ColorXprez

#DBBAC2

Baby Pink · light warm pink

About #DBBAC2

#DBBAC2 is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 86% red, 73% green and 76% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 15% magenta, 11% yellow and 14% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Baby Pink (ΔE 9.1); Thistle comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #BADBD3 — a powder blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #DBBAC2 for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 11.81:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

Colour codes

HEX
RGB
HSL
HSV / HSB
CMYK
CIELAB
Decimal
CSS
Red219
Green186
Blue194

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 9.1
Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 9.7
Dusty Rose
#C9A29B · ΔE 12.2

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

Text on #DBBAC2

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #DBBAC2.
1.78:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #DBBAC2.
11.81:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DBBAC2 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DBBAC2
Protanopia (no red cones)
#BEBFC2
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C5C4C1
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E1B8BD

Shades, tints & matching colours

Tints and shades

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split complementary

Tetradic

Similar colours

Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DBBAC2?

#DBBAC2 is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 86% red, 73% green and 76% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 15% magenta, 11% yellow and 14% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #DBBAC2?

Use black text. Black on #DBBAC2 has a contrast ratio of 11.81:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DBBAC2?

Its complementary colour is #BADBD3, and analogous partners are #DBBAD2 and #DBC3BA.