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#DDBEC5

Baby Pink · light warm pink

About #DDBEC5

#DDBEC5 is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 87% red, 75% green and 77% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 14% magenta, 11% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Baby Pink (ΔE 9.0); Thistle comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #BEDDD6 — a powder blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #DDBEC5 for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 12.25:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red221
Green190
Blue197

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 9.0
Thistle
#D8BFD8 · ΔE 9.9
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 12.3

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

Text on #DDBEC5

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #DDBEC5.
1.71:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #DDBEC5.
12.25:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DDBEC5 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DDBEC5
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C2C3C5
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C9C8C4
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E3BCC0

Shades, tints & matching colours

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DDBEC5?

#DDBEC5 is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 87% red, 75% green and 77% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 14% magenta, 11% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #DDBEC5?

Use black text. Black on #DDBEC5 has a contrast ratio of 12.25:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DDBEC5?

Its complementary colour is #BEDDD6, and analogous partners are #DDBED4 and #DDC7BE.