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#CAADAE

Dusty Rose · light warm red

About #CAADAE

With the hex code #CAADAE, this is a light red with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 79% red, 68% green and 68% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 14% magenta, 14% yellow and 21% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Dusty Rose — a ΔE of 7.1 — followed by Greige. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #ADCAC9, a powder blue shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 10.10:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red202
Green173
Blue174

Closest named colours

Dusty Rose
#C9A29B · ΔE 7.1
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 10.4
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 12.0

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

Text on #CAADAE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on dusty rose #CAADAE.
2.08:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on dusty rose #CAADAE.
10.10:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#CAADAE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#B2B1AE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#B8B6AE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D0ABAD

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CAADAE?

With the hex code #CAADAE, this is a light red with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 79% red, 68% green and 68% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 14% magenta, 14% yellow and 21% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #CAADAE?

Use black text. Black on #CAADAE has a contrast ratio of 10.10:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CAADAE?

Its complementary colour is #ADCAC9, and analogous partners are #CAADBD and #CABBAD.