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#CDADBA

Thistle · light warm pink

About #CDADBA

With the hex code #CDADBA, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 80% red, 68% green and 73% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 16% magenta, 9% yellow and 20% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Thistle — a ΔE of 9.4 — followed by Dusty Rose. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #ADCDC0, a light sage shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 10.28:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red205
Green173
Blue186

Closest named colours

Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 9.4
Dusty Rose
#C9A29B · ΔE 12.0
Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 13.4

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

Text on #CDADBA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on thistle #CDADBA.
2.04:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on thistle #CDADBA.
10.28:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#CDADBA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#B0B2BB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#B7B7B9
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D2ACB1

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CDADBA?

With the hex code #CDADBA, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 80% red, 68% green and 73% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 16% magenta, 9% yellow and 20% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #CDADBA?

Use black text. Black on #CDADBA has a contrast ratio of 10.28:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CDADBA?

Its complementary colour is #ADCDC0, and analogous partners are #CDADCA and #CDB0AD.