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#DDBCBF

Baby Pink · light warm pink

About #DDBCBF

With the hex code #DDBCBF, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 87% red, 74% green and 75% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 15% 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 #BCDDDA, 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 — 12.02:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red221
Green188
Blue191

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 7.8
Dusty Rose
#C9A29B · ΔE 11.1
Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 12.2

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

Text on #DDBCBF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #DDBCBF.
1.75:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #DDBCBF.
12.02:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#DDBCBF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C1C0BF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C8C6BE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E4BABD

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DDBCBF?

With the hex code #DDBCBF, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 87% red, 74% green and 75% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 15% magenta, 14% yellow and 13% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #DDBCBF?

Use black text. Black on #DDBCBF has a contrast ratio of 12.02:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DDBCBF?

Its complementary colour is #BCDDDA, and analogous partners are #DDBCD0 and #DDCABC.