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#DBB8BE

Baby Pink · light warm pink

About #DBB8BE

#DBB8BE is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 86% red, 72% green and 75% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 16% magenta, 13% yellow and 14% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Baby Pink (ΔE 8.3); Dusty Rose comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #B8DBD5 — a powder blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #DBB8BE for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 11.61:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red219
Green184
Blue190

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 8.3
Dusty Rose
#C9A29B · ΔE 10.9
Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 11.1

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

Text on #DBB8BE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #DBB8BE.
1.81:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #DBB8BE.
11.61:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DBB8BE appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DBB8BE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#BDBDBE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C5C3BD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E2B6BA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DBB8BE?

#DBB8BE is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 86% red, 72% green and 75% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 16% magenta, 13% yellow and 14% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #DBB8BE?

Use black text. Black on #DBB8BE has a contrast ratio of 11.61:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DBB8BE?

Its complementary colour is #B8DBD5, and analogous partners are #DBB8CF and #DBC4B8.