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#DDB9BF

Baby Pink · light warm pink

About #DDB9BF

With the hex code #DDB9BF, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 87% red, 73% green and 75% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 16% magenta, 14% yellow and 13% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Baby Pink — a ΔE of 7.8 — followed by Dusty Rose. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #B9DDD7, 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 — 11.77:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red221
Green185
Blue191

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 7.8
Dusty Rose
#C9A29B · ΔE 11.2
Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 11.2

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

Text on #DDB9BF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #DDB9BF.
1.78:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #DDB9BF.
11.77:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DDB9BF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DDB9BF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#BEBEBF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C6C4BE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E4B7BB

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DDB9BF?

With the hex code #DDB9BF, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 87% red, 73% green and 75% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 16% magenta, 14% yellow and 13% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #DDB9BF?

Use black text. Black on #DDB9BF has a contrast ratio of 11.77:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DDB9BF?

Its complementary colour is #B9DDD7, and analogous partners are #DDB9D1 and #DDC5B9.