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#DCBECF

Thistle · light warm pink

About #DCBECF

#DCBECF is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 86% red, 75% green and 81% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 14% magenta, 6% yellow and 14% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Thistle (ΔE 4.7); Baby Pink comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #BEDCCB — a pale mint tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #DCBECF for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 12.31:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red220
Green190
Blue207

Closest named colours

Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 4.7
Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 12.5
Bubblegum
#FFC1CC · ΔE 13.4

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

Text on #DCBECF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on thistle #DCBECF.
1.71:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on thistle #DCBECF.
12.31:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#DCBECF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#BFC3D0
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C6C8CE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E0BEC4

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DCBECF?

#DCBECF is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 86% red, 75% green and 81% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 14% magenta, 6% yellow and 14% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #DCBECF?

Use black text. Black on #DCBECF has a contrast ratio of 12.31:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DCBECF?

Its complementary colour is #BEDCCB, and analogous partners are #DABEDC and #DCBEC0.