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#CDACAE

Dusty Rose · light warm red

About #CDACAE

#CDACAE is a muted, light shade in the red family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 67% green and 68% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 16% magenta, 15% yellow and 20% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Dusty Rose (ΔE 6.6); Baby Pink comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #ACCDCB — a powder blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #CDACAE for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 10.11:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red205
Green172
Blue174

Closest named colours

Dusty Rose
#C9A29B · ΔE 6.6
Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 11.5
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 11.9

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

Text on #CDACAE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on dusty rose #CDACAE.
2.08:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on dusty rose #CDACAE.
10.11:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#CDACAE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#B1B0AE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#B9B6AE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D4A9AD

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CDACAE?

#CDACAE is a muted, light shade in the red family. On screen it is built from 80% red, 67% green and 68% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 16% magenta, 15% yellow and 20% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #CDACAE?

Use black text. Black on #CDACAE has a contrast ratio of 10.11:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CDACAE?

Its complementary colour is #ACCDCB, and analogous partners are #CDACBF and #CDBBAC.