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#DEC4BD

Oat · light warm pink

About #DEC4BD

#DEC4BD is a light, muted pink colour. Digitally that works out to 87% red, 77% green and 74% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 12% magenta, 15% yellow and 13% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is similar to Oat (ΔE 9.3), with Baby Pink the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #BDD7DE (light blue), its complementary partner.

Because it is light, it is most useful for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 12.74:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red222
Green196
Blue189

Closest named colours

Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 9.3
Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 9.9
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 10.3

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

Text on #DEC4BD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on oat #DEC4BD.
1.65:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on oat #DEC4BD.
12.74:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DEC4BD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DEC4BD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#CAC7BD
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#D0CBBD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E5C1C2

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DEC4BD?

#DEC4BD is a light, muted pink colour. Digitally that works out to 87% red, 77% green and 74% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 12% magenta, 15% yellow and 13% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #DEC4BD?

Use black text. Black on #DEC4BD has a contrast ratio of 12.74:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DEC4BD?

Its complementary colour is #BDD7DE, and analogous partners are #DEBDC6 and #DED5BD.