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#D5BEBF

Silver · light warm pink

About #D5BEBF

With the hex code #D5BEBF, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 84% red, 75% green and 75% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 11% magenta, 10% yellow and 16% 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 #BED5D4, a light gray shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 11.95:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red213
Green190
Blue191

Closest named colours

Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 8.7
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 10.4
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 11.1

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

Text on #D5BEBF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on silver #D5BEBF.
1.76:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on silver #D5BEBF.
11.95:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D5BEBF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D5BEBF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C2C1BF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C7C5BF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#DABCBE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D5BEBF?

With the hex code #D5BEBF, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 84% red, 75% green and 75% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 11% magenta, 10% yellow and 16% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #D5BEBF?

Use black text. Black on #D5BEBF has a contrast ratio of 11.95:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D5BEBF?

Its complementary colour is #BED5D4, and analogous partners are #D5BECB and #D5C9BE.