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#D5BABA

Baby Pink · light warm pink

About #D5BABA

With the hex code #D5BABA, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 84% red, 73% green and 73% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 13% magenta, 13% yellow and 16% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Baby Pink — a ΔE of 10.2 — followed by Silver. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #BAD5D5, 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 11.56:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red213
Green186
Blue186

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 10.2
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 10.2
Dusty Rose
#C9A29B · ΔE 10.3

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

Text on #D5BABA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #D5BABA.
1.82:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #D5BABA.
11.56:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #D5BABA appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#D5BABA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#BEBDBA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C4C2BA
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#DBB8BA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #D5BABA?

With the hex code #D5BABA, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 84% red, 73% green and 73% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 13% magenta, 13% yellow and 16% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #D5BABA?

Use black text. Black on #D5BABA has a contrast ratio of 11.56:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #D5BABA?

Its complementary colour is #BAD5D5, and analogous partners are #D5BAC8 and #D5C8BA.