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#DAB7BD

Baby Pink · light warm pink

About #DAB7BD

#DAB7BD is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 85% red, 72% green and 74% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 16% magenta, 13% yellow and 15% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Baby Pink (ΔE 8.5); Dusty Rose comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #B7DAD4 — a powder blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #DAB7BD for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 11.49:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red218
Green183
Blue189

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 8.5
Dusty Rose
#C9A29B · ΔE 10.7
Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 11.2

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

Text on #DAB7BD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #DAB7BD.
1.83:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #DAB7BD.
11.49:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DAB7BD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DAB7BD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#BCBCBD
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C4C2BC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E1B5B9

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DAB7BD?

#DAB7BD is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 85% red, 72% green and 74% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 16% magenta, 13% yellow and 15% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #DAB7BD?

Use black text. Black on #DAB7BD has a contrast ratio of 11.49:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DAB7BD?

Its complementary colour is #B7DAD4, and analogous partners are #DAB7CE and #DAC3B7.