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#CFAAAF

Dusty Rose · light warm red

About #CFAAAF

With the hex code #CFAAAF, this is a light red with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 81% red, 67% green and 69% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 18% magenta, 15% yellow and 19% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Dusty Rose — a ΔE of 7.3 — followed by Baby Pink. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #AACFCA, 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 — 10.02:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red207
Green170
Blue175

Closest named colours

Dusty Rose
#C9A29B · ΔE 7.3
Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 11.3
Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 13.8

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

Text on #CFAAAF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on dusty rose #CFAAAF.
2.10:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on dusty rose #CFAAAF.
10.02:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#CFAAAF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#AFAFAF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#B8B6AE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D6A7AC

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CFAAAF?

With the hex code #CFAAAF, this is a light red with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 81% red, 67% green and 69% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 18% magenta, 15% yellow and 19% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #CFAAAF?

Use black text. Black on #CFAAAF has a contrast ratio of 10.02:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CFAAAF?

Its complementary colour is #AACFCA, and analogous partners are #CFAAC2 and #CFB8AA.