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#DDCCDB

Thistle · very light warm pink

About #DDCCDB

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

Of the common colour names it is very close to Thistle (ΔE 7.2); Light Gray comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #CCDDCE — a light sage tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #DDCCDB for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 13.73:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red221
Green204
Blue219

Closest named colours

Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 7.2
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 10.1
Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 10.3

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

Text on #DDCCDB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on thistle #DDCCDB.
1.53:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on thistle #DDCCDB.
13.73:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#DDCCDB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#CCD0DC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#CFD2DA
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#DFCDD1

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DDCCDB?

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

›What text colour should I use on #DDCCDB?

Use black text. Black on #DDCCDB has a contrast ratio of 13.73:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DDCCDB?

Its complementary colour is #CCDDCE, and analogous partners are #D7CCDD and #DDCCD3.