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#D5BECE

Thistle · light warm pink

About #D5BECE

With the hex code #D5BECE, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 84% red, 75% green and 81% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 11% magenta, 3% 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 4.9 — followed by Silver. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #BED5C5, a light sage shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 12.09:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red213
Green190
Blue206

Closest named colours

Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 4.9
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 12.1
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 13.1

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

Text on #D5BECE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on thistle #D5BECE.
1.74:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on thistle #D5BECE.
12.09:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D5BECE appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D5BECE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#BEC2CF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C3C6CD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D8BFC3

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D5BECE?

With the hex code #D5BECE, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 84% red, 75% green and 81% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 11% magenta, 3% yellow and 16% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #D5BECE?

Use black text. Black on #D5BECE has a contrast ratio of 12.09:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D5BECE?

Its complementary colour is #BED5C5, and analogous partners are #D1BED5 and #D5BEC3.