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#D5BECB

Thistle · light warm pink

About #D5BECB

With the hex code #D5BECB, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 84% red, 75% green and 80% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 11% magenta, 5% yellow and 16% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Thistle — a ΔE of 6.4 — followed by Silver. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #BED5C8, 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 — 12.06:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red213
Green190
Blue203

Closest named colours

Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 6.4
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 11.1
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 12.2

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

Text on #D5BECB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on thistle #D5BECB.
1.74:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on thistle #D5BECB.
12.06:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D5BECB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D5BECB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#BFC2CC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C4C5CA
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D8BEC2

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D5BECB?

With the hex code #D5BECB, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 84% red, 75% green and 80% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 11% magenta, 5% yellow and 16% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #D5BECB?

Use black text. Black on #D5BECB has a contrast ratio of 12.06:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D5BECB?

Its complementary colour is #BED5C8, and analogous partners are #D4BED5 and #D5BEBF.