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#DDBEC3

Baby Pink · light warm pink

About #DDBEC3

With the hex code #DDBEC3, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 87% red, 75% green and 76% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 14% magenta, 12% 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 8.5 — followed by Thistle. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #BEDDD8, 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 — 12.23:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red221
Green190
Blue195

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 8.5
Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 10.9
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 12.1

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

Text on #DDBEC3

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #DDBEC3.
1.72:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #DDBEC3.
12.23:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DDBEC3 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DDBEC3
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C2C2C3
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C9C8C2
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E3BCC0

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DDBEC3?

With the hex code #DDBEC3, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 87% red, 75% green and 76% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 14% magenta, 12% yellow and 13% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #DDBEC3?

Use black text. Black on #DDBEC3 has a contrast ratio of 12.23:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DDBEC3?

Its complementary colour is #BEDDD8, and analogous partners are #DDBED3 and #DDC9BE.