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#DABEB5

Baby Pink · light warm pink

About #DABEB5

#DABEB5 is a light, muted pink colour. Digitally that works out to 85% red, 75% green and 71% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 13% magenta, 17% yellow and 15% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is similar to Baby Pink (ΔE 10.1), with Oat the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #B5D1DA (light blue), its complementary partner.

Because it is light, it is most useful for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 12.01:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red218
Green190
Blue181

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 10.1
Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 10.2
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 10.3

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

Text on #DABEB5

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #DABEB5.
1.75:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #DABEB5.
12.01:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DABEB5 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DABEB5
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C4C1B4
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#CBC6B5
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E2BABB

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DABEB5?

#DABEB5 is a light, muted pink colour. Digitally that works out to 85% red, 75% green and 71% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 13% magenta, 17% yellow and 15% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #DABEB5?

Use black text. Black on #DABEB5 has a contrast ratio of 12.01:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DABEB5?

Its complementary colour is #B5D1DA, and analogous partners are #DAB5BF and #DAD1B5.