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#CDA8CB

Lilac · light warm pink

About #CDA8CB

With the hex code #CDA8CB, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 80% red, 66% green and 80% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 18% magenta, 1% yellow and 20% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is virtually identical to Lilac — a ΔE of 2.7 — followed by Thistle. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #A8CDAA, 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 — 10.06:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red205
Green168
Blue203

Closest named colours

Lilac
#C8A2C8 · ΔE 2.7
Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 10.0
Wisteria
#C9A0DC · ΔE 13.7

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

Text on #CDA8CB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on lilac #CDA8CB.
2.09:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on lilac #CDA8CB.
10.06:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CDA8CB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CDA8CB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#A6B1CC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#AEB5CA
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D0ABB4

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CDA8CB?

With the hex code #CDA8CB, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 80% red, 66% green and 80% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 18% magenta, 1% yellow and 20% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #CDA8CB?

Use black text. Black on #CDA8CB has a contrast ratio of 10.06:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CDA8CB?

Its complementary colour is #A8CDAA, and analogous partners are #BDA8CD and #CDA8B8.