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#D2ABBD

Thistle · light warm pink

About #D2ABBD

With the hex code #D2ABBD, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 82% red, 67% green and 74% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 19% magenta, 10% yellow and 18% 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 Lilac. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #ABD2C0, 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 — 10.30:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red210
Green171
Blue189

Closest named colours

Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 9.1
Lilac
#C8A2C8 · ΔE 11.2
Bubblegum
#FFC1CC · ΔE 13.9

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

Text on #D2ABBD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on thistle #D2ABBD.
2.04:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on thistle #D2ABBD.
10.30:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D2ABBD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D2ABBD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#AEB2BE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#B7B8BC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D8AAB1

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D2ABBD?

With the hex code #D2ABBD, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 82% red, 67% green and 74% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 19% magenta, 10% yellow and 18% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #D2ABBD?

Use black text. Black on #D2ABBD has a contrast ratio of 10.30:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D2ABBD?

Its complementary colour is #ABD2C0, and analogous partners are #D2ABD0 and #D2ADAB.