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#DCC7DB

Thistle · very light warm pink

About #DCC7DB

#DCC7DB is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 86% red, 78% green and 86% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 10% magenta, 0% yellow and 14% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Thistle (ΔE 3.9); Lavender comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #C7DCC8 — a light sage tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #DCC7DB for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 13.24:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red220
Green199
Blue219

Closest named colours

Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 3.9
Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 12.0
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 13.2

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

Text on #DCC7DB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on thistle #DCC7DB.
1.59:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on thistle #DCC7DB.
13.24:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DCC7DB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DCC7DB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C6CCDC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#CACEDA
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#DEC8CD

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DCC7DB?

#DCC7DB is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 86% red, 78% green and 86% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 10% magenta, 0% yellow and 14% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #DCC7DB?

Use black text. Black on #DCC7DB has a contrast ratio of 13.24:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DCC7DB?

Its complementary colour is #C7DCC8, and analogous partners are #D3C7DC and #DCC7D0.