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#DEBDCB

Thistle · light warm pink

About #DEBDCB

#DEBDCB is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 87% red, 74% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 15% magenta, 9% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Thistle (ΔE 6.6); Baby Pink comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #BDDED0 — a pale mint tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #DEBDCB for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 12.25:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red222
Green189
Blue203

Closest named colours

Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 6.6
Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 10.6
Bubblegum
#FFC1CC · ΔE 12.0

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

Text on #DEBDCB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on thistle #DEBDCB.
1.71:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on thistle #DEBDCB.
12.25:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#DEBDCB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C0C3CC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C7C8CA
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E3BCC2

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DEBDCB?

#DEBDCB is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 87% red, 74% green and 80% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 15% magenta, 9% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #DEBDCB?

Use black text. Black on #DEBDCB has a contrast ratio of 12.25:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DEBDCB?

Its complementary colour is #BDDED0, and analogous partners are #DEBDDC and #DEC0BD.