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#CDAAB3

Dusty Rose · light warm pink

About #CDAAB3

#CDAAB3 is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 67% green and 70% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 17% magenta, 13% yellow and 20% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Dusty Rose (ΔE 9.4); Thistle comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #AACDC4 — a powder blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #CDAAB3 for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 10.00:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red205
Green170
Blue179

Closest named colours

Dusty Rose
#C9A29B · ΔE 9.4
Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 11.9
Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 12.4

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

Text on #CDAAB3

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on dusty rose #CDAAB3.
2.10:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on dusty rose #CDAAB3.
10.00:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CDAAB3 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CDAAB3
Protanopia (no red cones)
#AEAFB3
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#B6B5B2
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D4A8AD

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CDAAB3?

#CDAAB3 is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 67% green and 70% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 17% magenta, 13% yellow and 20% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #CDAAB3?

Use black text. Black on #CDAAB3 has a contrast ratio of 10.00:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CDAAB3?

Its complementary colour is #AACDC4, and analogous partners are #CDAAC5 and #CDB3AA.