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#CAAEB0

Dusty Rose · light warm red

About #CAAEB0

With the hex code #CAAEB0, this is a light red with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 79% red, 68% green and 69% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 14% magenta, 13% 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 7.9 — followed by Greige. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #AECAC8, 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 10.19:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red202
Green174
Blue176

Closest named colours

Dusty Rose
#C9A29B · ΔE 7.9
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 10.5
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 11.6

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

Text on #CAAEB0

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on dusty rose #CAAEB0.
2.06:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on dusty rose #CAAEB0.
10.19:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CAAEB0 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CAAEB0
Protanopia (no red cones)
#B2B2B0
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#B9B7B0
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D0ACAF

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CAAEB0?

With the hex code #CAAEB0, this is a light red with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 79% red, 68% green and 69% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 14% magenta, 13% yellow and 21% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #CAAEB0?

Use black text. Black on #CAAEB0 has a contrast ratio of 10.19:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CAAEB0?

Its complementary colour is #AECAC8, and analogous partners are #CAAEBE and #CABAAE.