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#DDBBB9

Baby Pink · light warm pink

About #DDBBB9

#DDBBB9 is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 87% red, 73% green and 73% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 15% magenta, 16% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Baby Pink (ΔE 7.4); Dusty Rose comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #B9DBDD — a powder blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #DDBBB9 for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 11.88:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red221
Green187
Blue185

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 7.4
Dusty Rose
#C9A29B · ΔE 9.6
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 12.8

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

Text on #DDBBB9

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #DDBBB9.
1.77:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #DDBBB9.
11.88:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DDBBB9 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DDBBB9
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C1BFB9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C9C5B9
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E5B8BB

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DDBBB9?

#DDBBB9 is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 87% red, 73% green and 73% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 15% magenta, 16% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #DDBBB9?

Use black text. Black on #DDBBB9 has a contrast ratio of 11.88:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DDBBB9?

Its complementary colour is #B9DBDD, and analogous partners are #DDB9C9 and #DDCDB9.