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#DABCBE

Baby Pink · light warm pink

About #DABCBE

#DABCBE is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 85% red, 74% green and 75% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 14% magenta, 13% yellow and 15% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Baby Pink (ΔE 8.8); Dusty Rose comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #BCDAD8 — a powder blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #DABCBE for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 11.92:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red218
Green188
Blue190

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 8.8
Dusty Rose
#C9A29B · ΔE 11.0
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 11.4

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

Text on #DABCBE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #DABCBE.
1.76:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #DABCBE.
11.92:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#DABCBE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C1C0BE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C7C5BE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E1BABD

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DABCBE?

#DABCBE is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 85% red, 74% green and 75% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 14% magenta, 13% yellow and 15% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #DABCBE?

Use black text. Black on #DABCBE has a contrast ratio of 11.92:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DABCBE?

Its complementary colour is #BCDAD8, and analogous partners are #DABCCD and #DAC9BC.