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#CEBFD7

Thistle · light cool purple

About #CEBFD7

With the hex code #CEBFD7, this is a light purple with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 81% red, 75% green and 84% blue, while a printer would mix 4% cyan, 11% magenta, 0% yellow and 16% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Thistle — a ΔE of 3.8 — followed by Lavender. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #C8D7BF, 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 — 12.06:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red206
Green191
Blue215

Closest named colours

Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 3.8
Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 14.0
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 14.0

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

Text on #CEBFD7

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on thistle #CEBFD7.
1.74:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on thistle #CEBFD7.
12.06:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CEBFD7 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CEBFD7
Protanopia (no red cones)
#BCC3D8
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#BFC5D6
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CDC2C7

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CEBFD7?

With the hex code #CEBFD7, this is a light purple with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 81% red, 75% green and 84% blue, while a printer would mix 4% cyan, 11% magenta, 0% yellow and 16% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #CEBFD7?

Use black text. Black on #CEBFD7 has a contrast ratio of 12.06:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CEBFD7?

Its complementary colour is #C8D7BF, and analogous partners are #C2BFD7 and #D7BFD4.