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#DBBABD

Baby Pink · light warm pink

About #DBBABD

With the hex code #DBBABD, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 86% red, 73% green and 74% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 15% magenta, 14% yellow and 14% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Baby Pink — a ΔE of 8.1 — followed by Dusty Rose. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #BADBD8, a powder blue shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 11.77:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red219
Green186
Blue189

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 8.1
Dusty Rose
#C9A29B · ΔE 10.5
Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 12.3

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

Text on #DBBABD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #DBBABD.
1.78:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #DBBABD.
11.77:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#DBBABD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#BFBEBD
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C6C4BC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E2B8BB

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DBBABD?

With the hex code #DBBABD, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 86% red, 73% green and 74% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 15% magenta, 14% yellow and 14% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #DBBABD?

Use black text. Black on #DBBABD has a contrast ratio of 11.77:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DBBABD?

Its complementary colour is #BADBD8, and analogous partners are #DBBACE and #DBC7BA.