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#CFC4DD

Thistle · light cool purple

About #CFC4DD

With the hex code #CFC4DD, this is a light purple with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 81% red, 77% green and 87% blue, while a printer would mix 6% cyan, 11% magenta, 0% yellow and 13% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Thistle — a ΔE of 5.1 — followed by Lavender. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #D2DDC4, 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 — 12.59:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red207
Green196
Blue221

Closest named colours

Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 5.1
Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 12.2
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 14.2

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

Text on #CFC4DD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on thistle #CFC4DD.
1.67:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on thistle #CFC4DD.
12.59:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CFC4DD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CFC4DD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C0C8DE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C2C8DC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#CDC7CC

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CFC4DD?

With the hex code #CFC4DD, this is a light purple with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 81% red, 77% green and 87% blue, while a printer would mix 6% cyan, 11% magenta, 0% yellow and 13% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #CFC4DD?

Use black text. Black on #CFC4DD has a contrast ratio of 12.59:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CFC4DD?

Its complementary colour is #D2DDC4, and analogous partners are #C4C6DD and #DBC4DD.