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#CFB3AF

Dusty Rose · light warm red

About #CFB3AF

With the hex code #CFB3AF, this is a light red with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 81% red, 70% green and 69% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 14% 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 7.4 — followed by Greige. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #AFCBCF, a light 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 — 10.72:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red207
Green179
Blue175

Closest named colours

Dusty Rose
#C9A29B · ΔE 7.4
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 9.1
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 11.3

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

Text on #CFB3AF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on dusty rose #CFB3AF.
1.96:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on dusty rose #CFB3AF.
10.72:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CFB3AF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CFB3AF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#B8B6AF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#BFBBAF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D6B0B2

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CFB3AF?

With the hex code #CFB3AF, this is a light red with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 81% red, 70% green and 69% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 14% magenta, 15% yellow and 19% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #CFB3AF?

Use black text. Black on #CFB3AF has a contrast ratio of 10.72:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CFB3AF?

Its complementary colour is #AFCBCF, and analogous partners are #CFAFBB and #CFC3AF.