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#D7BBDA

Thistle · light cool pink

About #D7BBDA

#D7BBDA is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 84% red, 73% green and 85% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 1% cyan, 14% magenta, 0% yellow and 15% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Thistle (ΔE 3.5); Lilac comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #BEDABB — a light sage tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #D7BBDA for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 12.01:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red215
Green187
Blue218

Closest named colours

Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 3.5
Lilac
#C8A2C8 · ΔE 9.8
Periwinkle
#CCCCFF · ΔE 14.8

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

Text on #D7BBDA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on thistle #D7BBDA.
1.75:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on thistle #D7BBDA.
12.01:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D7BBDA appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D7BBDA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#B9C2DB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#BEC5D9
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D8BEC5

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D7BBDA?

#D7BBDA is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 84% red, 73% green and 85% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 1% cyan, 14% magenta, 0% yellow and 15% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #D7BBDA?

Use black text. Black on #D7BBDA has a contrast ratio of 12.01:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D7BBDA?

Its complementary colour is #BEDABB, and analogous partners are #C8BBDA and #DABBCD.