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#BDA8AE

Dusty Rose · light warm pink

About #BDA8AE

With the hex code #BDA8AE, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 74% red, 66% green and 68% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 11% magenta, 8% yellow and 26% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Dusty Rose — a ΔE of 10.5 — followed by Greige. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #A8BDB7, a silver shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 9.38:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red189
Green168
Blue174

Closest named colours

Dusty Rose
#C9A29B · ΔE 10.5
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 10.7
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 11.1

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

Text on #BDA8AE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on dusty rose #BDA8AE.
2.24:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on dusty rose #BDA8AE.
9.38:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BDA8AE appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BDA8AE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#AAABAE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#AFAEAE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C1A7AA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BDA8AE?

With the hex code #BDA8AE, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 74% red, 66% green and 68% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 11% magenta, 8% yellow and 26% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #BDA8AE?

Use black text. Black on #BDA8AE has a contrast ratio of 9.38:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BDA8AE?

Its complementary colour is #A8BDB7, and analogous partners are #BDA8B9 and #BDACA8.