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#c8aebc ≈ Thistle

  • rose
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Balanced
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#c8aebc is a color from the rose family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 78.43% red, 68.24% green and 73.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 13% magenta, 6% yellow and 21.57% black. Its hue angle is 327.69°, with 19.12% saturation and 73.33% lightness in HSL. It sits between warm and cool, and is often associated with romance, playfulness and affection. Designers typically use it for food and restaurant brands, sales and promotions and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.24:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Thistle (#d8bfd8), ΔE 5.97.

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Relative luminance0.4618

Complementary

  1. #c8aebc
  2. #aec8ba

Split complementary

  1. #c8aebc
  2. #afc8ae
  3. #aec8c7

Analogous

  1. #c7aec8
  2. #c8aebc
  3. #c8aeaf

Triadic

  1. #c8aebc
  2. #bcc8ae
  3. #aebcc8

Tetradic

  1. #c8aebc
  2. #c8baae
  3. #aec8ba
  4. #aebcc8

Square

  1. #c8aebc
  2. #c8c7ae
  3. #aec8ba
  4. #aeafc8

Monochromatic

  1. #845970
  2. #a98096
  3. #c8aebc
  4. #e7dce2
  5. #f7f3f5

Shades

#c8aebc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c8aebc
  2. #b49da9
  3. #a08b96
  4. #8c7a84
  5. #786871
  6. #64575e
  7. #50464b
  8. #3c3438
  9. #282326
  10. #141113
  11. #000000

Tints

#c8aebc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c8aebc
  2. #ceb6c3
  3. #d3bec9
  4. #d9c6d0
  5. #deced7
  6. #e4d7de
  7. #e9dfe4
  8. #efe7eb
  9. #f4eff2
  10. #faf7f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c8aebc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c8aebc
  2. #c1a9b6
  3. #baa5b0
  4. #b2a0aa
  5. #ab9ca4
  6. #a4979e
  7. #9d9298
  8. #968e92
  9. #8e898c
  10. #878586
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.05:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.24:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b5b5b5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bdb2b8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #afb3bd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b5b6bb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ccaeb3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bab1bc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bdb3bc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #caaeb6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c8aebc {
  color: #c8aebc;
}
Background
.bg-c8aebc {
  background-color: #c8aebc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c8aebc {
  border: 2px solid #c8aebc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c8aebc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 174 188;
  --color-primary-hsl: 328 19% 73%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c8aebc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8aebc, #c8aeaf);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c8aebc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 174 188 / 0.35);
}

#d8bfd8 Thistle ΔE 5.97 #b39eb5 Pastel Purple ΔE 6.01 #c4aead Silver Pink ΔE 6.61 #aa98a9 Rose Quartz ΔE 7.44 #c8a2c8 Lilac ΔE 8.26 #d6cadd Languid Lavender ΔE 8.33 #dea5a4 Pastel Pink ΔE 10.28 #375143 Inverted #b5b5b5 Grayscale 

Thistle
#c8aebc  rgb(200, 174, 188)  hsl(328, 19%, 73%)  Thistle
#aec8ba  rgb(174, 200, 186)  hsl(148, 19%, 73%)  Opal
#bcc8ae  rgb(188, 200, 174)  hsl(88, 19%, 73%)  Ash Gray
#aebcc8  rgb(174, 188, 200)  hsl(208, 19%, 73%)  Pastel Blue