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#CFABAA

Dusty Rose · light warm red

About #CFABAA

#CFABAA is a muted, light shade in the red family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 67% green and 67% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 17% magenta, 18% yellow and 19% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Dusty Rose (ΔE 4.8); Baby Pink comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #AACECF — a powder blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #CFABAA for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 10.06:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red207
Green171
Blue170

Closest named colours

Dusty Rose
#C9A29B · ΔE 4.8
Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 10.9
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 12.0

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

Text on #CFABAA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on dusty rose #CFABAA.
2.09:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on dusty rose #CFABAA.
10.06:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#CFABAA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#B1B0AA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#B9B6AA
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D7A8AB

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CFABAA?

#CFABAA is a muted, light shade in the red family. On screen it is built from 81% red, 67% green and 67% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 17% magenta, 18% yellow and 19% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #CFABAA?

Use black text. Black on #CFABAA has a contrast ratio of 10.06:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CFABAA?

Its complementary colour is #AACECF, and analogous partners are #CFAABC and #CFBEAA.