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#D4C4BF

Silver · light neutral

About #D4C4BF

#D4C4BF is a near-neutral, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 83% red, 77% green and 75% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 8% magenta, 10% yellow and 17% black. It is close to neutral, so it sits comfortably next to both warm and cool colours.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Silver (ΔE 7.1); Light Gray comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #BFCFD4 — a light gray tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #D4C4BF for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 12.45:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red212
Green196
Blue191

Closest named colours

Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 7.1
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 7.8
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 9.2

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

Text on #D4C4BF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on silver #D4C4BF.
1.69:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on silver #D4C4BF.
12.45:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D4C4BF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D4C4BF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C8C5BF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#CBC8BF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D9C2C3

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D4C4BF?

#D4C4BF is a near-neutral, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 83% red, 77% green and 75% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 8% magenta, 10% yellow and 17% black. It is close to neutral, so it sits comfortably next to both warm and cool colours.

›What text colour should I use on #D4C4BF?

Use black text. Black on #D4C4BF has a contrast ratio of 12.45:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D4C4BF?

Its complementary colour is #BFCFD4, and analogous partners are #D4BFC5 and #D4CFBF.