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#CABDAD

Greige · light warm orange

About #CABDAD

With the hex code #CABDAD, this is a light orange with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 79% red, 74% green and 68% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 6% magenta, 14% yellow and 21% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Greige — a ΔE of 6.0 — followed by Oat. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #ADBACA, a silver shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 11.39:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red202
Green189
Blue173

Closest named colours

Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 6.0
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 8.0
Khaki
#C3B091 · ΔE 9.8

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

Text on #CABDAD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on greige #CABDAD.
1.84:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on greige #CABDAD.
11.39:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#CABDAD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C2BDAC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C5C0AD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D0BAB8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CABDAD?

With the hex code #CABDAD, this is a light orange with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 79% red, 74% green and 68% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 6% magenta, 14% yellow and 21% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #CABDAD?

Use black text. Black on #CABDAD has a contrast ratio of 11.39:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CABDAD?

Its complementary colour is #ADBACA, and analogous partners are #CAAFAD and #C9CAAD.