ColorXprez

#CEB2BC

Thistle · light warm pink

About #CEB2BC

#CEB2BC is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 70% green and 74% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 14% magenta, 9% yellow and 19% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Thistle (ΔE 9.4); Dusty Rose comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #B2CEC4 — a light sage tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #CEB2BC for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 10.72:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

Colour codes

HEX
RGB
HSL
HSV / HSB
CMYK
CIELAB
Decimal
CSS
Red206
Green178
Blue188

Closest named colours

Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 9.4
Dusty Rose
#C9A29B · ΔE 11.8
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 12.1

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

Text on #CEB2BC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on thistle #CEB2BC.
1.96:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on thistle #CEB2BC.
10.72:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CEB2BC appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CEB2BC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#B5B6BC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#BBBBBB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D3B1B5

Shades, tints & matching colours

Tints and shades

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split complementary

Tetradic

Similar colours

Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CEB2BC?

#CEB2BC is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 70% green and 74% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 14% magenta, 9% yellow and 19% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #CEB2BC?

Use black text. Black on #CEB2BC has a contrast ratio of 10.72:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CEB2BC?

Its complementary colour is #B2CEC4, and analogous partners are #CEB2CA and #CEB6B2.