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#D8BEDD

Thistle · light cool pink

About #D8BEDD

With the hex code #D8BEDD, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 85% red, 75% green and 87% blue, while a printer would mix 2% cyan, 14% magenta, 0% yellow and 13% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Thistle — a ΔE of 3.2 — followed by Lilac. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #C3DDBE, 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 — 12.33:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red216
Green190
Blue221

Closest named colours

Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 3.2
Lilac
#C8A2C8 · ΔE 10.9
Periwinkle
#CCCCFF · ΔE 14.0

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

Text on #D8BEDD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on thistle #D8BEDD.
1.70:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on thistle #D8BEDD.
12.33:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D8BEDD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D8BEDD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#BBC5DE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C1C7DC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D9C1C8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D8BEDD?

With the hex code #D8BEDD, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 85% red, 75% green and 87% blue, while a printer would mix 2% cyan, 14% magenta, 0% yellow and 13% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #D8BEDD?

Use black text. Black on #D8BEDD has a contrast ratio of 12.33:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D8BEDD?

Its complementary colour is #C3DDBE, and analogous partners are #C9BEDD and #DDBED3.