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#CBAFA5

Dusty Rose · light warm orange

About #CBAFA5

With the hex code #CBAFA5, this is a light orange with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 80% red, 69% green and 65% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 14% magenta, 19% yellow and 20% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Dusty Rose — a ΔE of 6.0 — followed by Greige. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #A5C1CB, a light blue shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 10.21:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red203
Green175
Blue165

Closest named colours

Dusty Rose
#C9A29B · ΔE 6.0
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 7.7
Khaki
#C3B091 · ΔE 11.6

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

Text on #CBAFA5

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on dusty rose #CBAFA5.
2.06:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on dusty rose #CBAFA5.
10.21:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CBAFA5 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CBAFA5
Protanopia (no red cones)
#B6B2A4
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#BCB7A5
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D3ABAC

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CBAFA5?

With the hex code #CBAFA5, this is a light orange with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 80% red, 69% green and 65% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 14% magenta, 19% yellow and 20% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #CBAFA5?

Use black text. Black on #CBAFA5 has a contrast ratio of 10.21:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CBAFA5?

Its complementary colour is #A5C1CB, and analogous partners are #CBA5AE and #CBC2A5.