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#CFB3BB

Thistle · light warm pink

About #CFB3BB

With the hex code #CFB3BB, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 81% red, 70% green and 73% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 14% magenta, 10% yellow and 19% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Thistle — a ΔE of 10.2 — followed by Dusty Rose. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #B3CFC7, 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 — 10.82:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red207
Green179
Blue187

Closest named colours

Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 10.2
Dusty Rose
#C9A29B · ΔE 11.1
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 11.6

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

Text on #CFB3BB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on thistle #CFB3BB.
1.94:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on thistle #CFB3BB.
10.82:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CFB3BB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CFB3BB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#B6B7BB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#BCBCBA
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D4B2B6

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CFB3BB?

With the hex code #CFB3BB, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 81% red, 70% green and 73% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 14% magenta, 10% yellow and 19% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #CFB3BB?

Use black text. Black on #CFB3BB has a contrast ratio of 10.82:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CFB3BB?

Its complementary colour is #B3CFC7, and analogous partners are #CFB3C9 and #CFB9B3.