#DABBCE
Thistle · light warm pink
About #DABBCE
#DABBCE is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 85% red, 73% green and 81% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 14% magenta, 6% yellow and 15% black. Its overall feel is warm.
Of the common colour names it is very close to Thistle (ΔE 4.1); Baby Pink comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #BBDAC7 — a pale mint tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.
Designers tend to use light tones like #DABBCE for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 11.98:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
Text on #DABBCE
WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.
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How #DABBCE appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #DABBCE?
#DABBCE is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 85% red, 73% green and 81% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 14% magenta, 6% yellow and 15% black. Its overall feel is warm.
›What text colour should I use on #DABBCE?
Use black text. Black on #DABBCE has a contrast ratio of 11.98:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #DABBCE?
Its complementary colour is #BBDAC7, and analogous partners are #D7BBDA and #DABBBE.