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#DBCCDD

Thistle · very light cool pink

About #DBCCDD

#DBCCDD is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 86% red, 80% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 1% cyan, 8% magenta, 0% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is cool.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Thistle (ΔE 6.7); Lavender comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #CEDDCC — a light sage tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #DBCCDD for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 13.69:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red219
Green204
Blue221

Closest named colours

Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 6.7
Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 9.8
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 10.5

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

Text on #DBCCDD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on thistle #DBCCDD.
1.53:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on thistle #DBCCDD.
13.69:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#DBCCDD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#CBD0DE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#CED1DC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#DCCDD1

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DBCCDD?

#DBCCDD is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 86% red, 80% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 1% cyan, 8% magenta, 0% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is cool.

›What text colour should I use on #DBCCDD?

Use black text. Black on #DBCCDD has a contrast ratio of 13.69:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DBCCDD?

Its complementary colour is #CEDDCC, and analogous partners are #D3CCDD and #DDCCD7.