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#D2AAAB

Dusty Rose · light warm red

About #D2AAAB

#D2AAAB is a muted, light shade in the red family. On screen it is built from 82% red, 67% green and 67% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 19% magenta, 19% yellow and 18% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Dusty Rose (ΔE 5.4); Baby Pink comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #AAD2D1 — a powder blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #D2AAAB for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 10.08:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red210
Green170
Blue171

Closest named colours

Dusty Rose
#C9A29B · ΔE 5.4
Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 10.3
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 13.9

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

Text on #D2AAAB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on dusty rose #D2AAAB.
2.08:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on dusty rose #D2AAAB.
10.08:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D2AAAB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D2AAAB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#B1AFAB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#BAB6AA
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#DBA6AB

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D2AAAB?

#D2AAAB is a muted, light shade in the red family. On screen it is built from 82% red, 67% green and 67% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 19% magenta, 19% yellow and 18% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #D2AAAB?

Use black text. Black on #D2AAAB has a contrast ratio of 10.08:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D2AAAB?

Its complementary colour is #AAD2D1, and analogous partners are #D2AABF and #D2BDAA.