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#CDB4CB

Thistle · light warm pink

About #CDB4CB

With the hex code #CDB4CB, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 80% red, 71% green and 80% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 12% magenta, 1% 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 4.2 — followed by Lilac. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #B4CDB6, 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 — 10.99:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red205
Green180
Blue203

Closest named colours

Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 4.2
Lilac
#C8A2C8 · ΔE 10.7
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 15.5

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

Text on #CDB4CB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on thistle #CDB4CB.
1.91:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on thistle #CDB4CB.
10.99:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CDB4CB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CDB4CB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#B3B9CC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#B8BDCA
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CFB6BC

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CDB4CB?

With the hex code #CDB4CB, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 80% red, 71% green and 80% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 12% magenta, 1% yellow and 20% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #CDB4CB?

Use black text. Black on #CDB4CB has a contrast ratio of 10.99:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CDB4CB?

Its complementary colour is #B4CDB6, and analogous partners are #C3B4CD and #CDB4BE.