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#DABBBC

Baby Pink · light warm pink

About #DABBBC

#DABBBC is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 85% red, 73% green and 74% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 14% magenta, 14% 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 #BBDAD9 — a powder blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #DABBBC for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 11.82:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red218
Green187
Blue188

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 8.5
Dusty Rose
#C9A29B · ΔE 10.4
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 11.8

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

Text on #DABBBC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #DABBBC.
1.78:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #DABBBC.
11.82:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#DABBBC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C0BFBC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C7C4BC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E1B8BB

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DABBBC?

#DABBBC is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 85% red, 73% green and 74% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 14% magenta, 14% yellow and 15% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #DABBBC?

Use black text. Black on #DABBBC has a contrast ratio of 11.82:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DABBBC?

Its complementary colour is #BBDAD9, and analogous partners are #DABBCC and #DAC9BB.