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#DABDB5

Baby Pink · light warm pink

About #DABDB5

With the hex code #DABDB5, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 85% red, 74% green and 71% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 13% magenta, 17% yellow and 15% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Baby Pink — a ΔE of 9.7 — followed by Dusty Rose. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #B5D2DA, a light blue shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 11.93:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red218
Green189
Blue181

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 9.7
Dusty Rose
#C9A29B · ΔE 10.0
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 10.5

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

Text on #DABDB5

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #DABDB5.
1.76:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #DABDB5.
11.93:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DABDB5 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DABDB5
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C3C0B4
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#CAC5B5
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E2B9BB

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DABDB5?

With the hex code #DABDB5, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 85% red, 74% green and 71% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 13% magenta, 17% yellow and 15% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #DABDB5?

Use black text. Black on #DABDB5 has a contrast ratio of 11.93:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DABDB5?

Its complementary colour is #B5D2DA, and analogous partners are #DAB5C0 and #DACFB5.