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#DEC1BE

Baby Pink · light warm pink

About #DEC1BE

#DEC1BE is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 87% red, 76% green and 75% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 13% magenta, 14% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Baby Pink (ΔE 8.5); Silver comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #BEDBDE — a powder blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #DEC1BE for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 12.48:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red222
Green193
Blue190

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 8.5
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 11.4
Dusty Rose
#C9A29B · ΔE 11.7

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

Text on #DEC1BE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #DEC1BE.
1.68:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #DEC1BE.
12.48:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DEC1BE appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DEC1BE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C6C4BE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#CDCABE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E5BEC0

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DEC1BE?

#DEC1BE is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 87% red, 76% green and 75% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 13% magenta, 14% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #DEC1BE?

Use black text. Black on #DEC1BE has a contrast ratio of 12.48:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DEC1BE?

Its complementary colour is #BEDBDE, and analogous partners are #DEBECB and #DED1BE.