ColorXprez

#DBBFBF

Baby Pink · light warm pink

About #DBBFBF

#DBBFBF is a light, muted pink colour. Digitally that works out to 86% red, 75% green and 75% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 13% magenta, 13% yellow and 14% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is similar to Baby Pink (ΔE 9.1), with Silver the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #BFDBDB (powder blue), its complementary partner.

Because it is light, it is most useful for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 12.22:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

HEX
RGB
HSL
HSV / HSB
CMYK
CIELAB
Decimal
CSS
Red219
Green191
Blue191

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 9.1
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 10.8
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 11.7

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

Text on #DBBFBF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #DBBFBF.
1.72:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #DBBFBF.
12.22:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#DBBFBF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C4C2BF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#CAC7BF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E1BDBF

Shades, tints & matching colours

Tints and shades

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split complementary

Tetradic

Similar colours

Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DBBFBF?

#DBBFBF is a light, muted pink colour. Digitally that works out to 86% red, 75% green and 75% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 13% magenta, 13% yellow and 14% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #DBBFBF?

Use black text. Black on #DBBFBF has a contrast ratio of 12.22:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DBBFBF?

Its complementary colour is #BFDBDB, and analogous partners are #DBBFCD and #DBCDBF.