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#CFB4BA

Dusty Rose · light warm pink

About #CFB4BA

With the hex code #CFB4BA, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 81% red, 71% green and 73% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 13% magenta, 10% yellow and 19% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Dusty Rose — a ΔE of 10.7 — followed by Silver. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #B4CFC9, a powder blue shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 10.89:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red207
Green180
Blue186

Closest named colours

Dusty Rose
#C9A29B · ΔE 10.7
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 10.9
Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 11.0

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

Text on #CFB4BA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on dusty rose #CFB4BA.
1.93:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on dusty rose #CFB4BA.
10.89:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #CFB4BA appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#CFB4BA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#B7B8BA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#BDBCB9
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#D4B3B6

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #CFB4BA?

With the hex code #CFB4BA, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 81% red, 71% green and 73% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 13% magenta, 10% yellow and 19% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #CFB4BA?

Use black text. Black on #CFB4BA has a contrast ratio of 10.89:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #CFB4BA?

Its complementary colour is #B4CFC9, and analogous partners are #CFB4C7 and #CFBCB4.