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#DBB0BA

Baby Pink · light warm pink

About #DBB0BA

#DBB0BA is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 86% red, 69% green and 73% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 20% magenta, 15% yellow and 14% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Baby Pink (ΔE 9.1); Bubblegum comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #B0DBD1 — a powder blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #DBB0BA for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 10.93:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red219
Green176
Blue186

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 9.1
Bubblegum
#FFC1CC · ΔE 10.6
Pink
#FFC0CB · ΔE 10.7

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

Text on #DBB0BA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #DBB0BA.
1.92:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #DBB0BA.
10.93:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DBB0BA appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DBB0BA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#B5B7BA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#BFBEB9
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E3AEB3

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DBB0BA?

#DBB0BA is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 86% red, 69% green and 73% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 20% magenta, 15% yellow and 14% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #DBB0BA?

Use black text. Black on #DBB0BA has a contrast ratio of 10.93:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DBB0BA?

Its complementary colour is #B0DBD1, and analogous partners are #DBB0D0 and #DBBBB0.