ColorXprez

#DAC3DB

Thistle · light cool pink

About #DAC3DB

#DAC3DB is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 85% red, 76% green and 86% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 11% magenta, 0% yellow and 14% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is virtually identical to Thistle (ΔE 1.6); Lavender comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #C4DBC3 — a light sage tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #DAC3DB for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 12.81:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

HEX
RGB
HSL
HSV / HSB
CMYK
CIELAB
Decimal
CSS
Red218
Green195
Blue219

Closest named colours

Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 1.6
Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 13.6
Lilac
#C8A2C8 · ΔE 14.1

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

Text on #DAC3DB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on thistle #DAC3DB.
1.64:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on thistle #DAC3DB.
12.81:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DAC3DB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DAC3DB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C1C8DC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C6CBDA
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#DBC5CB

Shades, tints & matching colours

Tints and shades

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split complementary

Tetradic

Similar colours

Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DAC3DB?

#DAC3DB is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 85% red, 76% green and 86% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 11% magenta, 0% yellow and 14% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #DAC3DB?

Use black text. Black on #DAC3DB has a contrast ratio of 12.81:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DAC3DB?

Its complementary colour is #C4DBC3, and analogous partners are #CEC3DB and #DBC3D0.