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#D4BDBE

Silver · light warm pink

About #D4BDBE

With the hex code #D4BDBE, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 83% red, 74% green and 75% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 11% magenta, 10% yellow and 17% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Silver — a ΔE of 8.7 — followed by Light Gray. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #BDD4D3, a light gray shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 11.82:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red212
Green189
Blue190

Closest named colours

Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 8.7
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 10.6
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 10.9

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

Text on #D4BDBE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on silver #D4BDBE.
1.78:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on silver #D4BDBE.
11.82:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D4BDBE appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D4BDBE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C1C0BE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C6C4BE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D9BBBD

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D4BDBE?

With the hex code #D4BDBE, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 83% red, 74% green and 75% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 11% magenta, 10% yellow and 17% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #D4BDBE?

Use black text. Black on #D4BDBE has a contrast ratio of 11.82:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D4BDBE?

Its complementary colour is #BDD4D3, and analogous partners are #D4BDCA and #D4C8BD.