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#CDADAE

Dusty Rose · light warm red

About #CDADAE

With the hex code #CDADAE, this is a light red with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 80% red, 68% green and 68% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 16% magenta, 15% 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 6.6 — followed by Greige. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #ADCDCC, 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 10.18:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red205
Green173
Blue174

Closest named colours

Dusty Rose
#C9A29B · ΔE 6.6
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 11.3
Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 11.5

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

Text on #CDADAE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on dusty rose #CDADAE.
2.06:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on dusty rose #CDADAE.
10.18:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#CDADAE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#B2B1AE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#B9B7AE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D4AAAD

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CDADAE?

With the hex code #CDADAE, this is a light red with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 80% red, 68% green and 68% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 16% magenta, 15% yellow and 20% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #CDADAE?

Use black text. Black on #CDADAE has a contrast ratio of 10.18:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CDADAE?

Its complementary colour is #ADCDCC, and analogous partners are #CDADBE and #CDBCAD.