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#DEB4B3

Baby Pink · light warm pink

About #DEB4B3

#DEB4B3 is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 87% red, 71% green and 70% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 19% magenta, 19% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Baby Pink (ΔE 6.5); Dusty Rose comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #B3DDDE — a powder blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #DEB4B3 for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 11.29:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red222
Green180
Blue179

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 6.5
Dusty Rose
#C9A29B · ΔE 7.8
Melon
#FDBCB4 · ΔE 11.3

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

Text on #DEB4B3

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #DEB4B3.
1.86:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #DEB4B3.
11.29:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DEB4B3 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DEB4B3
Protanopia (no red cones)
#BBB9B3
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C5C1B2
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E7B0B4

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DEB4B3?

#DEB4B3 is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 87% red, 71% green and 70% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 19% magenta, 19% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #DEB4B3?

Use black text. Black on #DEB4B3 has a contrast ratio of 11.29:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DEB4B3?

Its complementary colour is #B3DDDE, and analogous partners are #DEB3C8 and #DECAB3.