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#DCBEC0

Baby Pink · light warm pink

About #DCBEC0

#DCBEC0 is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 86% red, 75% green and 75% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 14% magenta, 13% yellow and 14% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Baby Pink (ΔE 8.5); Silver comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #BEDCDA — a powder blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #DCBEC0 for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 12.17:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red220
Green190
Blue192

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 8.5
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 11.5
Dusty Rose
#C9A29B · ΔE 11.6

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

Text on #DCBEC0

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #DCBEC0.
1.73:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #DCBEC0.
12.17:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DCBEC0 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DCBEC0
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C3C2C0
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C9C7C0
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E3BCBF

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DCBEC0?

#DCBEC0 is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 86% red, 75% green and 75% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 14% magenta, 13% yellow and 14% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #DCBEC0?

Use black text. Black on #DCBEC0 has a contrast ratio of 12.17:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DCBEC0?

Its complementary colour is #BEDCDA, and analogous partners are #DCBECF and #DCCBBE.