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#DAB6BB

Baby Pink · light warm pink

About #DAB6BB

#DAB6BB is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 85% red, 71% green and 73% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 17% magenta, 14% yellow and 15% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Baby Pink (ΔE 8.2); Dusty Rose comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #B6DAD5 — a powder blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #DAB6BB for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 11.39:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red218
Green182
Blue187

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 8.2
Dusty Rose
#C9A29B · ΔE 10.0
Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 11.9

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

Text on #DAB6BB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #DAB6BB.
1.84:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #DAB6BB.
11.39:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DAB6BB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DAB6BB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#BBBBBB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C3C1BA
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E1B4B8

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DAB6BB?

#DAB6BB is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 85% red, 71% green and 73% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 17% magenta, 14% yellow and 15% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #DAB6BB?

Use black text. Black on #DAB6BB has a contrast ratio of 11.39:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DAB6BB?

Its complementary colour is #B6DAD5, and analogous partners are #DAB6CD and #DAC3B6.