#CCB8CB

Thistle · light warm pink

About #CCB8CB

With the hex code #CCB8CB, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 80% red, 72% green and 80% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 10% magenta, 0% 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 4.7 — followed by Silver. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #B8CCB9, 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 — 11.29:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red204
Green184
Blue203

Closest named colours

Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 4.7
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 12.6
Lilac
#C8A2C8 · ΔE 13.7

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

Text on #CCB8CB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on thistle #CCB8CB.
1.86:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on thistle #CCB8CB.
11.29:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CCB8CB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CCB8CB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#B7BCCC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#BBBFCA
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CEB9BE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CCB8CB?

With the hex code #CCB8CB, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 80% red, 72% green and 80% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 10% magenta, 0% yellow and 20% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #CCB8CB?

Use black text. Black on #CCB8CB has a contrast ratio of 11.29:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CCB8CB?

Its complementary colour is #B8CCB9, and analogous partners are #C3B8CC and #CCB8C1.