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#CEAEBB

Thistle · light warm pink

About #CEAEBB

With the hex code #CEAEBB, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 81% red, 68% green and 73% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 16% magenta, 9% yellow and 19% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Thistle — a ΔE of 9.1 — followed by Dusty Rose. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #AECEC1, 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 — 10.40:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red206
Green174
Blue187

Closest named colours

Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 9.1
Dusty Rose
#C9A29B · ΔE 12.2
Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 13.2

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

Text on #CEAEBB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on thistle #CEAEBB.
2.02:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on thistle #CEAEBB.
10.40:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#CEAEBB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#B1B3BC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#B8B8BA
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D3ADB2

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CEAEBB?

With the hex code #CEAEBB, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 81% red, 68% green and 73% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 16% magenta, 9% yellow and 19% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #CEAEBB?

Use black text. Black on #CEAEBB has a contrast ratio of 10.40:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CEAEBB?

Its complementary colour is #AECEC1, and analogous partners are #CEAECB and #CEB1AE.