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#DBBABC

Baby Pink · light warm pink

About #DBBABC

#DBBABC is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 86% red, 73% green and 74% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 15% magenta, 14% yellow and 14% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Baby Pink (ΔE 8.0); Dusty Rose comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #BADBD9 — a powder blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #DBBABC for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 11.76:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red219
Green186
Blue188

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 8.0
Dusty Rose
#C9A29B · ΔE 10.3
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 12.6

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

Text on #DBBABC

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #DBBABC.
1.79:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #DBBABC.
11.76:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#DBBABC
Protanopia (no red cones)
#BFBEBC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C7C4BC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E2B7BB

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DBBABC?

#DBBABC is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 86% red, 73% green and 74% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 15% magenta, 14% yellow and 14% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #DBBABC?

Use black text. Black on #DBBABC has a contrast ratio of 11.76:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DBBABC?

Its complementary colour is #BADBD9, and analogous partners are #DBBACD and #DBC8BA.