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#CDAFAF

Dusty Rose · light warm red

About #CDAFAF

With the hex code #CDAFAF, this is a light red with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 80% red, 69% green and 69% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 15% 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 7.0 — followed by Greige. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #AFCDCD, 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 — 10.35:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red205
Green175
Blue175

Closest named colours

Dusty Rose
#C9A29B · ΔE 7.0
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 10.5
Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 11.5

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

Text on #CDAFAF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on dusty rose #CDAFAF.
2.03:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on dusty rose #CDAFAF.
10.35:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#CDAFAF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#B4B3AF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#BBB8AF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D4ACAF

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CDAFAF?

With the hex code #CDAFAF, this is a light red with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 80% red, 69% green and 69% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 15% magenta, 15% yellow and 20% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #CDAFAF?

Use black text. Black on #CDAFAF has a contrast ratio of 10.35:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CDAFAF?

Its complementary colour is #AFCDCD, and analogous partners are #CDAFBE and #CDBEAF.