#DFCADE
Thistle · very light warm pink
About #DFCADE
#DFCADE is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 87% red, 79% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 9% magenta, 0% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is warm.
Of the common colour names it is very close to Thistle (ΔE 4.7); Lavender comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #CADFCB — a pale mint tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use very light tones like #DFCADE for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 13.64:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
Text on #DFCADE
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How #DFCADE appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #DFCADE?
#DFCADE is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 87% red, 79% green and 87% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 9% magenta, 0% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is warm.
›What text colour should I use on #DFCADE?
Use black text. Black on #DFCADE has a contrast ratio of 13.64:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #DFCADE?
Its complementary colour is #CADFCB, and analogous partners are #D6CADF and #DFCAD3.