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#CDAEAD

Dusty Rose · light warm red

About #CDAEAD

With the hex code #CDAEAD, 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, 15% magenta, 16% 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 6.2 — followed by Greige. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #ADCCCD, a powder 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 — 10.25:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red205
Green174
Blue173

Closest named colours

Dusty Rose
#C9A29B · ΔE 6.2
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 10.4
Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 11.5

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

Text on #CDAEAD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

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

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#CDAEAD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#B3B2AD
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#BAB7AD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D4ABAE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CDAEAD?

With the hex code #CDAEAD, 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, 15% magenta, 16% yellow and 20% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #CDAEAD?

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

›What colours go with #CDAEAD?

Its complementary colour is #ADCCCD, and analogous partners are #CDADBC and #CDBEAD.