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#DBBCC0

Baby Pink · light warm pink

About #DBBCC0

#DBBCC0 is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 86% red, 74% green and 75% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 14% magenta, 12% yellow and 14% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Baby Pink (ΔE 8.6); Thistle comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #BCDBD7 — a powder blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #DBBCC0 for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 11.97:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red219
Green188
Blue192

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 8.6
Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 11.5
Dusty Rose
#C9A29B · ΔE 11.5

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

Text on #DBBCC0

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #DBBCC0.
1.75:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #DBBCC0.
11.97:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DBBCC0 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DBBCC0
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C0C0C0
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C7C6BF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E1BABD

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DBBCC0?

#DBBCC0 is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 86% red, 74% green and 75% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 14% magenta, 12% yellow and 14% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #DBBCC0?

Use black text. Black on #DBBCC0 has a contrast ratio of 11.97:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DBBCC0?

Its complementary colour is #BCDBD7, and analogous partners are #DBBCD0 and #DBC8BC.