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#DABCB5

Baby Pink · light warm pink

About #DABCB5

#DABCB5 is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 85% red, 74% green and 71% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 14% magenta, 17% yellow and 15% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Baby Pink (ΔE 9.3); Dusty Rose comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #B5D3DA — a light blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #DABCB5 for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 11.84:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red218
Green188
Blue181

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 9.3
Dusty Rose
#C9A29B · ΔE 9.6
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 10.8

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

Text on #DABCB5

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #DABCB5.
1.77:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #DABCB5.
11.84:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DABCB5 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DABCB5
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C2BFB4
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C9C5B5
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E2B8BA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DABCB5?

#DABCB5 is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 85% red, 74% green and 71% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 14% magenta, 17% yellow and 15% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #DABCB5?

Use black text. Black on #DABCB5 has a contrast ratio of 11.84:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DABCB5?

Its complementary colour is #B5D3DA, and analogous partners are #DAB5C1 and #DACFB5.