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#EBD0DB

Thistle · very light warm pink

About #EBD0DB

#EBD0DB is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 92% red, 82% green and 86% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 11% magenta, 7% yellow and 8% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Thistle (ΔE 9.5); Baby Pink comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #D0EBE0 — a pale mint tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #EBD0DB for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 14.58:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red235
Green208
Blue219

Closest named colours

Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 9.5
Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 11.4
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 11.5

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

Text on #EBD0DB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on thistle #EBD0DB.
1.44:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on thistle #EBD0DB.
14.58:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #EBD0DB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#EBD0DB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#D2D4DB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D8D9DA
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#F0CFD4

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #EBD0DB?

#EBD0DB is a muted, very light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 92% red, 82% green and 86% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 11% magenta, 7% yellow and 8% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #EBD0DB?

Use black text. Black on #EBD0DB has a contrast ratio of 14.58:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #EBD0DB?

Its complementary colour is #D0EBE0, and analogous partners are #EBD0E9 and #EBD3D0.