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#E6C8DE

Thistle · very light warm pink

About #E6C8DE

#E6C8DE is a very light, muted pink colour. Digitally that works out to 90% red, 78% green and 87% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 13% magenta, 3% yellow and 10% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is very close to Thistle (ΔE 4.3), with Lavender the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #C8E6D0 (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 13.68:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red230
Green200
Blue222

Closest named colours

Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 4.3
Lavender
#E6E6FA · ΔE 13.6
Bubblegum
#FFC1CC · ΔE 13.9

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

Text on #E6C8DE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on thistle #E6C8DE.
1.53:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on thistle #E6C8DE.
13.68:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #E6C8DE appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#E6C8DE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C8CEDF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#CFD2DD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E9C9CF

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #E6C8DE?

#E6C8DE is a very light, muted pink colour. Digitally that works out to 90% red, 78% green and 87% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 13% magenta, 3% yellow and 10% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #E6C8DE?

Use black text. Black on #E6C8DE has a contrast ratio of 13.68:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #E6C8DE?

Its complementary colour is #C8E6D0, and analogous partners are #DFC8E6 and #E6C8CF.