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#DAC8DC

Thistle · very light cool pink

About #DAC8DC

#DAC8DC is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 85% red, 78% green and 86% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 1% cyan, 9% magenta, 0% yellow and 14% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Thistle (ΔE 4.5); Lavender comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #CADCC8 — a light sage tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #DAC8DC for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 13.28:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

Colour codes

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Red218
Green200
Blue220

Closest named colours

Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 4.5
Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 11.3
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 12.6

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

Text on #DAC8DC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on thistle #DAC8DC.
1.58:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on thistle #DAC8DC.
13.28:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DAC8DC appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DAC8DC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C7CCDD
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#CACEDB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#DBCACE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DAC8DC?

#DAC8DC is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 85% red, 78% green and 86% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 1% cyan, 9% magenta, 0% yellow and 14% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #DAC8DC?

Use black text. Black on #DAC8DC has a contrast ratio of 13.28:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DAC8DC?

Its complementary colour is #CADCC8, and analogous partners are #D0C8DC and #DCC8D4.