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#D2BFD5

Thistle · light cool pink

About #D2BFD5

#D2BFD5 is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 82% red, 75% green and 84% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 1% cyan, 10% magenta, 0% yellow and 16% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is virtually identical to Thistle (ΔE 2.7); Silver comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #C2D5BF — a light sage tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #D2BFD5 for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 12.15:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red210
Green191
Blue213

Closest named colours

Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 2.7
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 13.8
Lilac
#C8A2C8 · ΔE 14.1

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

Text on #D2BFD5

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on thistle #D2BFD5.
1.73:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on thistle #D2BFD5.
12.15:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D2BFD5 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D2BFD5
Protanopia (no red cones)
#BDC4D6
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C1C6D4
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D3C1C6

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D2BFD5?

#D2BFD5 is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 82% red, 75% green and 84% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 1% cyan, 10% magenta, 0% yellow and 16% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #D2BFD5?

Use black text. Black on #D2BFD5 has a contrast ratio of 12.15:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D2BFD5?

Its complementary colour is #C2D5BF, and analogous partners are #C7BFD5 and #D5BFCD.