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#D3BECD

Thistle · light warm pink

About #D3BECD

With the hex code #D3BECD, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 83% red, 75% green and 80% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 10% magenta, 3% yellow and 17% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Thistle — a ΔE of 5.5 — followed by Silver. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #BED3C4, 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 — 12.02:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red211
Green190
Blue205

Closest named colours

Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 5.5
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 11.2
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 12.4

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

Text on #D3BECD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on thistle #D3BECD.
1.75:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on thistle #D3BECD.
12.02:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D3BECD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D3BECD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#BEC2CE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C3C5CC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D6BFC3

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D3BECD?

With the hex code #D3BECD, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 83% red, 75% green and 80% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 10% magenta, 3% yellow and 17% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #D3BECD?

Use black text. Black on #D3BECD has a contrast ratio of 12.02:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D3BECD?

Its complementary colour is #BED3C4, and analogous partners are #CFBED3 and #D3BEC3.