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#EABFD5

Thistle · light warm pink

About #EABFD5

#EABFD5 is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 92% red, 75% green and 84% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 18% magenta, 9% yellow and 8% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Thistle (ΔE 7.1); Bubblegum comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #BFEAD4 — a pale mint tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #EABFD5 for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 12.91:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red234
Green191
Blue213

Closest named colours

Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 7.1
Bubblegum
#FFC1CC · ΔE 9.9
Pink
#FFC0CB · ΔE 10.2

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

Text on #EABFD5

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on thistle #EABFD5.
1.63:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on thistle #EABFD5.
12.91:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EABFD5 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EABFD5
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C2C7D6
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#CBCDD4
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F0BFC6

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EABFD5?

#EABFD5 is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 92% red, 75% green and 84% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 18% magenta, 9% yellow and 8% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #EABFD5?

Use black text. Black on #EABFD5 has a contrast ratio of 12.91:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EABFD5?

Its complementary colour is #BFEAD4, and analogous partners are #E9BFEA and #EABFC0.