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#DFABAF

Baby Pink · light warm pink

About #DFABAF

#DFABAF is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 87% red, 67% green and 69% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 23% magenta, 22% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Baby Pink (ΔE 8.3); Dusty Rose comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #ABDFDB — a powder blue tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #DFABAF for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 10.58:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red223
Green171
Blue175

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 8.3
Dusty Rose
#C9A29B · ΔE 8.8
Pink
#FFC0CB · ΔE 10.1

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

Text on #DFABAF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #DFABAF.
1.98:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #DFABAF.
10.58:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#DFABAF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#B3B2AF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#BFBCAE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E9A7AD

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DFABAF?

#DFABAF is a muted, light shade in the pink family. On screen it is built from 87% red, 67% green and 69% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 23% magenta, 22% yellow and 13% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #DFABAF?

Use black text. Black on #DFABAF has a contrast ratio of 10.58:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DFABAF?

Its complementary colour is #ABDFDB, and analogous partners are #DFABC9 and #DFC1AB.