ColorXprez

#DFCEE2

Thistle · very light cool pink

About #DFCEE2

#DFCEE2 is a very light, muted pink colour. Digitally that works out to 87% red, 81% green and 89% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 1% cyan, 9% magenta, 0% yellow and 11% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

Visually it is very close to Thistle (ΔE 6.1), with Lavender the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #D1E2CE (pale mint), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Black text reads best on it at 14.06:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

Colour codes

HEX
RGB
HSL
HSV / HSB
CMYK
CIELAB
Decimal
CSS
Red223
Green206
Blue226

Closest named colours

Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 6.1
Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 9.4
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 12.2

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

Text on #DFCEE2

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on thistle #DFCEE2.
1.49:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on thistle #DFCEE2.
14.06:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DFCEE2 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DFCEE2
Protanopia (no red cones)
#CCD2E3
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D0D4E1
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E0D0D4

Shades, tints & matching colours

Tints and shades

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split complementary

Tetradic

Similar colours

Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DFCEE2?

#DFCEE2 is a very light, muted pink colour. Digitally that works out to 87% red, 81% green and 89% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 1% cyan, 9% magenta, 0% yellow and 11% black. Most people will perceive it as cool.

›What text colour should I use on #DFCEE2?

Use black text. Black on #DFCEE2 has a contrast ratio of 14.06:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DFCEE2?

Its complementary colour is #D1E2CE, and analogous partners are #D5CEE2 and #E2CEDB.