ColorXprez

#DFB8D3

Thistle · light warm pink

About #DFB8D3

With the hex code #DFB8D3, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 87% red, 72% green and 83% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 17% magenta, 5% yellow and 13% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Thistle — a ΔE of 5.5 — followed by Lilac. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #B8DFC4, a pale mint shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 11.93:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

HEX
RGB
HSL
HSV / HSB
CMYK
CIELAB
Decimal
CSS
Red223
Green184
Blue211

Closest named colours

Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 5.5
Lilac
#C8A2C8 · ΔE 10.0
Bubblegum
#FFC1CC · ΔE 13.6

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

Text on #DFB8D3

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on thistle #DFB8D3.
1.76:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on thistle #DFB8D3.
11.93:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DFB8D3 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DFB8D3
Protanopia (no red cones)
#B9C0D4
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C1C5D2
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E4B9C1

Shades, tints & matching colours

Tints and shades

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split complementary

Tetradic

Similar colours

Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DFB8D3?

With the hex code #DFB8D3, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 87% red, 72% green and 83% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 17% magenta, 5% yellow and 13% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #DFB8D3?

Use black text. Black on #DFB8D3 has a contrast ratio of 11.93:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DFB8D3?

Its complementary colour is #B8DFC4, and analogous partners are #D8B8DF and #DFB8BF.