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#D2B8BF

Thistle · light warm pink

About #D2B8BF

With the hex code #D2B8BF, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 82% red, 72% green and 75% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 12% magenta, 9% yellow and 18% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Thistle — a ΔE of 10.0 — followed by Silver. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #B8D2CB, a powder blue shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 11.35:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red210
Green184
Blue191

Closest named colours

Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 10.0
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 10.5
Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 11.6

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

Text on #D2B8BF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on thistle #D2B8BF.
1.85:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on thistle #D2B8BF.
11.35:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D2B8BF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D2B8BF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#BBBCBF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C1C0BE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D7B7BA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D2B8BF?

With the hex code #D2B8BF, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 82% red, 72% green and 75% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 12% magenta, 9% yellow and 18% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #D2B8BF?

Use black text. Black on #D2B8BF has a contrast ratio of 11.35:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D2B8BF?

Its complementary colour is #B8D2CB, and analogous partners are #D2B8CC and #D2BEB8.