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#CDAEAC

Dusty Rose · light warm red

About #CDAEAC

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

Of the common colour names it is very close to Dusty Rose (ΔE 5.9); Greige comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #ACCBCD — a light blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #CDAEAC for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 10.25:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red205
Green174
Blue172

Closest named colours

Dusty Rose
#C9A29B · ΔE 5.9
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 10.2
Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 11.5

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

Text on #CDAEAC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on dusty rose #CDAEAC.
2.05:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on dusty rose #CDAEAC.
10.25:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#CDAEAC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#B4B2AC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#BBB7AC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D4ABAE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CDAEAC?

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

›What text colour should I use on #CDAEAC?

Use black text. Black on #CDAEAC has a contrast ratio of 10.25:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CDAEAC?

Its complementary colour is #ACCBCD, and analogous partners are #CDACBB and #CDBFAC.