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#DABEB6

Baby Pink · light warm pink

About #DABEB6

#DABEB6 is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 85% red, 75% green and 71% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 13% magenta, 17% yellow and 15% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Baby Pink (ΔE 9.9); Dusty Rose comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #B6D2DA — a light blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #DABEB6 for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 12.02:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red218
Green190
Blue182

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 9.9
Dusty Rose
#C9A29B · ΔE 10.4
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 10.4

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

Text on #DABEB6

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #DABEB6.
1.75:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #DABEB6.
12.02:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DABEB6 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DABEB6
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C4C1B5
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#CBC6B6
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E2BABC

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DABEB6?

#DABEB6 is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 85% red, 75% green and 71% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 13% magenta, 17% yellow and 15% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #DABEB6?

Use black text. Black on #DABEB6 has a contrast ratio of 12.02:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DABEB6?

Its complementary colour is #B6D2DA, and analogous partners are #DAB6C0 and #DAD0B6.