#D8CBDB
Thistle · very light cool purple
About #D8CBDB
#D8CBDB is a muted, very light shade in the purple family. On screen it is built from 85% red, 80% green and 86% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 1% cyan, 7% magenta, 0% yellow and 14% black. Its overall feel is cool.
Of the common colour names it is very close to Thistle (ΔE 7.2); Light Gray comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #CEDBCB — a bone tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use very light tones like #D8CBDB for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 13.49:1, a WCAG AAA pass.
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #D8CBDB?
#D8CBDB is a muted, very light shade in the purple family. On screen it is built from 85% red, 80% green and 86% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 1% cyan, 7% magenta, 0% yellow and 14% black. Its overall feel is cool.
›What text colour should I use on #D8CBDB?
Use black text. Black on #D8CBDB has a contrast ratio of 13.49:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #D8CBDB?
Its complementary colour is #CEDBCB, and analogous partners are #D0CBDB and #DBCBD6.