ColorXprez

#D4B0BB

Thistle · light warm pink

About #D4B0BB

#D4B0BB is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 83% red, 69% green and 73% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 17% magenta, 12% yellow and 17% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Thistle (ΔE 9.9); Baby Pink comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #B0D4C9 — a powder blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #D4B0BB for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 10.73:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

HEX
RGB
HSL
HSV / HSB
CMYK
CIELAB
Decimal
CSS
Red212
Green176
Blue187

Closest named colours

Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 9.9
Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 11.1
Dusty Rose
#C9A29B · ΔE 11.2

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

Text on #D4B0BB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on thistle #D4B0BB.
1.96:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on thistle #D4B0BB.
10.73:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D4B0BB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D4B0BB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#B4B6BB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#BCBCBA
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#DAAEB4

Shades, tints & matching colours

Tints and shades

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split complementary

Tetradic

Similar colours

Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D4B0BB?

#D4B0BB is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 83% red, 69% green and 73% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 17% magenta, 12% yellow and 17% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #D4B0BB?

Use black text. Black on #D4B0BB has a contrast ratio of 10.73:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D4B0BB?

Its complementary colour is #B0D4C9, and analogous partners are #D4B0CD and #D4B7B0.