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#DBBCC1

Baby Pink · light warm pink

About #DBBCC1

With the hex code #DBBCC1, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 86% red, 74% green and 76% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 14% magenta, 12% 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 8.8 — followed by Thistle. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #BCDBD6, 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 — 11.98:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red219
Green188
Blue193

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 8.8
Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 11.0
Dusty Rose
#C9A29B · ΔE 11.9

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

Text on #DBBCC1

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #DBBCC1.
1.75:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #DBBCC1.
11.98:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DBBCC1 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DBBCC1
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C0C0C1
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C7C6C0
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E1BABE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DBBCC1?

With the hex code #DBBCC1, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 86% red, 74% green and 76% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 14% magenta, 12% yellow and 14% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #DBBCC1?

Use black text. Black on #DBBCC1 has a contrast ratio of 11.98:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DBBCC1?

Its complementary colour is #BCDBD6, and analogous partners are #DBBCD1 and #DBC7BC.