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#DAB6BF

Baby Pink · light warm pink

About #DAB6BF

With the hex code #DAB6BF, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 85% red, 71% green and 75% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 17% magenta, 12% 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 9.1 — followed by Thistle. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #B6DAD1, 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 — 11.42:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red218
Green182
Blue191

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 9.1
Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 10.0
Dusty Rose
#C9A29B · ΔE 11.6

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

Text on #DAB6BF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #DAB6BF.
1.84:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #DAB6BF.
11.42:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DAB6BF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DAB6BF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#BABBBF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C2C1BE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E1B4B9

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DAB6BF?

With the hex code #DAB6BF, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 85% red, 71% green and 75% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 17% magenta, 12% yellow and 15% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #DAB6BF?

Use black text. Black on #DAB6BF has a contrast ratio of 11.42:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DAB6BF?

Its complementary colour is #B6DAD1, and analogous partners are #DAB6D1 and #DABFB6.