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#DBBCC3

Baby Pink · light warm pink

About #DBBCC3

#DBBCC3 is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 86% red, 74% green and 76% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 14% magenta, 11% yellow and 14% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Baby Pink (ΔE 9.2); Thistle comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #BCDBD4 — a powder blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #DBBCC3 for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 11.99:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red219
Green188
Blue195

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 9.2
Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 9.9
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 12.3

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

Text on #DBBCC3

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #DBBCC3.
1.75:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #DBBCC3.
11.99:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DBBCC3 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DBBCC3
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C0C1C3
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C7C6C2
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E1BABE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DBBCC3?

#DBBCC3 is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 86% red, 74% green and 76% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 14% magenta, 11% yellow and 14% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #DBBCC3?

Use black text. Black on #DBBCC3 has a contrast ratio of 11.99:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DBBCC3?

Its complementary colour is #BCDBD4, and analogous partners are #DBBCD2 and #DBC5BC.