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#DAB5BD

Baby Pink · light warm pink

About #DAB5BD

With the hex code #DAB5BD, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 85% red, 71% green and 74% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 17% magenta, 13% yellow and 15% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Baby Pink — a ΔE of 8.8 — followed by Thistle. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #B5DAD2, a powder 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 — 11.33:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red218
Green181
Blue189

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 8.8
Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 10.7
Dusty Rose
#C9A29B · ΔE 10.9

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

Text on #DAB5BD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #DAB5BD.
1.85:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #DAB5BD.
11.33:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DAB5BD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DAB5BD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#BABBBD
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C2C1BC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E1B3B8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DAB5BD?

With the hex code #DAB5BD, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 85% red, 71% green and 74% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 17% magenta, 13% yellow and 15% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #DAB5BD?

Use black text. Black on #DAB5BD has a contrast ratio of 11.33:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DAB5BD?

Its complementary colour is #B5DAD2, and analogous partners are #DAB5D0 and #DABFB5.