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#DBBBB8

Baby Pink · light warm pink

About #DBBBB8

#DBBBB8 is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 86% red, 73% green and 72% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 15% magenta, 16% yellow and 14% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Baby Pink (ΔE 8.2); Dusty Rose comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #B8D8DB — a powder blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #DBBBB8 for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 11.81:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red219
Green187
Blue184

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 8.2
Dusty Rose
#C9A29B · ΔE 9.5
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 11.9

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

Text on #DBBBB8

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #DBBBB8.
1.78:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #DBBBB8.
11.81:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DBBBB8 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DBBBB8
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C1BFB8
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C8C5B8
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E3B8BA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DBBBB8?

#DBBBB8 is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 86% red, 73% green and 72% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 15% magenta, 16% yellow and 14% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #DBBBB8?

Use black text. Black on #DBBBB8 has a contrast ratio of 11.81:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DBBBB8?

Its complementary colour is #B8D8DB, and analogous partners are #DBB8C7 and #DBCCB8.