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#DBBDBD

Baby Pink · light warm pink

About #DBBDBD

With the hex code #DBBDBD, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 86% red, 74% green and 74% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 14% magenta, 14% 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 8.5 — followed by Dusty Rose. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #BDDBDB, 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 — 12.03:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red219
Green189
Blue189

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 8.5
Dusty Rose
#C9A29B · ΔE 10.9
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 11.5

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

Text on #DBBDBD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #DBBDBD.
1.75:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #DBBDBD.
12.03:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#DBBDBD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C2C1BD
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C9C6BD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E2BABD

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DBBDBD?

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

›What text colour should I use on #DBBDBD?

Use black text. Black on #DBBDBD has a contrast ratio of 12.03:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DBBDBD?

Its complementary colour is #BDDBDB, and analogous partners are #DBBDCC and #DBCCBD.