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#DDBCC5

Baby Pink · light warm pink

About #DDBCC5

With the hex code #DDBCC5, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 87% red, 74% green and 77% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 15% magenta, 11% yellow and 13% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Baby Pink — a ΔE of 9.1 — followed by Thistle. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #BCDDD4, 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 — 12.07:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red221
Green188
Blue197

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 9.1
Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 9.1
Bubblegum
#FFC1CC · ΔE 12.0

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

Text on #DDBCC5

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #DDBCC5.
1.74:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #DDBCC5.
12.07:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DDBCC5 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DDBCC5
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C0C1C5
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C7C6C4
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E3BABF

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DDBCC5?

With the hex code #DDBCC5, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 87% red, 74% green and 77% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 15% magenta, 11% yellow and 13% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #DDBCC5?

Use black text. Black on #DDBCC5 has a contrast ratio of 12.07:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DDBCC5?

Its complementary colour is #BCDDD4, and analogous partners are #DDBCD6 and #DDC4BC.